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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1950
Bowling Alleys, Photo Studio In Union Additions
Working plans for the million dollar addition to the Union building have been completed and construction should begin some time this summer, said George Beal, director of the University building program.
With the two new wings, one on the north and another on the south, the size of the building will be doubled. Included in the plans will be the enlargement of present Union facilities plus such additions as bowling alleys, private dining rooms, and a photographic studio. Mr. Beal estimated that it will take more than two years to finish the construction.
THE ARCHITECT'S DRAWING of the proposed additions to the Union building is shown above. Work on the project is expected to begin this summer. With the completion of the work, the size of the Union building will be double. Included in the plans are a photographic studio and a bowling alley. George Beal, director of the University building program, estimated that it will take more than two years to finish the additions.
The project will be financed by floating a bond issue that will be liquidated by money received from the Student Union activity fee, Karl Klooz, bursar said.
He explained that no definite plans will be made for floating the bond until it is known how much the additions will cost. Mr. Klooz estimated that it will take from 25 to 30 years to liquidate the debt.
According to plans approved by the Union Operating committee, the main lounge will be extended to the south. Opening into this extension will be a new entrance, twice the size of the current one. Also included on this floor will be enlarged music and browsing rooms and additional student offices.
Since 1946, the Union activity fee of $5 a semester for each student has gone into a fund to finance extensions to the Union. From this fund, $100,000 was spent on the Palm room, and approximately $200,000 remains to be used on the two new wings.
The ballroom will be extended approximately 75 to 80 feet south.
Several balconies will be constructed from this level, and conference rooms will be built on the mezzanine level of the ballroom.
Student craft rooms, dark rooms for photographers, and private dining rooms will be added on the cafeteria level. The cafeteria and the kitchens will be enlarged.
To facilitate moving tables and chairs from one floor to another, a freight elevator will be installed. A passenger elevator will be completed near the present main stairway.
A northwest terrace to be built off an enlarged Kansas room will provide "one of the grandest views from anywhere on the campus," Mr. Beal remarked. Two fireplaces, one for the Kansas room and one on the terrace, will also be constructed.
When the Union is completed, it will be approximately 200 feet from north to south. This is about two-thirds the length of a short city block. The east and west width of the building will remain the same.
In the basement, the Student Union bookstore will be enlarged and several student offices will be added. A lower level to be known as the sub-basement will include bowling alleys, ping-pong tables, and storage space.
Nationalists Move Troops To Formosa
Taipei, Formosa, May 16—(U.P.) The Chinese Nationalists announced they have abandoned the Chuishan islands main base for their blockade of Communist Shanghai in the face of a powerful Red assault.
Loss of the Chushan Archipelago, some 80 miles south of Shanghai, leaves only Formosa in national hands. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has vowed to fight to the death here.
Gen. Chou Chili-Jou, Nationalist chief of staff, said the Nationalists "voluntarily transferred" their air navy, and air forces from the Chinese Archipelago to Formosa.
"The evacuation of 150,000 troops and part of the civilian population, together with large quantities of equipment and war supplies, was started May 13, and was completed according to plan." Chou said.
The Communists began harrassing attacks on the Chushans soon after they captured the big south China island of Hainan last month.
He said the abandonment of the Chushans was ordered so that "our armed forces can deal a heavier blow to the enemy at the most favorable time and place"—obviously when the Communists attack Formosa.
They stepped up the assault to an almost continuous artillery bombardment from the mainland and nearby islands the past week and started landing invasion forces from junks.
Republicans Will Fight Truman's 'Socialistic' Plan
Communist conquest of the Chu- chans may lead to the opening of Shanghai to foreign trade. The port of Shanghai has been practically closed to foreign shipping since the Nationalists announced last year they had mined its approach.
Washington, May 16—(U.P.)-Republican leaders countered President Truman's call for the ouster of the "worst obstructionists" in congress by promising an all-out fight against his "totalitarian" and "socialistic" program.
To a man, they soffed at his claim that the Democratic 81st congress has a better legislative record than the Republican 80th. This congress, they said, is just as reluctant as the 80th to enact his legislative program.
Kenneth S. Wherry, (R.-Neb.) senate leader, noted that the Democrats at Chicago gave away 1,000 balloons with certificates exchangeable for $2 bills.
"The Democrats are giving away only a few dollars in Chicago to get votes," he said. "but this is emblematic of the billion-dollar give away that has been conducted under the New Deal and Fair Deal to the four corners of the earth."
Sen. Robert A. Taft, (R-Ohio), promised to answer the President in detail in a nation-wide radio broadcast tonight over four major networks. A GOP spokesman said Taft will present "the Republican case for 1950."
"There is considerable opposition to some parts of the President's program in every section of the country," he said. "In the last analysis the voters must determine who will reflect their views."
Mr. Truman, he said, "will not be able to purge any southerner because of opposition to his misnamed civil rights program."
But Sen. Richard B. Russell, (D.-Ga.) who opposes the civil rights and some other features of Mr. Truman's program, said he personally does not know "to whom the president is referring when he speaks of obstructionists."
Democrats generally hailed the President's speech.
Wherry keynoted the Republican reaction to the speech.
THE WEATHER
KANSAS—Generally fair this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday. Little change in temperature. Low tonight 45 degrees northwest to 55 degrees southeast; high Wednesday 80-85 degrees.
350 Expected At Music Camp
Approximately 350 high school and college students from 16 states are expected to attend the 13th annual Midwestern Music camp at the University June 19 through July 30, Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra, said.
During the six week course, studies in theory, conducting, private lessons in voice and instruments will be offered. The national champion baton-twirler, Bill Sears, will teach courses in baton twirling.
Ensemble work in madrigals will be given for the first time this summer. Mr. Wiley announced. Madrigals are unaccompanied lyrics sung by a small group seated informally about a table.
The A Cappella choir will consist of 100 voices, the band of 150 pieces, and the orchestra of 35 pieces. The orchestra will play at 4 p.m. each Sunday in Hoch auditorium and the band at 8 p.m. each Sunday outdoor theater. The band and orchestra will be supported by the A Cappella choir in their concerts.
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Truman Pledges Welfare State
Sen. Robert A. Taft, (Ohio R.), will respond on behalf of the Republican party tonight with a nationwide speech over four networks.
Aboad Truman Train, May 16—(U.P.)-President Truman speed toward Washington today, winding up a 6,000 mile "non-political" tour that was climaxed Monday night when he pledged himself and the Democratic party to remove "obstructionist" congressmen blocking his fair deal program.
The president's big speech, delivered over four networks from Chicago, also was the high point of the Democrats' biggest rally in history.
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He promised he would fight "this year, next year, and the following year" for repeal of the Taft-Hartley act, and enactment of his medicine, housing, education, farm, and civil rights bills.
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The Chicago stadium was jammed with 25,000 listeners and an overflow crowd watched television screens outside. William M. Boyle, Democratic national chairman, said the
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