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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1949
20,000 Quit. Nine Aluminum Plants Close
Pittsburgh, Fo., Oct. 17 — (U.P.)— Twenty-thousand C.I.O. aluminum workers on strike today, cutting off one fourth of the aluminum supply of a nation already strike-bound in steel and soft coal.
The walkout closed nine plants of the Aluminum company of America.
It was called by the United Steel-
workers (C.I.O.) to enforce demands for company paid pensions. This boosted to 1,520,000 the number of workers idled in fourth-round labor disputes.
The new strike call took effect as informed Washington sources indicated President Truman may act this week to bring about a quick settlement in the 17-day old steel dispute.
Government labor experts in Washington warned that the strike problem will become "critical" for the national economy within a week if no progress is made toward settlements.
The ALCOA workers quit their jobs at 12:01 a.m. (E.S.T.) when last-minute intervention by Federal Labor Mediator William N. Margolis failed. R. C. Turner, ALCOA personnel director, said the company asked the union to postpone the strike and continue negotiations but that he was turned down flat.
The U.S.W. rejected a company offer to pay a non-contributory 10-cents an hour pension-insurance package provided payments would be reduced if social security benefits were increased, Turner said.
U. S. Mediation Chief Cyrus S. Ching, however, was to make another attempt for a settlement formula in the steel stalemate today at a meeting with officials of the influential Youngstown, Ohio Sheet & Tube Co. He also had a tentative date with U.S. Steel Corp. representatives on Wednesday.
John L. Lewis and his United Mine workers were scheduled to resume negotiations with the coal operators Tuesday. But both sides are far apart in their welfare fund dispute, which has idled 380,000 soft coal miners.
The ALCOA walkout reduced by one-quarter the country's supply of aluminum, currently in high demand as a steel substitute. ALCOA produces half of the nation's supply, but 16 company plants represented by other unions are not affected by the walkout.
The steelworkers demanded that no string be attached to the welfare program recommended by a presidential steel fact-finding board some months ago. The basic steel industry was closed because it insisted on employees sharing the cost of the package.
Candidates Chosen For Trip To N.Y.
James Black, business senior, has been chosen to represent the University in a contest for an expensepaid trip to New York City, Wiley Mitchell, assistant professor of economics, announced today.
From representatives entered by Kansas colleges and universities, the National Association of Manufacturers, sponsors of the nation wide contest, will select one student to represent Kansas at the Congress of American Industry to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
Black was nominated because of his activities and services to the University, Mr. Mitchell said. One student from each state and the District of Columbia will be chosen.
Black is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, professional business fraternity, and Phi Delta Theta, social fraternity. He holds committee positions in the Society for the Advancement of Management and the Business School association. Besides participating in intramural sports. Black has been on the honor roll for the last five semesters.
Japanese More Friendly Than Germans, Moore Says
Japanese people are more friendly towards Americans than are the German people, explains Dr. R. C. Moore, professor of geology, who recently returned from a three-month assignment as a civilian advisor in Japan.
Dr. Moore traveled Japan "from stem to stern" while reviewing
its geological resources for General MacArthur, supreme commander for allied powers. Previously this year he had visited Germany and it is his observation that the Japanese attitude is far better than that of the German people.
"The Japanese attitude toward Americans surprised me." Dr. Moore said. "There was none of the sullenness and hostility so apparent in Germany. Some of the friendliness may be a crafty politeness, but the way it was uniform in Japanese of both high and low status gives credence to the sincerity."
Dr. Moore said that the way General MacArthur and his staff are directing the occupation of Japan should be a source of pride to Americans, and he is now inclined to dissent from much of the criticism printed here of U. S. policy in Japan.
Dr. Moore arrived in Japan on June 25 after a stopover of one week on Guam, where he inspected work done there by the U. S. geological survey. He spent little time in Tokyo before entering his field research.
His mission was to outline a program for finding deposits of coking-grade coal to make the islands self-sufficient in that component of the iron and steel industry. He was awarded a special citation of merit by general headquarters of the Pacific command for his final report on the resources.
Japanese communists didn't appear very active, Dr. Moore commented. However, much depends on the way in which Japan can develop commerce and a merchant marine to support herself, he said.
He worked in coal producing areas from the northern edge of Hokkaido, "from where we could almost see the Russian iron curtain," to the southwestern tip of Kyushu.
