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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1950
Dewey Urges Total War Preparations
New York—(U.P.)—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey won the limited support of leading congressmen today in his demand that the United States go on an unprecedented total war footing to stop Russia.
The G.O.P. leader said Tuesday in one of the toucher-talking speeches of his career that the U.S. should call up the entire national guard, build a 100-division army, take the entire navy out of moth balls, register every American above the age of 17.
"We can't save our freedom with automobiles and washing machines," Mr. Dewey said. He asked that 25 per cent of the nation's productive capacity be turned over to defense, appointment of a single economic car to direct full manpower and economic controls, and paring of all other governmental expenses to the bone.
He spoke as titular head of the Republican party before a dinner of the New York County Lawyers association at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
He called on the government to make a clear statement of foreign policy.
"We have shilly-sallied on For-
mosa four times in the last 11 months.
let's realize that if both Korea
and Formosa should be lost then
Japan is probably lost." he said.
He urged the U.S. to "make friends with everybody who has the will to fight and the combat divisions to put in the field," including Yugoslavia, Spain and Chiang Kai Shek's Chinese.
Leaders of both major parties in Washington approved—with some reservations. Mr. Dewey's call for mayor and economic mobilization at once.
But congressional spokesmen said limited training facilities would make federalization of the national guard in 48 states inadvisable.
Metallurgist Talks On Safety Measures
Robert T Howard chief metallurgist for the Black, Sivalls and Bryson company of Kansas City, Mo, spoke on "Safety Head, Protection for Industry," at a meeting of the American Society of Tool Engineers recently.
The speech was a technical discussion of the aluminum safety disc used by industry as a measure to prevent explosions in pressure lines if the usual safety valve should fail. Mr. Howard demonstrated the function of the discs which vary in size from 1 inch to 36 inches in diameter. He also showed slides of accidents which could have been avoided by the use of these discs.
Inter-Dorm Plans Caroling Party
All women living in dormitories are invited to go caroling Monday, Dec. 18, with Inter-dorm sponsoring the program. The group will meet at 10:30 p.m. in the Union.
Miss Patricia Kennedy, president of Inter-dorm, said the group would carol at the chancellor's home, Watkins hospital, the homes of Miss Margaret Habein, Miss Martha Peterson, Mr. Keith Lawton, and various other places.
Following the caroling, hot chocolate and doughnuts will be served at Corbin hall.
Prices Rise As Controls Near
Chicago—U.P.)—Merchants and industrial firms hiked prices today on items from whiskey to automobiles, apparently in fear of government controls following the Presidents report to the nation tonight.
However, informed sources said President Truman's speech would only outline emergency and defense measures without calling for general controls immediately since the machinery for administration and enforcement is not ready.
New controls will be confined to a few basic industries, it was understood.
Chrysler corporation announced a price boost on its 1951 models last night, following the lead of Ford and Dodge motors, who raised prices 10 days ago.
Chrysler put new tags on Plymouth, Dodges, DeSatos and Chrysers from $80 to $195 higher. Dodge trucks also were boosted in price, and Buick upped its models $45 to $127.
Across the nation, price boosts were reported on coffee, Coca Cola whiskey, gasoline and haircuts, and at Columbus, Ohio, citizens rushed to rent frozen food lockers to store meat in anticipation of possible meat rationing.
Coffee was up five cents in Portland, Ore., 2 cents in New York, and 2 cents in St. Louis. Bread rose 1 cent in East Liverpool, Ohio, and $\frac{1}{2}$ cent in New York to bring the price of a loaf there to 18 cents.
Some bars in New Cork City jumped the price of whiskey shots 5 cents. At Cleveland the retail price of Coca Cola, traditionally a nickel, was threatened by a wholesale rise from 80 to 96 cases a case.
At Salt Lake City eggs continued to rise, going up 2 to 3 cents a dozen, but egg sellers assured the customers that the recent increases were only temporary.
Donald K. Alderson, assistant dean of men, is currently visiting high schools in northwestern Kansas and conferring with the seniors.
Alderson Tours Schools In Northwestern Kansas
He will return from his public relations tour Saturday.
Scholarship Halls May Be Finished By Fall
Three new scholarship halls are under construction at Alumni place, east of the campus. The Lyle Stephenson and the J. R. Pearson halls for men and the Gertrude Sellards Pearson hall for women will each have a capacity of 50 persons.
