UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1949
Lewis To Meet With Coal Group On Strike Issue
By UNITED PRESS
John L. Lewis meets with his 200-man union policy committee today to decide whether to call a new soft-coal strike Thursday.
It was believed by many that Lewis would ask the policy committee to postpone the strike at least 30 days so that the United Mine Workers would not face another loss of wages so close to Christmas.
There were some indications that Northern and Western coal mine owners were ready to resume negotiations with Lewis. The last direct talk occurred five weeks ago, when the mine chief and his negotiators, ready announced a willingness to meet with the mine chief and his negotiators.
The committee is scheduled to open its meeting this afternoon in New York. The last time it met was in Chicago when it called off the 52-day strike that was beginning to hamstring the nation's industry.
At Philadelphia, the newly organized C.I.O. International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine workers announced plans for a fourth- round wage increase drive and a pension and welfare program similar to the one gained by steel workers.
The union was chartered by the C.I.O. Nov. 3, after the United Electrical workers had been ousted from the parent body. Leaders of the new C.I.O. union met at Philadelphia for a four-day organizational session. They claim that more than half the membership of the left-wing United Electrical has bolted to the new C.I.O. union.
At East St. Louis, Ill., meanwhile, officials of striking A.F.L stock handlers and managers of the St. Louis national stockyards considered a state conciliators suggestion for day-and-night bargaining to end a walkout that has tied up the vard's operations.
The yards, biggest hog market in the nation, have been closed for two weeks as the handlers tried to enforce demands for a health and welfare plan.
Delegates from seven locals of the C.I.O. packinghouse workers met at Des Moines Sunday and voted for a program of "militant action" in demands for a new contract with Wilson & Co. About 400 delegates attended from Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Omaha, Neb., and Albert Lea and Fairbault, Minn. Wilson & Co. cancelled its contract with the union in 1948 and it has never been renewed.
Christmas Seals On Sale Today
The University's Christmas Seal campaign opened at 8 a.m. today when booths for accepting contributions were set up in the Union and Fraser and Strong halls. Margo Taylor, fine arts freshman and chairman of the drive, said the student goal is 50,000 seals.
Church Group Hears Dr. Young
Dr. Herrick B. Young, personnel director for Presbyterian foreign missionary work, told members of the Westminster foundation Nov. 20 that communism does not present an immediate threat to Iran because of the opposition of the large Mohammedan population.
"The missionary's task is to present religion to the people, not bribe them into it." Dr. Young said.
He explained that the agricultural and animal husbandry work being done by missionaries in India constitutes an important bridge for religious work. Since the cow is sacred in India, fresh milk is at a premium and as a result many children die for lack of nourishing foods. To combat this, the misseeds have introduced milk-bearing goats to India. They have crossed these goats with native Indian strains and have produced a hardy animal which gives superior milk.
Dr. Young has recently returned from Japan where he conferred with Gen. Douglas MacArthur about missionary work there.
Dr. Young was formerly an Associated Press foreign correspondent. He recalled that his first big assignment was to cover the coronation of the present Shah of Iran. Of course, the monarch before his accession to the throne had played tennis and poked with him while in Teheran.
The Presbyterian missionary left Kansas City, Mo., for New York, by plane in order to visit with the Shah who is now in this country.
Dr. Young and the Shah are expected to discuss plans for reopening the Presbyterian Elborz university in Teheran.
Fowler Will Give Lecture Thursday
Clayton Fowler, assistant professor of art history will speak on "Late Mediaeval Symbolism" at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Museum of Art. His talk is the second in a series on symbolism in art.
Kansas Farmers Don't Know How Much Land They Own
Not every 640-acre Kansas farm is equal to a section of land, Dr. Walter H. Schoewe, geologist of the state geological survey, said today.
He gave two reasons for saying that not every section is one square mile in area. They are: errors in surveying; and the converging of meridians, the lines of longitude, as they extend northward.
"The land unit we use is designated as a United States, congressional, or government standard township." Dr. Schoewe said. "It is normally six miles square, an area of 36 square miles. It is not to be confused with the organized civil or municipal township, a political unit always designated by name instead of by numbers."
Appreciation of these factors is important to members of the state geological survey at the University. They could not draw accurate maps without a knowledge of the land unit system.
To offset errors, standard parallels of east-west correction lines at intervals of every five townships or every 30 miles have been established in Kansas, Dr. Schoewe explained. Similarly, guide meridians extending north and south are spaced eight townships or 48 miles apart.