Dr. Moore visited the major universities of Japan during his stay. The geological society of Japan invited him to speak on rock classification and his speech was later translated and published there. The subject dealt with material which Dr. Moore was familiar with as chairman of the North American commission on stratigraphic nomenclature.
Japan isn't so far away by modern means of communication. One day Dr. Moore walked into the Tokyo Imperial Hotel where he was staying and to his surprise heard "The Crimson and The Blue." Then came a play-by-play account of the Texas Christian-University of Kansas football game.
Toward the end of the tour of Japan, Dr. Moore conferred with General MacArthur and told the general of the favorable comparison Japan had made with Germany regarding the attitude of the two countries toward Americans.
Dr. Moore left Tokyo on Oct. 3, by military air transport plane. They stopped at Guam, Kwajalain and Johnson islands, Hawaii and San Francisco. He was in Lawrence on Oct. 7.
The rebroadcast by the Armed Forces radio service had carried a bit of Mt. Oread around the world
Moore is one of three University faculty members asked to serve as civilian consultant to Japan. Paul Malone, professor of economics, was there during the summer. Dr. E. E. Bayles, professor of education, left the University for Japan the past month. He arrived in Tokyo shortly before Dr. Moore left Japan.
American Royal Queen From KU
Janeice Bryan, College senior was crowned queen of the American Royal before 5,000 spectators Oct 14 in the Municipal auditorium, Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Bryan had been selected earlier in the day from 49 entrants from Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Her name was not announced until 10 p.m. when she and her eight ladies-in-waiting and two princesses entered the ballroom. She was crowned by Harry Darby, president of the American Royal association.
Miss Bryan was chosen as Lawrence's entrant in a contest staged by the Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce. She was sponsored in that contest by the Dine-A-Mite cafe.
Miss Bryan and the two princesses rode in the American Royal parade on a float decorated with a crown made of roses, carnations, and chrysanthemums.
Miss Bryan will remain in Kansas City, Mo. this week to reign over the livestock and horse shows
Undergraduate chemistry majors and other students who are interested are welcome. Refreshments will be served.
Chemistry Club To Meet
The Chemistry club will meet at 4 p.m. today in 305 Bailey chemical laboratory to reorganize and plan future activities.
News and music will be features on the KFKU broadcasts today.
Campus, Kansas News On KFKU
Elmil L. Telfel, assistant professor of journalism, will give the "Four State News Review" at 2:45 p.m. The news is written by Mr. Telfel's Radio Copy Technique class and edited by Mr. Telfel. It covers the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Missouri.
Tom Yoe, director of publicity, will present campus news at 2:30 p. m.
AAF Offers Cadet Training
KU Students In Train Wreck Recall A Night Of Horror
University students interested in a career as an officer in the U. S air force will have an opportunity to be interviewed Monday through Thursday, Oct. 24-27, by an air force officer procurement team.
At 9:30 p.m. a concert which will feature the music of Chopin will be given.
Men interested in the aviation cadet training program will receive complete information on both pilot and navigator training. Applicants for this training must be between the ages of 20 and 26 1/2 and citizens of the United States. They must also have at least two years of college and high physical and moral qualifications. Classes begin every six weeks for the 12 month program
Men and women seeking non-flying careers in the air force may apply for admission to an officer candidate school.
Eligibility for this program requires the applicant to be between the ages of 20 and one-half and 26 and one-half, with at least two years of college, in good physical condition, and with high moral and personal qualifications. The next class will start in January, 1950.
By VIRGINIA FROST
Two University students will remember the early-morning hours of Oct. 10 as filled with frantic cries of mothers for their children, rushing water, and metal railroad cars twisted and toppled on their sides.
"Then we hit ground and our car turned over on its side. I was on the side which was down. Water began to pour in on all sides, and I kept wondering where it was coming from. I saw later it was through windows where the glass had been broken.
"We finally picked up speed after leaving Liberal and everyone settled down to sleep," she said "The next thing I knew we were hurtling through the air, and I thought we had gone off a bridge.
These students are Elda Lou Phillips, College sophomore, and Ronald Oyler, fine arts freshman. Both were returning to Lawrence on the Rock Island train. The Imperial, after spending the weekend at home, Miss Phillips at Hugoton and Oyler at Liberal. This train was the one involved in the wreck near Meade. Miss Phillips received cuts and bruises, but did not require hospitalization. She was driven to Lawrence Tuesday by her parents.
