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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1950
Union Agrees On 16-Day Wait In Phone Strike
Washington, Feb. 7—(U.P.)-The C.I.O. telephone workers today agreed to a government request to postpone for 16 days the nationwide telephone strike that had been scheduled to begin Wednesday morning.
The union had threatened to pull out 100,000 telephone workers across the country Wednesday. And union officers said if they struck pocket lines would be thrown "around every telephone exchange, to make the strike nationwide."
But Mr. Ching told both union and Bell system officials Monday they should make one more attempt to "peaceably resolve" their dispute and he asked for the postponement
In accepting Mr. Ching's proposal, Joseph A. Beine, telephone union president, said he was postponing the strike "with the firm intention of bargaining with the companies night and day to bring the issues to a mutually satisfactory conclusion."
The new strike deadline now is Friday, Feb. 24.
The postponement was asked by Cyrus S. Ching, chief of the federal mediation service, to permit more time for collective bargaining in the contract dispute between the union and the Bell system.
In a telegram to Mediator Ching, Mr. Beirne once again accused the Bell systems of bargaining in bad faith and said that if the dispute is not settled by Friday, Feb. 24, "There will be a strike."
The union is demanding "a substantial wage increase," a shorter work week, and nearly a dozen other improvements in its contract with the Bell companies.
Mr. Ching, meanwhile, has ordered all federal labor contractors to step up their efforts to bring locals of the communications workers union and the Bell systems closer to a new contract.
The dispute involves directly only the 11,000 installation and repairmen employed by the Western Electric company, a Bell system affiliate. But if these workers strike, the remaining 310,000 C.W. A. workers intend to respect their picket lines.
The walkout would be the second nation-wide telephone tie-up in history. The first one, in 1947, ended in a defeat for the old National Federation of Telephone Workers, an independent union that was replaced by the C.I.O. affiliate.
Ernest Weaver, president of C.W. A.'s division six represents Western Electric workers, said in New York Monday night that he for one feels "that nothing is to be gained by postponing the strike. He probably will abide by the decision of the national executive board.
"We are part of an international organization," he said, "And if we're directed by the national union to postpone the strike we will no doubt comply."
'Sweethearts' Heartily Received
"Full of refreshing vitality" describes Victor Herbert's operetta "Sweethearts" as it was presented by the K.U. Light Opera guild Monday.
An audience of approximately 500 persons gave visible proof of their satisfaction with six curtain calls. Although as a unit, act I was better than act II, the monk's specialty in the second act literally stopped the show. The farcial ditty, interspersed by comical dance routines, and sung by four hooded dead-pan monks is without a doubt the laugh high light of the show.
Jeanne Aldridge in the role of Sylvia, gave sparkling life to Victor Herbert's music with her warm, versatile soprano voice. Her singing and characterization were especially out standing in the moving sincerity of the "Angelus." She gives a gay, sprightly touch to "In the Convent They Never Taught Me That."
Gene Courtney carries the part of
Mikel, the Groucho Markish diplomat with deceptive ease and well-
handled buffoonery.
Martha Weed, in the part of Liane, the flirtatious miller, portrayed the type well, both vocally and in characterization. Her coquittish manner was matched by her engaging voice which was at its best in "There Is Magic In a Smile." William Wilcox, as Lieutenant Karl, had good stage technique, and sang well but lacked volume.
Barry McDaniel, in the male lead as Prince Franz had a rich, strong voice, but lacked smoothness in his entrances and love scenes. Milton Commons, as the Hon. Percival Slingsby, the stereotyped English gentleman, does an excellent job and his pantomime almost equals the
Monk's scene for cleverness and lauhs.
Among the minor characters, several are worthy of particular mention. Danny Orton, as the bashful, dull-witted peasant in act I steals his scene. Colin Campbell, as Caniche, the Frenchman, does an amusing impersonation.
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Spring Baseball Candidates Meet at 4 p.m. Today
William Hogan, assistant coach, requests that everyone interested in playing baseball this spring meet with him at 4 p.m. today in 202 Robinson gymnasium.
Two Musicans Needed By Band
There are openings for a tuba player in the University band and for a string bass player and a tympanist in the University orchestra, Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra announced today.
Anyone interested in trying out for these positions should contact Mr. Wiley at 9, Hoch auditorium or call him at his home.
