University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1949
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Med School May Get Part Of Tax Surplus
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 15. (U.P.) Gov. Frank Carlson made plain today his firm belief in using Kansas sales tax surplus for a multi-million dollar institutional building program.
He stated his position at a press conference. The Kansas senate yesterday voted 17 to 15 to amend a bill providing approximately $4,000,-000 worth of building at the University of Kansas Medical center from the state's general fund instead of the sales tax fund. The action is not final without house approval.
Said Gov. Carlson:
Said Gov. Carlson:
"The sales tax surplus will amount to $34,000,000 by the end of June.
We should use this fund for something permanent. We can take care of expanded programs in elementary school support and public welfare and still provide for badly-needed construction of state hospitals and other institutions.
The Governor told newsmen "The money is available, the need is here, it seems good business to me to use instead of levying additional state-wide property taxes."
He said a $4,500,000 construction program for state mental institutions will be offered the legislature soon.
soub.
In answer to a question he said he would recommend financing it with sales tax money.
sales tax money:
Kansas can expand its school and
public weathre expenditures by $12,-
,000,000 year, carry out $8,500,000
in construction for institutions and
the K.U. Medical center and still
wind up with a $10,000,000 cushion
in the sales tax fund on June 30,
1951. Gov. Carlson said.
Choir To Sing Brahms Work
The University Festival chorus has begun the study of the Brahms "Requiem" which will be presented as a feature of the Music Week festival in May.
The chorus is still open in all sections to singers who can carry an independent vocal part and are able to attend rehearsal at 4 p.m. Thursday afternoons in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall. Enrollment will be closed after rehearsal Thursday.
"The Requiem" takes approximately 40 minutes to perform. The chorus does most of the singing with solos by soprano and baritone voices.
"The Peaceable Kingdom," recently composed by Randall Thompson, will also be presented. It is a work for voices alone, and it will be sung by the A Capella choir, under the direction of Dean D. M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts. The University Symphony orchestra will be heard in works by leading contemporary composers.
Morrow Rites Will Be Held At Blue Mound Tomorrow
The funeral of W. C. Morrow, '16,
who was killed in an automobile
accident Sunday, will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at Blue Mound,
Kan. Burial will be at South Haven
on Thursday.
Three sons of Mr. Morrow are now attending the University. They are Kenneth A., education junior; Malcolm M., freshman pre-business; and Duane C., College freshman. A brother, Harry Morrow, is sports editor of the Lawrence Daily Journal-World.
Faculty Drive Has Week To Go
Faculty members have contributed $275 to the "March of Dimes" polio fund at present, Prof. Carl Slough, faculty chairman of the drive, said today. The drive will continue for one week.
The total amount collected to date is far short of the $500 goal, Professor Slough said. Last year, faculty members gave $475.
Contributions may be made at Professor Slough's office in 204 Green hall.
CORE Radio Shows Tonight
Two programs commemorating National Brotherhood week will be presented by K U. members of Congress of Racial Equality over Topeka radio stations WREN and KTOP tonight.
"Let's make Civil Rights Legal" will be heard at 7:15 p.m. over WREN. It was written by John Awald, education junior, and Ralph Smith, business senior.
"Brotherhood—the Core of the Problem" will be presented at 9:15 p.m. over KTOP. The show was written by James Petersen, College senior, Elmer Rusco, College sophomore, and Stanley Kelley, College senior.
Those participating in the program are;
WREN: Joyce Harkleroad, College jurist; Leslie Fleming, College sophomore; and James Peterson.
KTOP: Norma Bishop, College junior; Jack Elliott, business junior; Floyd Thuston, education senior; and James Petersen.
Banquet Tickets Go On Sale
tickets for the Inter-varsity Christian fellowship banquet will be sold Tuesday in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall. The banquet will be held at 6 p.m., Saturday in the Kansas room of the Union building. Price of tickets is $1.25 each.
83 Students On Business Honor Roll
Seven of the 83 students on the fall semester honor roll of the School of Business at the University have made all A's, Dean Leonard Axe announced.
Forty-one seniors, or 11 per cent of the class, equalled or exceeded the required 2.30 grade average. However, only 42 juniors, or 8 per cent of the class, made the customary 2.20 standard for that class.
The straight "A" students are:
Edman L. Chapman, Albert L. Goodpasture, Clifford Roberts, and Laurel L. McBoyle, seniors; William W. Riddell, James E. Blocker, and Delton Yohe, juniors
Seniors: Frederick Amelung, Carl F. Barlow, James G. Burson, F. Edward Downward, G. Burns, Downward, Thomas R. Dunn, John B. Robert A. Franklin, Mason H. Feese, Robert A. Franklin.
Business school students who are on the honor roll are:
Marecelle B. Gass, Victor C. Gradert,
Wayne H. Gugler, Edgar L. K. Johnson,
Harold D. Jones, Verness D. Lamping,
Ralph L. Larson, Miles B. Link, Warren
B. Ridley, John A. Smith, Harold D.
Harold D. Marquard, John D. Mason,
Warren K. Masoner, Walter J. Michaelis.
Juniors: Ivan D. Anderson, Jeanne Atkinson, Robert B. Berkley, James W. Black, Dean M. Bloyd, Alfred L. Bowman, Laird E. Buck, Richard E. Buck, E. Buck, Kenneth E Caldwell, Waldo P. Dick, John A. Emerson, Rolen E. Lwing.
Raymond L. Moore, Dale E. Oliver,
Shortone, Wesley M. Smith, Albert M.