Miss Phillips said the train had been held over at Liberal from 11:50 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. because of track repairing. The wreck occurred at 1:30 a.m.
"The water went over my head and I struggled for breath. I thought I was drowning. Water and mud kept pouring in. Then the water
Oyler will remain at home for at least two weeks, according to Mrs. Frank Phillips of 720 Louisiana street, where he rooms. Mrs. Phillips said Oyler's mother wrote that his arms were badly cut and bruised when he broke a window to get out of the train.
suddenly receded and I was standing in it up to my waist. I reached up and grabbed the seat above and managed to keep my footing. I called for Ronald as he had been sitting beside me. He wasn't around, and I thought he had gone under the water, and was pinned under the seat.
"We stood in the mud and water about 45 minutes. Suitcases were floating around, and people were calling for each other. A mother with her baby was clutching the same seat I was. One man had grabbed a light fixture and was holding himself up by that. We were in the chair car. Those in the Pullman had a harder time since there was less room to move around.
"After an eternity of waiting, rescue work began. There were a lot of sailors on the train, and they lined us up. Then they broke the upper windows and pulled us through.
"Rescuers snatched mattresses from the Pullman cars and threw them down on the mud for us to walk on. We went up ladders which had been placed against the sides of cars which were standing, then across the tops and down ladders again."
Miss Phillips called her brother, Elden Phillips, from Hugoton and he came to Fowler after her. She said the entire town of Fowler was mobilized and had clothing, blankets and hot coffee for the accident victims in the high school. Others in the wreck had been taken to Liberal or Meade.
Three KU Men Win $500 Award In Cancer Study
Three K.U. students received the first prize of $500 for the best paper submitted in the pre-doctoral group on cancer research, it was announced Saturday by the Cancer division of the American Cancer association.
The students are Carroll Voorhees, sophomore in the School of Medicine, Dan Buie, College junior, and Paul Wilkinson, who at the present time is employed by the naval research program at the University. He will enroll soon as a graduate student in bio-physics.
This is the first year the cancer association has awarded prizes. They will be given annually. The association awards a first prize of $500, a second prize of $300, and a third prize of $100 in both the pre-doctorate and post-doctorate fields.
The three students have been working under the direction of Dr. Frank E. Hoecker, associate professor of physics, and Dr. Paul G. Roofe, professor of anatomy, on a project sponsored by the office of naval research.
laval research.
Dr. Hoecker said the project determined the way radium causes bone cancer.
"When radium in the form of powder enters the body, it is deposited in the bones of the animal and will eventually cause bone cancer," he said.
The students experimented with the way in which the radium is deposited in the bone and how it reacts on bone cells to cause cancer.
Information from the study of radium may apply to plutonium and uranium which are contained in atomic bombs and liberated by an explosion.
"If these elements entered the human body they might cause cancer similar to that caused by radium, since they are deposited in the bones in a similar manner," Dr. Hoecker said.
Eleven men, seven of whom are graduates of the University, passed all four sections of the examination, auditing, law, theory, and practiced the first time. Clifford E. Roberts, Donald F. Wright, and Albert L. Goodpasture were graduated this year.
Fifteen of the 21 individuals who passed the recent examinations for certified public accountants in Kansas, are graduates of the University School of Business, Dean Leonard Axe said today.
Dr. Peter Spycher, assistant instructor in German, described the political and industrial conditions in Switzerland to the German club members Oct. 13.
Dr. Spycher is an exchange teacher from the University of Zurich. He is doing graduate work in American literature. The next meeting of the German club on Thursday, Oct. 20, will be a "get-acquainted" meeting.
Kansas law requires two years of practical experience in addition to completion of the examination for award of the certificate. Some who passed the tests have served their apprenticeship.
15 KU Graduates Pass CPA Tests
Spycher, Exchange Teacher Speaks to German Club
Jan Chiapasso To Present All-Chopin Recital Today
Jan Chiapusso, professor of piano,
will appear in an all-Chopin recital at 8 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
The recital is in observance of the 100th anniversary of the death of Chopin. He died on Oct. 17, 1908. The program, second in the series of faculty recitals, is open free to the public.