"All errors in surveying are distributed in the northern and western tier of sections in each township," Dr. Schoewe said. "This gives some sections less, some more, than 640 acres. Public roads, which usually follow the section lines, jog where correction lines cross.
"The east-west width of sections in this strip varies from more than $2\frac{1}{2}$ miles in some of the sections near the Oklahomaahoma state to less than more than a mile in sections near the Kansas-Nebraska line."
"A noted departure from the standard section size occurs in the western tier of sections extending north-south across the state through Cowley, Butler, Chase, Morris, Geary, Riley, Pottawatomie, and Marshall counties.
Bagpipes Heard In Scotland May Soon Come From India
The unusual width of the sections is not easily explained Dr. Schoewe said. Apparently, two surveys started in opposite directions from their meridian baselines and came together at the point of error.
Imagine outsiders from thousands of miles away trying to sell bagpipes to Scots.
Apparently it isn't as fantastic as it sounds. The British Industries fair in London reports that the new Indian state of Pakistan is launching a campaign to do just that.
Bagpipe-making is by no means new to India, notes National Geographic society. Center of the modern industry is in the ancient city of Sialkot in Western Punjab.
Sialkot long has been engaged in the manufacture of various musical instruments, sports goods, and other products. Many of the early bagpipes sounded by Scottish regiments stationed in India during the British regime came from Sialkot.
The bapipe, whose shrill, sustained notes are regarded with ardent admiration by some and apprehension by others is particularly suited to marching or martial music.
The bagpipe, believed to have originated in Asia and still popular there, is one of the world's oldest instruments. Some say it was used, in primitive form, by the early Egyptians and Greeks.
It was about 1700 that the long-familiar bagpipe moved into the lead as Scotland's national instrument. Tibetans play Scotland's favorite military tunes with great skill, and regard the bagpipe as their national military instrument.
All agree it is best appreciated when heard in the open—in the craggy hills and moors as in Scotland.
University Of Oslo Open To Americans
The University of Oslo, Norway will hold a 1950 summer session for American and Canadian students who have completed their sophomore year in college.
Students who enroll in the six-weeks' course may earn six semester-hour credits. All classes will be conducted in English and an American dean of students will be included on the administrative staff.
The course of study during the summer will include: A general survey of Norwegian culture for all students; selected courses in Norwegian history, language, literature and the arts; and special courses in social studies taught by university professors and government representatives in various phases of the Norwegian political and social sciences and economics.
The University of Oslo is on the list of foreign institutions approved by the Veterans' administration. The estimated cost for students paying their own way is $300. Transportation costs to and from Norway must be added to this amount. In the past transportation has been close to $300.
The December meeting of New-
comers will be a formal dinner for
husbands and wives at 7 p.m. Friday
in the Palm room of the Union
building.
The University will house 200 students in Blindern Students' hall and approximately 50 in private homes in Oslo. In addition to afternoon field trips, all visitors will be guided weekend tours to places of scenic and cultural interest.
Newcomers To Hold Dinner On Friday
The opening date of the summer session is not yet final. However, students will sail from New York on June 13, 1950 aboard the S.S. Stravangerjordt. Students desiring to attend summer school admissions office, St. Olaf college, Northfield, Minn., St. Olaf college, Northfield, Minn.,
Following the dinner, the group will go to the Union ballroom for dessert and a formal reception by the University Women's club.
The Newcomers is an organization of faculty women, faculty wives, women staff members, and students on campus or second years, at the University.
Those wishing to attend the dinner must make reservations with Mrs. Jack Wichert, phone 3232J, by 11 a.m. Wednesday. The price is $1 a plate.
Robinson Funeral Will Be Today
New York, Nov. 28-(U.P.)-Bill "Bojangles" Robinson will make his last trip down Broadway today in what was expected to be one of the largest funerals in the city's history.
Police said 30,000 persons are expected to attend services at which Mayor William O'Dwyer will eulogize the 71-year-old Negro tapdancer. Additional thousands will line the route of the funeral procession.
Harlem's schoolchildren were given a half-holiday so that they could attend Robinson's funeral.