Physical Therapy Nurses Are Needed
Opportunities for nurses in the physical therapy field are numerous, Miss Lilyan Warner, instructor in physical medicine, told members of the Registered Nurses club at Watkin's Nurses home Monday.
The physical therapy field is understaffed, she said. Nurse physical therapists are widely needed today.
Scientists Recover Rocket Parts After Highest Flight
Scientists have recovered a portion of the two-stage rocket which set an altitude record of 250 miles the past winter and which previously was believed to have disintegrated upon re-entering the earth's atmosphere.
The army ordinance department and the General Electric company, responsible for firing of the high-flying rocket a year ago, announced jointly today that a badly-smashed tail section had been recovered at the White Sands, N.M., proving ground.
R. P. Haviland, project engineer in charge of the "Bumper" launches, said the tail section is being tested by the jet propulsion laboratory of the California Institute of Technology in attempts to learn more fully what happened to it during its sortie far above the earth's atmosphere.
The two-stage rocket, designated "Bumper," consisted of a German V-2 with a 700-pound, American-built "Wac Corporal" rocket attached to the nose. At a height of about 20 miles, the smaller rocket was separated from the mother missile and sped away at a speed of 5,000 miles an hour to an attitude never before attained by a man-made device.
It was part of the "Wac Corporal" tail section that was found near the north end of the 116-mile firing range.
An electric switch, known as a "switchette," was among the pieces recovered. It was sent to Mr. Haviland, whose engineers originally installed it as part of the mechanism for discharging the "Corporal" from the V-2. Although charred, and resembling a rusty hinge, Mr. Haviland said the "switchette" would function perfectly if its broken contacts were replaced.
Efforts to recover fragments of the "Wac Corporal" had been unsuccessful until a civilian technician happened onto the smashed tail section. It had been thought, Mr. Haviland explained, that the heat and shock produced by the rocket's re-entry into the atmosphere would cause it to disintegrate into tiny particles.
Dr. George O. Schanzer Receives His Second Doctorate Degree In 12 Years
Nearly 12 years after receiving a doctorate degree, George O. Schanzer is getting the academic rank for which a doctorate is a qualification. And he had to earn a second doctorate to do it.
Dr. Schanzer was promoted from instructor to assistant professor of Romance languages February 1. He recently completed all requirements for a PhD in Spanish, his chosen field, from the State University of Iowa.
But back in 1938 Dr. Schanzer a native of Austria, got the first doctorate which hasn't advanced ns teaching career. It was the doctor of jurisprudence degree from the University of Vienna. About that time the Nazis occupied Austria and Dr. Schanzer soon departed
Reading Clinic To Aid Students To Read Faster, Use Study Time
To help students get the most out of their study time is the aim of Henry P. Smith, director of the Educational clinic. The principle of this non-credit reading clinic is to help the student read faster and get more out of what he has read.
The Renshaw projection method which is used by the army, navy and air force for aircraft recognition is also used in the reading program. Words are substituted for aircraft silhouettes and are flashed on a screen at a speed of 1/100 of a second.
By this method, students in the class may learn to read several times faster. In some adult tests reading has been increased from 300 to 3.000 words per minute.
Classes in the Renshaw projection methods will start Monday, Feb. 13. Two sections of the Study methods
He spent one year at Oxford university, then came to the United States. For two years he taught at Conception Seminary, Missouri. In 1942 he began a four-year tour in the army, doing language work in air force intelligence and military government in Africa and Italy.
All classes are held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the minimum study course is for four weeks. All of the classes are offered as a University service. There is no charge to the student, no credit, and no outside assignment's.
without waiting to use his law training.
"Approximately 142 students completed the course last semester," Mr. Smith said, "and about 110 students are expected in the classes this semester."
began Monday and two more sections will be started Feb. 13.
Russia Walks Out In China Dispute
Lake Success, N.Y., Feb. 7.—(U.P.)—Russia walked out of the United Nations economic and social council today after failing to unseat the Chinese Nationalists and Chiang Kai-Shek's representative told the little assembly that the Kremlin's actions "call for the expulsion of the Soviet Union" from the entire world organization.
Russia, Czechoslovakia, and Poland voted in favor of the motion. Britain, France, Denmark, India and Pakistan abstained. Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Iran, Mexico, Peru, and the United States voted against it.
The 18-nation economic and social council rejected, by a vote of 10 to 3, with 5 abstentions, a motion by Russian delegate Semyon K. Tsarapkin to "exclude the representative of the Kuomintang group from membership" in the council.
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