University Dailu Kansan
Monday, Feb. 6, 1950
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
STUDENT NEWSAPER
awrence, Kansas
Miners Force Full Showdown As Truman Burns
BULLETIN
Washington, Feb. 6—(U.P.)-President Truman today invoked the Laft-Hartley law in a first step toward getting a federal court to order 100,000 striking coal miners back to work.
Pittsburgh, Feb. 6.—(U.P.)-The nation's soft coal miners quit work today forcing a showdown in the deadlocked contract dispute.
Reports from the coal fields indicated the shutdown was complete. President Truman was reported ready to declare a national emergency and seek a Taft-Hartley law injunction directing the United fine workers to restore production. For the most part, John L. Lewis 90,000 soft coal miners simply stayed home. At Harwick, Pa., a typical dine town—it was a "stay-in-bed" strike. When the whistle blew for work this morning, not a light showed in the miners' houses clustered on a hill above the mine shaft.
Some local unions went through the formality of a strike vote. At Harmarville, Pa., employees of a Wheeling steel co. mine met yesterday and quickly voted for a walkout. But most miners skipped a vote because, they said, the "word was out" for an all-out strike.
U. M.W. district leaders said the men were fed up with the Lewis three-day week strategy and returnee, to their traditional "no contract, no work" stand to force a showdown in their eight-month fight with the coal operators.
Meanwhile, President Truman prepared to invoke the national emergency provisions of the Taft-Hartley law today against the Lafthartley miners. The move would have no immediate effect in ending the miners' general strike. That would take at least a week—longer if Lewis makes good his threat to defy the White House.
With the nation's coal stockpiles down to a 15-day supply in the dead of winter, many industries may be forced to close down or curtail their operations drastically unless full coal production is restored soon.
White House sources said Mr. Truman already has asked three private citizens to serve on a fact-finding panel. They are: David L. Cole Paterson, N.J., labor relations expert; John Dunlop of Harvard university; and W. Willard Wirtz, Northwestern University professor and former chairman of the wage stabilization board.
Mr. Truman twice has gotten nostalgic injunctions against Lewis and the nation since he became president in 1945. Both times, Bace to-wear his hat and the sash, he paid for the U.M.W. have paid over $2 million in fines for contempt of court
The new strike, coming on the heels of months of low production caused by the three-day week and wildcat strikes, was expected to deal a staggering blow to industrial production. At least seven steel companies are being reduced as a result of low stockpiles. Major railroads have furloughed thousands of workers because of the coal shortage.
The signal for the strike was given Saturday when John L. Lewis, U.M.W. president, rejected Mr. Trump's twin proposal for either continuation of collective bargaining during a 70-day truce or acceptance of a contract, binding bar to investigate the dispute and make recommendations.
The last U.M.W. contract expired past June 30, but Lewis aban- ded the traditional policy of "no defect, no work" and ordered his son the three-day week.
HENRY W. RILEY
Riley To Speak On World Bank
Henry W. Riley, assistant treasurer of the international bank of reconstruction and development, will address a special convocation of the School of Business, 3 p.m. today. Strong auditorium.
Mr. Riley has held his present position with the international bank since its founding in 1946. Prior to 1946 he was director and secretary-treasurer of the United States Commercial company.
Mr. Riley will explain the duties of the international bank, and its function of lending money to for-mernities for reconstruction purposes.
Mr. Riley is attending a regional conference sponsored by the bureau of business research concerning an economic survey of Southwestern Kansas.
WEATHER
Kansas—The weather picture will be bright for Kansas the next few days. The weather forecast said partly cloudy today, tonight and Tuesday, except mostly cloudy southeast this forenoon. Continued mild temperature high today 65 degrees to 70 west, 50 southeast, 45 to 52 northeast. Low tonight in 30's.
AWS Workshop To Hear Mortar Board President
Mrs. Stanley Ginn, national president of Mortar Board from Columbia, Mo., will discuss personal qualifications for leadership at the Associated Women Student's workshop at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the Union recreation room.