Savagli, Duane M. Todd, Allen H. Will-
son, Worford, Donald F. Wright
Ells Young
Gerald R. Friedman, Wallace F. Grudenman, Francis E. Hansen, Donald L. Helm, Jackie D. Knight, James L. Masterson, Jerry A. George, George W. Webb B. Morrison, Jr., Gene R. Nolson, Ernest E. Neuer, Raymond H. Oliner, William H. Oliver
Little Man On Campus
Glen A. Olson, Loren Powell, Lawrence L. Reddick, George H. Richardson, Jack W. Robison, Norton W. Sanders, Peggy J. Shinn, Robert E. Shmaibergny, David B. Byron J. Werges, Nance P. Williams, Donald R. Yockey and Harley J. Yoder
“—9 foot 11 inches. OK, that's enough, Pierce. Next man”
Hancock Discusses 'Basing Point' Rule
The recent "basing point" decision struck a serious blow at decentralization of industry, John M. Hancock, New York investment banker, Monday told a School of Law convocation.
Templin Fund Climbs To $41
Contributions to the Templin hall fire fund, sponsored by the University Daily Kansan, totaled $41 today. The drive to help victims of the fire replace lost or damaged personal effects will continue. Contributions may be sent to the Daily Kansan business office.
Contributors to date are: Chancellor Deane W. Malott, $15; Chinese students, $10; Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Shull, 1601 Rhode Island street, $1; Robert Clare, 1314 Tennessee street, $1; Jack Stines, engineering junior, $1; Caroline Crosier, College freshman, $1; Bernadine Read, 1232 Louisiana street, $1.
Five anonymous contributions totaling $11 have also been received.
Name-Calling Costs $7,500
Washington. Feb. 15, —(U.P.) The question is: is it worth $7,500 to cuss out the president of Hungary?
An American, whose name remains an official secret, claims he paid that price and now he wants his money back.
In fact, he wrote a letter threatening harm to Andrew Sik, Hungarian minister, if his demands were not met. A burly Washington policeman today patrols in front of the Hungarian legion just to make sure the fellow doesn't carry out his threat.
The American, a business man, was jailed in Budapest in 1947 on charges of "making insulting statements in public concerning the president of Hungary and other officials."
The American legation got him out in short order, but he subsequently went to the legation and charged the Hungarian police had taken 75 $100 bills from his desk while he was in jail.
The legation requested the Hungarian government to give assurances that any property taken would be returned. The Hungarians replied that cussing out the president was a very grave offense—and gave no assurances about anything.
The unnamed American returned to this country in March, 1948, and reportedly demanded that the state department get his $7,500 back.
Official silence cloaks further development. But it is understood that an investigation in Budapest failed to prove conclusively that the Hungarian police took the money.
Anyhow, the State department did nothing further, and there the matter rested until Sik informed the department last Wednesday of the threatening letter. The department requested police to guard the legation.
WEATHER
Kansas—Fair today and tomorrow. High today 35 in west to 40 in east. Low tonight 15 degrees above zero in the northwest to 20 above in the east. Rising temperatures Wednesday to from 40 to 45 degrees in most sections of the state.
9 The speaker predicted that eventually fabricators of steel would become centralized in the Pittsburgh and other steel producing areas.
The "basing point" decision by the supreme court upheld a Federal Trade commission order forbidding the cement industry to quote prices in which the maker absorbed the industry has shifted to an "F.O.B. industry has shifted to an "F.O.B." plant" pricing policy.
Hancock, who is a director of more than 20 corporations and a close associate of Bernard Baruch, told the law students that lawyers shouldn't venture far into economics unless they were trained economists and businessmen.
Business today can't plan the plant expansion to guarantee the nation the kind of economy it will want 10 years from how, Hancock said, because the government and its lawyers have created an atmosphere of uncertainty.
"Business can accept rules, right or wrong, and act upon them," he said, "but only if the rules are clearly defined and not changed in the middle of the game."
Big business is often attacked for its bigness by those who profess to see nothing wrong with big government that is much larger than any business could ever be, the speaker said.
Opposing a planned economy, the business executive said, "No one in Washington has confidence in the relationship of big business to the consumer. Business is essentially an operation of long-time nature, and we have become a great nation because we have recognized this. Big business can grow only by one test, giving the people goods at prices they will pay.
"We do not seem concerned about the growth of government, but we are concerned about big business. Men can not sit in Washington and plan the economy. There are not 20 men in the world who can plan an economy, and if there were, I would not give them the power.
"No one knows what the government thinks, and no one can find out." Mr. Hancock added. "In period of uncertainty, business does not go ahead with certainty. Production for the future is not allowed to progress."
Many systems have been tried all over the world, but none has been as successful as the American system, Mr. Hancock said. He reiterated his belief in the profit motive and insisted that governmental tampering with business is detrimental to the economy of the United States.
Committees Work On'Bury The Dead'
Costume and property committees are rummaging through every avail- able closet and attic looking for suitable stage props for Irwin Shaw's play "Bury The Dead," which will be given Feb. 22 in Fraser auditorium.
In charge of costuming the 30 players in the cast are Pat Dixon, College freshman and Darlene Van Bibler, graduate student. Members of the property committee are:
Doloros Wills, College sophomore; Betty Whaley, education junior. Louise Lambert, College junior; and
Bill Hatch, fine arts junior, is in charge of sound effects. Milton Commons, education senior, has been working on unusual light displays for the drama. Harold Harvey, assistant speech instructor, is directing the 26 scene play.