Almost 40,000 persons filed by Harlem's 369th regiment anti-aircraft armory yesterday after wait-Robinson's flag-draped coffin in ing in line outside in snow and among laying numbers. Thousands more paid their last respects this morning before the funeral service this afternoon. *
The funeral service in the Abyssinian Baptist church will be conducted by the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., a New York Democratic congressman whose wife, pianist Hazel Scott, will play Chopin's "Funeral March." Marian Anderson, famed Negro soprano, will sing "Ave Maria," and Robert Merrill, Metropolitan opera tenor, will sing "The Lord's Prayer."
Sex Crimes Up In US, FBI Says
Washington, $ ^{i} $ —(U.P)—The nation's worst wave of sex crimes is underway, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation figures.
The F.B.I. said an upswing in sex offenses began several years ago, reached an all-time high in 1947 and has continued with only a slight decline since then.
Figures for the first half of 1949 show that the rate of sex crimes is running neck and neck with 1947. The F.B.I. said there is a good chance the wave of sex crimes will continue until the nation's criminal laws are strengthened. J. Edgar Hale director, long has advocated statutes that require sex offenders, even in male undergo medical and psychiatric treatment. If this fails, offenders would be permanently isolated.
The F.B.I. has blamed the courts and parole boards across the nation for much of the rise in sex crimes. But it also believes parents and victims themselves are at fault.
Armies Close On Chungking UN Help Doomed
Chungking, China, Nov. 28—(U.P)
—Chinese Communist armies closed in today on Chungking, wartime capital of China, and its hours as a last frail citadel of the overwhelmed Nationalists seemed numbered.
Dr. Philip C. Jessup, American Ambassador-at-Large, was the only delegate to inscribe his name on the list to speak at this morning's committee session.
The Communist forces advancing virtually unopposed on the city was reported to have driven to within 13 miles of Chungking. One Communist band was reported at Nanwanchuen, or South Warm Spring, 13 miles from Chungking, and other troops were nearing the city from three directions.
After a weekend adjournment to permit the delegates from 59 nations to study Tsiang's 27,000 word charge, there was a marked reluctance among the world's diplomats to take the floor on the Chinese issue—either for or against the Nationalists.
Observers expected the fall of the city within 24 hours. That will give the Communists a clean sweep of the Nationalist capitals since they pushed down from Manchuria and carried the red banner entirely across China.
Symbolic of the desperate plight of Chungkup, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek was reported to have left today, presumably for Chengtu where the fleeing Nationalist officials were setting up shop for the time being.
Premier Yen Hsi-Shan, now acting as Nationalist president in the absence of Li Tsung-Jen, planned to quit Chunking tonight or Tuesday. Mr. Li now is in Hong Kong for medical treatment after falling out with Generalissimo Chiang.
Local Communists were reported to have become active in the Kiangpei suburban area of the city. But the populace remained calm. Food prices were soaring and an evening newspaper suspended publication, but by early evening no sign of panic had appeared. The people seemed resigned to their fate.
Dr. Tingfu F. Tsiang, leader of the Nationalist delegation, appears to have enlisted plenty of sentiment but few votes, for his cause with his three-hour indictment of the Soviet Union before the General Assembly's main political committee November 25.
Meanwhile, at Lake Success, Nationalist China's hope for help from the United Nations appeared doomed today in its fight against the Communists.
Dr. Jessup was expected to give scanty support to the Nationalist cause.
Professor Russell, a member of the city building committee, said that for each $100 collected under the mill tax, the city gets $35, the state government $4, and the city tax rate is $4.05 for each $1,000 property and 50 cents for each $1,000 in cash.
Professor Russell Tells Co-op Club Of Mill Tax Money Distribution
Among those at the meeting were William J.B. Turner, Lawrence mayor, and the six-man city council, L.E. Bailey, a new council member, was sworn in by Harold Fisher, city clerk.
What happens to money collected from the mill tax in Kansas was explained by F. A. Russell, professor of engineering drawing, at a meeting of the Lawrence Co-op club recently.
Using charts, Professor Russell showed that the present property value in Lawrence is $2,722,107 and the intangible value is $5,740,385. In response to these amounts, he said it produces $317,564 in revenue each year.
All taxes and services, including the water department and garbage disposal, produce $743,000 in revenue for the city annually. Professor Russell said that the budget appears not to balance since it shows the city spending 800,000 each year, but actually it does balance because much of the money is spent by one department of the city for services from another.
Carl Ossman, Topeka architect, displayed plans for the new Lawrence police station. The city has $290,000 on hand for this project. Changes in the original plans have been made because of increasing construction costs. Bids for the station's construction will probably be sent out in early December, Professor Russell said.
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