University Dailu Kansan 46th Year No.71
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas
1950 Budget Tops
1930 Proposals
Bv 38 Billion
Washington, Jan. 11—(UP)—Old timers around the capital flicked back history's pages today to compare a couple of record-breaking, peacetime, boom-time budgets.
Mr. Coolidge expected a modest surplus at the end of fiscal year 1930 and sought no new taxes. The depression swallowed his surplus. Mr. Truman wants a total of 3 billion, 960 million dollars in new taxes and forsees a deficit unless taxes are raised.
Veterans were going to cost Mr. Coolidge about 600 million. Mr. Truman's bill with World War II added will be $5½ billion. National defense, where so much of our money goes, was not very costly under Mr. Coolidge although he thought it cost too much. In that 20-year-age budget message he said:
They were President Truman's 41 billion, 900 million dollars budget for the fiscal year 1950 and President Coolidge's 4 billion, 417 million-dollar budget of 20 years ago. With some supplemental appropriations for which Mr. Coolidge or his successor expected to ask later in the year, that fiscal year 1930 budget was expected to become the biggest peacetime spending operation ever undertaken by the United States government.
Mr. Coolidge budgeted to tap income taxpayers, corporations and individuals together, for a modest 2 billion, 175 million dollars. Mr. Truman's estimate is 32 billion, 40 million dollars of which personal income taxes will amount to almost 20 billion dollars.
"In submitting the annual budget for 1926, the chief executive stated that the amount carried in that budget for national defense was 549 million dollars and that in his opinion we could have adequate national defense with a more modest outlay of the taxpayer's money. Nevertheless our defense estimates have steadily climbed."
So Mr. Coolidge asked $648,-
500,000 for national defense in fiscal
year 1930. Mr. Truman wants 14
billion, 300 million dollars.
British Cabinet Woman To Speak
Miss Margaret Bondfield, first woman British cabinet minister, will speak at the special convocation, 3 p.m., tomorrow, in Frank Strong auditorium. Her topic will be "The New Age of Social Security."
The convocation is sponsored by the School of Business this year as part of activities planned to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
Active in labor union organizations for more than fifty years, Miss Bondfield, 75, became the first woman to hold a British cabinet position when she became minister of labor in 1929. She had been a member of parliament since 1923.
Now in this country on a nationwide lecture tour, Miss Bondfield has visited the United States previously to study social security legislation.
KU Journalist To Head Clinic
Miss Frances Grinstead, assistant professor of journalism, will conduct the meeting of the Missouri Women's Press club writers' clinic in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Jan. 28 to Sunday, Jan. 30. The clinic will be held in the conference room of the Municipal auditorium.
Miss Grinstead, in addition to her teaching duties at the University, is widely known for her novel, "High Road," editorials, and feature stories. She has had stories and articles published in about 50 publications. Before coming here in the summer of 1948, she was assistant professor of journalism at the University of Missouri.
The purpose of the clinic is to criticize news features, features, and editors. Miss Grinstead's talk to the clinic will cover the principles of good writing and how to adapt the principles to free lancing.
The club, which will meet from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. each day, has about 120 members. Several editors in Missouri have paid the dues for staff members on their newspapers. The M.W.P.C. was founded in 1937 at Columbia, Mo. Miss Grinstead is one of the founders and secretary of the club.
University Band Presents Winter Concert Monday
By NORMA HUNSINGER
The University Concert band, directed by Russell L. Wiley, presented its annual Winter concert in Hoch auditorium Monday night. A modern "Scherzo" for cornet soloist by Goldman and an unusual arrangement of "The Lost Chord" for six solo trombones were featured.
James Sellards played the solo in the brilliant scherzo and it was one of the high points of the program.
of the high points of the program! Mr. Sellards handles his instrument competently, and is especially adept at playing high passages smoothly and clearly. Band accompaniment of this number was also well-controlled.
Another outstanding number was the instrumentalistic "Finale" from Symphony no. 4 in F minor by Tschaikowsky. Alternating between melancholy and exuberant moods, this number seems to personify concert band music. The band's interpretation of it was vigorous, yet controlled and dignified.
The band started and ended their program with overtures—"Oberon" by Weber and the noble "Russian Easter Festival" by Rinsky-Korsakov. Both were well-prepared and competently performed. For Wag-
The six trombonists played the unison melody of "The Lost Chord." by Sullivan, as a unit. The group's performance was smooth and full. Balance between the band and soloists was good.