Parliamentary law will be discussed by Balae A. Williamson, Kansas City, Kan., attorney, at a second workshop meeting at 7:30 p.m., Thursday Feb. 9, in the Union recreation room. Betty van der Smisson, 2nd-year law student, is leader of the program.
Workshop students will hear Mrs. Harry Wooding, wife of the former Kansas governor, speak on a woman's place in her community at 7:30 p. m. Feb. 14, in the Kansas room of the Union.
All organized women's houses, dormitories, and sororities have been invited to send three representatives to each of the three workshop meetings. Fifty cents will be charged for all three discussions. Reservations should be made with Suzanne Foot, college freshman by Monday, February 6. Any woman who is not a representative but wishes to attend the meetings should contact her.
Jean Dressler, College junior, has charge of the first meeting, and has charge of the junior, has charge of the meeting at which Mrs. Woodring will speak.
Lorraine Ross, College junior, has over-all charge of the workshop meetings. Carolyn Weigand, College junior; Shirley Rice, education junior; and Miss Foot are members of her committee.
Business Seniors To Have Job Advice
June graduates interested in placement by the School of Business may attend a meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Strong auditorium.
Qualification records will be handed out at the meeting, and students can make requests to retrieve and return it to the placement bureau as soon as possible.
Baptists Hold Church In Theater Sunday
The Baptists are not trying to revolutionize the church but are just "Taking Advantage of the Detours of Life," as the Rev. George C. Fetter stressed in his sermon Sunday.
Instead of going to church, the congregation of the First Baptist church went to the Jayhawker theater. The stage was set for the 11 a.m. worship service complete with preaching and choir music.
torium caused the detour in meeting places. This is not the first time that the church has met in the theater. In November, 1946, the furnace at the church exploded and a change was made in worship places.
Redecoration of their church audi-
Radio station WREN, Toppea,
will carry the K.U. Colorado Big
Seven conference game played at
Boulder, Colo., tonight.
Boulder Game On Air At 10:15 p.m. Today
The game will be re-broadcast starting at 10:15 p.m. with Bill Keene describing the action between the Jayhawkers and the Buffaloes. Radio station WREN is at 1250 on the radio dial.
Washington, Feb. 6—U.P.)—F.B.I.
Chief J. Edgar Hoover was called to tell congress today about two new leads in the international atom bomb spy case uncovered by his arents.
AEC To Hear Spy-Case Lead
Hoover was scheduled to testify in secret before a senate-house Atomic Energy committee. Its members are deeply disturbed by the arrest of Dr. K. E. J. Fuchs, British scientist, on charges of handing the Russians hydrogen and uranium bomb secrets.
The committee also will hear Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, chief of the Army's A-bomb project on which Fuchs was employed. Unlike Hoover, Groves will be questioned in public. He told the committee Saturday that Fuchs may have saved the Russians "at least" a year in the atom bomb race since he had access to "all" atomic secrets.
Friends of the F.B.I. director said that since Fuch's arrest and reported "confession" in London Friday there have been two major developments involving his agents. No details are available, and it was not considered likely that Hoover would name names or give specific information until something concrete develops.
The committee is looking into the possibility of extraditing Fuchs to this country for trial. Chairman Brien McMahon, D—Conn.) said he has instructed the group's attorneys to study "the legal problem" of extradition, but he added that he saw little chance of success.
Informed quarters said that Britain was likely to reject any American request for extradition of Fuchs. They said the case of the 38-year-old Fuchs, head of theoretical research at the Harwell Atomic center in Britain, involved an alleged breakdown of British security and was hardly a matter for American courts.
Fuchs is liable to a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison under British law if found guilty of giving away atomic secrets, while in the United States the maximum penalty is death.
Hoover already has stated that the Fuchs arrest definitely does not close the spy case and that his agents are at work both here and in Britain.
Gilson Just 'Took Off' For A Vacation
By EMLIN NORTH and FRANCIS J. KELLEY
Back in Lawrence today after an "unauthorized vacation" of three months, Harry C. Gilson, 22-year-old College senior, said he planned to re-enroll this semester.
