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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949
The Editorial Page-
Reorganization Plans
A plan calling for reorganization of the executive branch of the government which has been formulated by a committee headed by ex-President Hoover will be submitted to congress early in the present session. The committee is bipartisan in nature and Mr. Hoover refrained from making public any details of committee findings until after the election so the report of the committee would not become involved in partisan controversy. The committee has devoted much time and effort to its investigation and its report will undoubtedly merit lengthy consideration by congress and the public.
One of the major committee recommendations has already been revealed by Mr. Hoover. Namely, an increase in salaries should be granted to various government officials, beginning with the president. While this proposal at first glance would seem to indicate only increased expenditures, it would, Mr. Hoover points out, be an economy in the long run.
Higher salaries would tend to decrease the rapid turnover of department employees and would also serve to attract a wider number of applicants to government service. The committee estimates that such an overall increase would involve a cost of perhaps $1\frac{1}{2}$ million dollars a year. Since the committee has set a 3 billion dollar mark as its goal in expense reduction for the executive department by other measures, this first figure seems slight by comparison.
From this it may be assumed the committee will recommend elimination of or drastic reductions in personnel of some government agencies and bureaus. Although such recommendations will inevitably arouse much opposition from the agencies concerned, the great need for unraveling the tangled mass of bureaucracies which serve no useful purpose must be recognized. Any solution to this complex problem is welcome for consideration.
—Martha Ann Nichols.
A veteran Oklahoma oil man recalls the old boom town days of mud, gambling, whiskey, and women." The new boom towns are different—they have paved streets.
A Chicago woman has agreed to keep house for her estranged husband. That's more than some wives do under any circumstances.
- Letters To The Editor -
An Offer
Dear Editor:
In a recent editorial entitled "Our Neck Again" you suggested "an organization be formed for the express purpose of making a survey to determine by factual information" whether or not theater owners are right in their belief that to drop racial segregation would result in a loss of business. You felt that your suggestion was a challenge and I agree with you.
It is a challenge not only to students reading that editorial but to everyone who believes in the fundamental principles of democracy insofar as they are violated every day in our own back yard. In Lawrence for example, segregation is also enforced in certain public eating places.
I therefore propose the following steps:
1. That an organization be formed for the purpose of recording the opinions of the residents of Lawrence (including students) as regards segregation, by interviewing the whole population of the city and the University. If we assume the total population to be around 25,000, then 100 interviewers could easily accomplish this task. Each interviewer would have to visit approximately 60 homes.
2. That the interview ask the following questions: (a) Do you believe the practice of racial segregation should be continued in the theaters and restaurants of Lawrence? (b) Do you avoid, or have you ever avoided, business establishments that do not enforce racial segregation? (c) Would you avoid a business establishment if it were to abolish its present practice of racial segregation?
3. That such a survey need not be undertaken with an advance understanding between the theater owners and the group organized for the purpose as your editorial suggested. Once the survey is complete
4. That, if possible the survey be given advanced publicity in the Daily Kansan and other publications to expedite the task of the interviewers.
the facts will speak for themselves as regards business or possible loss of business.
5. That any student wishing to volunteer as an interviewer for such a survey drop a card to the Daily Kansan indicating this fact.
I, for one, volunteer herewith.
Editor's note: We still maintain that such a program as Mr. Rock has outlined should be done in cooperation with the theater owners and businessmen of Lawrence in order to avoid any possibility of misunderstanding. We also seem to notice that most responses we have had to date simply offer assistance but no one has offered leadership to assume responsibility for such a program.
Graduate school.
Shavings
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A Washington organization is reported to "favor a split nickel." Wonder who they're going to split it with?
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The more we read of crowded conditions and regulations in our state mental institutions, the more striking the similarity appears between them and dormitory life.
Charles Philip Arthur George is fine for Britain, but many Americans still prefer the good old names like Gregory, Clark, and Van.
Video manufacturers are thinking of putting television in automobiles. They might as well since few drivers watch the road anyway.
Columbia's Eisenhower points out that the average professor isn't paid enough to send his own children to college. Which, isn't too bad if, like most kids, they aspire to be president some day. It seems they would be better off selling neckties.
Poultry Business Nets $4,000
Hudson, Mass. - (UP) - Earl E.
Crouse, Jr., 20, has developed a poultry business here which nets him about $4,000 a year. Specializing in broiler production, he raised more than 3,000 birds last year.
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