WEATHER
nerian fans there was the familiar "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" from "Gotterdannmerung." For those who like martial music, there was "Law and Order" by Alford and "Onward Kansas" by Laffer.
They also played four numbers from the engaging "Lincolnshire Posey" by Grainger. These are personalized and expressionistic numbers, light and attention-compelling. For an encore, the band played the University alma mater, "The Crimson and the Blue."
Kansas—Sleet and freezing rain,
except snow extreme northwest to
today, tonight and tomorrow. Slowly
rising temperatures. High today 10-
15 west to 25-30 east. Low tonight
10-15 west to 25-30 east. Considerable glazing indicated.
AWS Workshop Includes Many Campus Groups
The Associated Women student's leadership workshop will be held Feb. 3, 8, 10, 15, and 17. All organized houses will send one underclassman, two upperclassmen, and representatives according to the number of girls living in the house.
All women interested in campaigning for the A.W.S. senate in the spring election are required to attend these meetings. Any one else interested may apply to Grace Gwinner or Marie Schumaker.
The following organizations will send three representatives each:
Panhellenic, Interdorm council,
Student Union activity, YWCA,
Independent Student association, Jay
Janes, All-Student council, Women's
Athletic association, and Junior
Panhellenic.
The general chairmen for the workshop are Wilma Shore, Grace Gwinner, and Marie Schumaker. Other chairmen are: program, Annita Philipp; contact, Joanna Schrag; publicity, Louise Lambert and Ann Learned; and personnel, Mary Ann Smith.
Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women will speak on "Ideals of Leadership" Thursday, February 3. The leader is Barbara Lamoreaux. Committee members are Joe Ann Ogg, Mary Tibbetts, Janet Coulter, and Joanne Perry.
Miss Martha Peterson, assistant dean of women, will speak on "Personal Values" Tuesday, Feb. 8. The leader is Larraine Ross. Committee members are Louise Hamilton, Sally Pegues, Mary Witcher, Suzanne Hoyt, and Marilyn Brown.
John Conard, instructor of political science, will speak on "Parliamentary Procedure" Thursday, Feb. 10. The leader is Ellen Spurney. Committee members are Denise Owen, Ruth Brotherson, and Hortense Bedell.
Miss Thelma Mills, dean of women at the University of Missouri, will speak on "Psychology of Leadership" Tuesday, Feb. 15. The leader is Donna Munn. The committee members are Bette Jones, Joan Vermillion, Alice Sellers, and Arden Anst.
The last speech will be by Miss Natalie Calderwood, instructor of English, Thursday, Feb. 17. She will speak on "What Is the Leadership Role of Women?" The leader will be Mary M. Wolfe. Committee members are Darol Donovan, Jayne Mater, Marjorie Newell, and Betty Joe Bloomer.
Mr. Friley, a Republican in his initial venture as a legislator, took over from Bock by the margin of only four months. The Macksville Democrat, a University of Kansas student, was 23 in September.
All meetings will be in the Kansas room of the Union. The lectures will last from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. Open discussions will be held after the lectures.
Toneka. Jan. 11—(UP)—Bill H. Fribley, Crestline war veteran, will be the youngest member of the 1849 Kansas legislature which convenes today.
Other young members of a legislature whose age level is lower than in some past years include:
State Legislature Has New 'Baby'
Twenty-three years old three days ago, he replaces Robert L. Bock, "baby" of the 1947 session who was re-elected to a second term.
Sid Jagger, Minneapolis Republican, 25; Walter Me Vey Jr., Independence Republican, 26; William Weigand, La Crosse Republican, also 26.
Storm Cuts Power And Ties Traffic
By UNITED PRESS
Freezing rain, sleet, and snow, general throughout the Midwest, left Missouri and Kansas with its worst icy conditions in years today as power lines tumbled under the weight of the ice and left many communities without electric facilities.
Communications were impaired and highways were glazed, prompting
'Bury The Dead Is Feb.22 To 25
Six dead soldiers who refuse to lie down in their graves, but insist on standing up. form the plot of "Bury the Dead," the play to be presented from Tuesday. Feb. 22, through Friday, Feb. 25, by the University Players.
Written in 1936 by Irwin Shaw, the play has an anti-war thesis. Speen Crafton, professor of speech, said that it was the sensation of that year
The University Players will use the adaptation by Professor Crafton and Gene Courtney.
Herk Harvey, director, said the action of the play would take place "in the second year of the war that is to begin tomorrow night."