Dressed in red and white striped pajama tops and an old pair of slacks, the 6-foot 185-pound geology student said he could not understand why anyone should be interested in his absence.
"I can't give any reasonable explanation for taking off," Gilson said. "I was just bumming around looking the country over."
After being involved in a minor automobile accident at the corner of 12th and Kentucky streets on Nov. 3. Gilson disappeared.
"I left Lawrence the night of the accident," Gilson said, "and hitch-hiked to El Reno, Okla. I worked
Bisbee is in the southeastern part of Arizona about 12 miles from the Mexican border, Gilson. He was found by Arizona authorities on Jan. 24.
"I was headed for Bisbee, Ariz. when the police stopped me," he said. "The police were searching for a man who stole a car in Arizona and were questioning everybody when they found me."
Leaving his job on the pipeline
Gilson said he just bummed
rounds in town, with犁 and walked
houses to town, staying in room-
ing houses and eating out.
for two months as a 'swamper' on a tractor doing pipeline construction work. As a swamper, I just did any-thing. As a tractor operator needed done for him.
Gilson's parents, who live on a farm near Marion, Kan., drove to Arizona and brought him home. He returned to Lawrence Sunday evening and is rooming at 1339 Ohio street.
"I haven't had time to do anything about enrolling yet," he said.
Big and husky. Gilson looks none the worse for the trip and appeared eager to resume his classwork.
Gilson explained he was not hurt in the automobile accident in November. He answered questions reluctantly and seemed read to forget his "unauthoried vacation."
Hutchinson. Stafford Win Debate Contest
Debaters from Hutchinson High school won the state championship of class AA schools and Stafford High took first place in the class A division in the state high school debate tournament at the University Feb. 3 and 4.
The topic of the debate was, "Resolved: that the president should be elected by direct vote of the people." The Hutchinson team, coached by Tom Kelly, won 12 out of 14 debates to win over the other seven teams participating in the AA division. The members of the championship squad were George Morgan, Stuart Conklin, Rex Allen, and Dick King.
The Winfield team placed second, edging out the defending champions from Newton High. Bill Staerkel coached the Winfield squad. Newton was coached by Mrs. Alma Moore.
Stafford High, victorious in class A, had on its team Janice Crawford, Mary Ellen McKibben, Lawrence Tretbar and Bob Harrison. They were coached by Miss Martha Drevits. The defending champions of class A, Fredonia High, finished in second place, and Abilene High's team took third place.
Bill Moore, El Dorado, was rated the best speaker in AA division and Janice Crawford, Stafford, received the honor in class A. The tournament was judged by more than 40 judges.
Club To Hear Kansas Editor
Is Europe on its feet—or on its face? That topic will be discussed at the University club Friday by John P. "Jack" Harris, editor and publisher of the Hutchinson News-Herald, who returned from Europe on Feb. 2. He will speak at 8 p.m. in the clubrooms, and members may bring guests, said Prof. Elmer F. Beth, president of the club and host for the evening.
Mr. Harris and 14 other American newspaper editors spent a month in Europe to study the effect of the Marshall plan and to determine the extent of European economic recovery. The trip was planned and financed by the newspapers represented; it was in no way connected with any government or armed forces agency.
Among well-known editors in the group were Forrest W. Seymour of the Des Moines Register and Tribune, Willis K. McArdle of the San Francisco Chronicle, Carte-Blade of Mimi MacMurray, John Love of the Cleveland Press, and Michael Bradshaw of The Toledo Blade.
"Jack' Harris is a straight-thinking, straight- talking, wide- awake Kansas editor," said Professor Beth. "He has a reputation for calling a spade by its Anglo-Saxon name. His enterprise in digging out facts from the past has proved themselves them have made his newspaper the mouthpiece for Western Kansas and one of the leading dailies of the state."
Mr. and Mrs. Harris spent the summer of 1949 in Europe, and he wrote a series of 35 articles while on that "vacation." He is chairman of the board of directors of the William Allen White foundation. His paper is one of a group that includes the Chanute Tribune, the Ottawa Herald, the Salina Journal, the Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, and four radio stations.