A fourth hall for women is to be built from a fund left by Lela M. Douthart who died four years ago in California.
The Martin K. Eby Construction company, Wichita, contractor for the job, hopes to have one and possibly two of the halls completed by next September, said J. J. Wilson, University business manager.
The contract gives Eby 300 construction days, but the company realizes that if the halls are not completed until the middle of next fall, it will not be possible to occupy them. For this reason they are attempting to get them ready by next fall.
The Stephenson and Pearson halls for men are on Alumni place, opposite Templin and Battenfeld halls and the Gertrude Sellards Pearson hall is west of Jolliffe hall.
The two Pearson halls were made possible by two $90,000 funds from J. R. and Gertrude Sellards Pearson, both alumni, from Texas and Los Angeles, Calif. The Stephenson fund of $81,000 was given by Lyle Stephenson, insurance executive of Kansas City, Mo.
The three buildings will be identical. Each will be three stories high with basement and of brick exterior.
Additional money for the three $125,000 buildings will come from the Endowment association through money from the estate of the late Elizabeth K. Watkins, one of the University's chief benefactors.
They will be operated on the cooperative basis. The University already has seven halls operating under this system. Students share duties and costs and the system amounts to the equivalent of a $300 scholarship for each student.
Three From Kansas On Casualty List
Washington — (U.P.)—The department of defense today announced the following casualties in the Korean area for Kansas.
Wounded
Private Major Harris, son of Mrs Fannie Harris, 1020 East 15th St. Topeka.
PFC Glenn A. Smith, son of Mrs.
Gladys M. Smith, Route 1, Box 223,
Arcadia.
Iniured
Second Lieutenant Donald E. Mckinney, Sr., husband of Mrs. Eda F. Mckinney, 530 West Seventh, Junction City.
Package Embargoes Caused By Walkouts
Chicago—(U.P.)—Wildcat walkouts by trainmen snowballed across the nation today, piling up vital war goods for Korea and millions of Christmas packages, and the government said it would seek contempt citations to end the stoppage.
500 A-Bombs Could Win War
Hayward, Calif.—(U.P.)—An atomic energy expert said the United States literally can destroy the military might of an enemy in one day by dropping 500 atomic bombs on strategic cities.
He did not mention Russia by name, but indicated that country was the "enemy" he was referring to.
Dr. Stafford Warren, dean of the U.C.L.A. School of Medicine and project manager of the Atomic Energy commission, said in a speech Tuesday:
Mr. Warren said it was his personal opinion that one of the hazards of atomic warfare not sufficiently stressed was the possibility of long-range contamination of agricultural land.
"Planes could all leave simultaneously from the United States and be over their targets at the same time," he said. "No country—including our own—has the defenses to stop such an attack."
He said plants could take up radioactive particles through their roots and these particles in turn could be transmitted to humans either by the plants themselves or by animals who ate the plants.
In 10 to 15 years from the time of an explosion, he said, these particles could cause death from cancer.
Chimes of traditional Christmas carols will again be played from the tower of the Museum of Natural History this year.
Will Play Carols Again
The first chimes will be played 1.5 minutes before the Vesper services which begin at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 17. They will also be played 15 minutes before the Vesper service at 7:30 p.m. A 15-minute period of chimes will also follow each Vesper service.
On Monday, Dec. 18, Tuesday, Dec.
19, and Wednesday, Dec. 20, there
will be three ten-minute playings
of the chimes before 8 a.m., 12
noon, and 5 p.m.
It is hoped that the campanile bells will be used next year instead of the recorded chimes, said Raymond Nichols, executive secretary.
The walkouts forced partial embargoes on the U.S. mails and railway express. The embargoes were expected to be made more drastic as the walkouts by members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen spread.
At Washington, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath said the government would ask contempt orders today against the strikers in Chicago and "probably" in Cleveland.
A Pennsylvania railroad spokesman said that some engineers and firemen joined the trainmen today in their Chicago walkout, but a spokesman for the engineers denied this. The union spokesman said engineers weren't showing up because there was no work for them.
At least six additional cities were hit by the trainer's walkouts today—Dallas, Texas, Knoxville, Tenn., Minneapolis, St. Paul, Battle Creek, Mich., and Peoria, Ill. The walkouts began at Birmingham, Ala., Monday and spread during the week to Chicago, Washington, St. Louis, and New York.