Tom Rea, recently in the role of Hamlet, will play the lead role of an army captain.
Other members of the east are: Thomas M. Shay, Colin A. Campbell, Loren E. Orr, Jim C. Kiefner, Ervin E. Grant, Harold N. Hales, Arnold E. Davidson, James W. Hawes, Craig W. Hampton, Milton D. Commens, Charles J. Brown, Don H. Harling, Robert A. Cristman, J. Haney Scott, Charles G. Howe, B. Gene Courtney, Roy Crouch, Bill P. Ogg, Robert E. Herriott.
Phyllis Mowery, Bernice Brady,
Jane Schmidt, Mary K. Booth,
Patricia Mather, Dorothy J. Hardy,
Doloros Wills.
Professor Crafton said that the department of speech and drama had "a big line-up" for next semester. Milne's "Mr. Pim Passes By" will be presented with an all-faculty cast.
Kansas City university's production of Goethe's "Faust" will be presented to K.U. students.
With permission of the University, the department also hopes to give "Hamlet" in high schools throughout the state, Professor Crafton said.
Curtain Up In Capital
Topeka. Jan. 11—(UP)—A tradition-shattering session of the Kansas legislature convened at noon today.
Larry Ryan, democratic secretary of state, the first in Kansas' 88 years of statehood, gaveled the 36th regular legislature to order and swore in its 40 senators and 125 representatives.
The Republican-dominated session quickly confirmed action of party caucuses held Monday and elected leaders for house and senate.
To the speakership of the lower chamber went balding Dale Bryant, Wichita attorney, and first man from the state's biggest city to win the important legislative post.
To the top senate pro-term position went white-haired but young Sen. Paul Wunsch of Kingman, specialist in education, welfare and tax legislation.
Gathering in the snow-coated capitol building, this bi-ennial legislative session will toss ashe Kansas' long-upheld tradition of prohibition.
*state patrol authorities to urge all*
*county officials to believe that is*
*not absolutely necessary.*
The U.S. district weather bureau in Kansas City could offer no hope for a let up in the sleet and snow and freezing drizzle that is general throughout Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Iowa.
All power lines were down in Pittsburg, Kan., and the city was in darkness last night. Radio stations were off the air. Southwestern Bell Telephone company said many of its toll circuits to surrounding towns were not functioning.
Nurses and doctors completed an operation and a delivery at Mt. Carmel hospital in Pittsburg after electric power was cut off. They used a portable power machine.
Highway patrolmen estimated the sheet was 10 inches thick on roads between Pittsburg and Ft. Scott, 30 miles to the North. The roads were dotted with stalled motor cars.
In Missouri; Joplin was hardest hit by the storm. Electric power was cut off to three of the city's largest hospitals while operations were being performed. Surgeons and nurses finished the operations with the use of flashlights and portable power machines.
Many homes were without heat, causing numerous families to "double up."
Thousands of branches of trees dotted the streets, damaging parked motor cars as they fell and blocking all traffic, Joplin police reported. Schools were closed until further notice.
Telephone lines were down and trees uprooted in the Vienna-Freeburg, Mo., area, but highways still were clear, the state patrol reported.
Empire District electric company crews, striving to repair damage to lines in Joplin, worked 24-hour shifts.
Without electricity, Joplin bakeries were not operating today and it was feared a bread shortage would develop.
In Kansas, Chanute reported a four-inch sheet coverage and temperatures near 15 degrees. Highway traffic was partly paralyzed as 50 snow plows struggled to open the roads in the district.
One-way traffic was reported on U.S. 166 near Coffeyville, on U.S.
169 near Cherryvale and on U.S.
169 near Independence.
An inch of snow and sleet covered roads in the Atchison, Kan. area, making travel precarious. Measures near the four-inch mark State highway department plows kept roads open, however.
Parsons was without electricity since early Monday night and the Kansas Gas and Electric company also reported breaks in its lines at Cherryvale, Independence, Altona, Liberty, Fredonia and Coffeeville.
Parsons reported three inches of sheet, telephone wires down, many trees cracking and falling, and a steady continuation of the freezing precipitation. The fall since the storm measured 2.59 inches.
Only one bus line was operating in Wichita, covered with five inches of sleet, and inter-buses were running as much as five hours late. All roads were reported open, but extremely slippery.
Beech Aircraft company was closed, but all other major industries were in operation. City schools were holding classes, but district schools in suburban areas were closing.