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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, 1949
The Editorial Page
Dulles And Lehman
The special New York senatorial race in November will bring out more political talent than some states have had since the formation of the Constitution.
Both parties seem to have outdone themselves in selecting qualified men to fill the vacancy left by the death of Senator Robert F. Wagner.
The Democrats have nominated former governor Herbert H. Lehman, a man who has been intimately acquainted with the affairs of the state since 1928. Lehman's qualifications go beyond the borders of his state, for he was also director of U.N.R.R.A., the organization given the tremendous responsibility of sending emergency relief to the devastated areas of the world following the war.
New York Republicans have done just as well in selecting their candidate. He is John Foster Dulles, and he was appointed to the post by Governor Tom Dewey after Senator Wagner's death.
Dulles has had wide experience in international circles. He has attended a great many conferences through the years, beginning with the Hague Peace conference in 1907. In 1945 he was a delegate to the San Francisco meeting, and since then has helped to represent the United States in the U.N. He has been chairman of the Federal Council of Churches on Just and Durable Peace, and has been a leader in the Council of Churches for years.
With two such men running for office, New York can hardly go wrong. Unfortunately, one of them must be defeated. Congress should use both, and it's too bad that only one will sit in the Senate.
- Letters To The Editor -
The Jayhawker Staff
Sir.
In campus politics we find the element of discrimination firmly implanted and this discrimination is not to be altered until a new leader steps up to the rostrum to disseminate his jobs among those intimately associated with him or those exponents of his endeavors. This trait is common to all campuses with any democratic politics, and K. U. is no exception to the fact. To the leader goes the authority and to his associates go the spoils.
An example of such politics is visible on the staff of the Jayhawker which is edited and written by students. Putting together such a publication entails a great deal of work and to the editor goes the responsibility of assembling a crew to assist with the task.
Having worked on yearbooks for the past three years, I believed that I could have been of some assistance not to mention my own desire to write. With that goal in mind, I ambled over to the Union building to see the editor. After stating my qualifications in full, at her request she aked me what fraternity if any I was affiliated with. My reply brought an instantaneous statement to the effect that she was terribly sorry but there were already too many men from that fraternity working on the Jayhawker staff, and that people would talk if she accepted any more. Ability, past experience or any other favorable attribute of an applicant apparently makes little difference to the editor whose primary purpose should be in seeing that a publication of top notch quality is created rather than one engendered by a specific and limited group of people.
The day following my unfortunate interview a notice appeared in the Kansan: "Students interested in working on Jayhawker staff should stop at the office in the Union building." Had I been fortunate enough to rewrite that misleading notice, it would have said: "Students who would like to work on the Jayhawker staff and who are on good terms with me should drop in the
office located in the Union building No experience necessary.
Bud Rodgers.
Sir.
Journalism Junior
In reply to Mr. Rodgers' letter concerning discrimination on the Jay-hawkier staff, I would like to state that Mr. Rodgers misinterpreted the motive of my action in refusing him a position on the staff of the magazine-annual.
In refusing him, I had two thoughts in mind; one, that the major positions had been filled; two that the assistants needed must represent interests other than those already on the staff.
If Mr. Rodgers' qualifications are high as he claims, I regret that he was not enrolled in the University last spring when applications were made and the staff positions filled.
I would like to refer Mr. Rodgers again to the Daily Kansan notice of Sept. 23, in which the Jayhawker called for office help. Members of the office staff do secretarial work only. If, as he says, he is interested in writing, he should take the suggestion which I made to him: that he offer his services to another publication whose staff positions have not yet been filled.
Since I am the first Jayhawker editor in a number of years to use a staff, I trust that Mr. Rodgers will be able to see that I am following what I consider the best way to represent 8,500 students.
Marian Rippeteau Editor of the Jayhawker
University Daily Hansan
Marian Rippeteau
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Topeka, Kan.—(U.P.)A new sign hangs on the door of the 2018 club in Topeka today, the result of an injunction by district Judge Dean McEhlenny.
Private Club In Topeka
Padlocked By Court Order
Editor in Chief ... James W. Scott
Managing Editor ... Marvin Rowlands
Business Manager  Lew Scoltino
Advertising Manager  Bob Bolthoo
National Ad Manager  Dean Knuth
National Marketing  Charles Chang
Circulation Manager  Carol Buhler
The sign on the door of the club which allegedly conducted mixed drink sales read "padlocked by order of district court."
The closing was affected through a provision of Kansas' 1949 Liquor Control law by which the club is designated a public nuisance.
The establishment had operated as a private club in the residential district until it was raided last June.
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