Fourteen railroads issued partial embargoes or "hold orders" in Chicago where loaded freight trains were lined up in yards. A public relations man for one railroad reported that he was assigned to a freight yard to help in switching freight trains carrying war equipment.
Unions representing the trainmen, engineers, firemen and conductors, have been fighting for months for a 40-hour week with no reduction in pay from the present work week which in some cases is 56 hours.
Violent Tremors OnKUSeismograph
Violent earth tremors from an earthquake off the west coast of Mexico were recorded Thursday on the University seismograph. These were the most violent tremors recorded on the machine since its installation. "I have never seen the machine react so violently," said Sanborn Partridge, instructor in geology, who is in charge of the operation of the machine.
The first waves of the shock were received at 8:20:44 a.m. Thursday and continued until 9:40 a.m. Although the exact location of the shock is not yet determined, Mr. Partridge indicated that the general area off the coast of Mexico was one of known earthquake activity.
Less severe tremors were recorded at 7:26 a.m., shortly before the Mexican disturbance, and were traced to an area in Hurlong, Calif., a small town about 70 miles from Reno, Nev.
17 Of 22 In Poll Favor Drafting At Least Some College Men
Seventeen of 22 persons polled by the University Daily Kansan favor the drafting of college men.
Of those favoring the draft, nine said it should be done with such reservations as allowing seniors to finish school and exempting those in essential occupations. Eight said it should be drafted without reservations.
Herbert Schmeltz, freshman, College and medicine: "There are plenty of other men than college men to draft. America needs brains, not brawn"
Two persons opposed the draft and three didn't make a definite answer. The opinions follow:
Nineteen students and three members of the staff exp reaction to the question: "Should college men be drafte
Elbert D. Spivey, College sophomore: "There should be no distinction between college and non-college men."
Thomas Mahan, business senior "Yes, I think college men should be drafted since they have no more privileges than other citizens."
Bill Price, pharmacy sophomore:
"Those students with sufficient ability and interest should be allowed to continue working for their degree before being called into military service. They would then be of more value to the service."
Walter Brown, Jr., College seniors "University seniors should be graduated. Other students should be drafted."
Ted Gray, Kansas makeup man:
"Yes, draft them all and don't show any favoritism."
Mildred Simpson, College senior"I definitely think they should be drafted. Non-veteran students should be drafted before veterans, however."
Mary Ann Woods, Collego junior:
John Scollay, instructor in English: "I don't think you can answer yes or no. If a national emergency exists, then everyone has to go. But if we just have continual mobilization then some persons physically fit for military service should be permitted to go to college. We have to train professional persons and today more than ever we have to strengthen the liberal arts in our colleges."
Neil Thompson, business junior: "I think they should be drafted."
"No, except in a national emergency."
Bertil Peterson, graduate student:
"I don't see any reason why college students should be exempt any more than other men."
Tom McGuire, College sophomore: "Yes, they should take those in the lower quarter of the classes. The army would be a good place for a lot of guys who don't know what they're here for. The army would tell them."
Cliff Johnston, College seniors: "Yes, but juniors and seniors should be allowed to graduate."
Richard Gray, graduate student: "Yes, but I believe that students who can be especially useful in our national life such as teachers and scientists should be exempt."
C. Curtis Coffey, business senior: "Yes, if the emergency is great enough."
Betsy Leedy, College junior: "I think that we should have Universal Military Training before entering college."
Elaine Greenbank, journalism senior: "Although drafting of college men is an unhappy situation, it is also an unavoidable one. However, I would like to see upperclassmen be allowed to complete
John Kassebaum, sophomore, College and medicine: "Yes, but stu-
died according to their grades. This would raise the scientific standard."
their schooling if they lack only one or two semesters. Actually it seems useless to voice opinion on whether college men should be drafted. Obviously they are going to be. Perhaps the question should be expanded to include women—If Major Elliot's predictions are true."
Lura Mundy, College sophomore:
"Yes, I think they should take college students before they take married men with children or veterans."
Marvin Small, assistant secretary of Alumni association: "Tm in the reserve and have no fear of the draft. I see no need for anyone to worry about the situation. I worried and it didn't do one bit of good. You think every male student should continue his present plans to stay in school."
Jane Pope, College sophomore; "Yes, college students should be drafted."
Robert Near, College junior: "Yes, with the exception of those who are in essential fields."