University Daily Kansan
46th Year No. 66
Tuesday, Jan. 4, 1949
Tuesday, Jan. 4, 1949 Lawrence, Kansas
US Pulls Out Hunt For Peace Still In China
BY UNITED PRESS
The United States gradually is withdrawing its army and air advisers from China as the Nationalist government presses the Communists for peace.
Six U. S. army transport planes were scheduled to take members of the military mission's air division from Shanghai to Tokyo today. The army division also has ceased all its activities and functions, but a skeleton organization remains in Nanking.
Soon the U. S. Navy will be the only American armed forces branch represented in China. It is still maintaining its operations in Tsingtao, base of the Western Pacific fleet, and is increasing its activities and personnel in Shanghai.
The navy's increased activity may be due to preparations for the evacuation of American and alien civilians, as well as military personnel and dependents.
OTHER FOREIGN NEWS
In Nanking, Chinese government sources said they are still waiting for a Communist response to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's peace bid. The feeling was growing that the Reds will reject Chiang's offer.
Tel Aviv—Egypt has complained to the United Nations that the Jews used tear and choking gas against an Egyptian brigade tapped in Faluja in southern Palestine. A Jewish spokesman denied the charge.
Berlin—The U.S. army command forbade all fraternization "between American soldiers and the Russians so long as the Soviets continue their "inhuman blockade."
Amsterdam—Dutch-Premier William Drees has taken a plane for Java to promote formation of an interim Dutch government for Indonesia.
London—Russia admitted she still is holding a number of German war prisoners despite a four-power agreement to release them all by Dec. 31. The official Soviet Tass news agency said the "overwhelming majority" of German prisoners had been repatriated and the remainder would be sent home during 1949.
Hanukkah Party Set For Friday
A special Hanukkah party, sponsored by the Jewish Student Union, the Y.M.C.A., the W.Y.C.A., and the Student Religious council, will be held Friday at the Episcopal parish house beginning at 7 p.m. It will include a buffet supper, special programs, talent numbers and games.
The Hanukkah festival is sometimes referred to as the Feast of Lights or the Feast of Dedication, and is celebrated by the Jewish peoples throughout the world with a special feast, the ceremony of the lighting of candles, and the exchange of gifts.
WEATHER
The committee planning the party is Beverly Gittelman, chairman; Laura Maso... Nancy Sandehn, Ira Gissen, Robert Chesky and D. Ned Linegar, adviser.
Kansas—Cold wave east today and tonight. Blizzard northwest diminishing by evening. Diminishing winds west and central. Snow northwest and occasional snow flurries east becoming partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Warmer west tomorrow. High today 10-15 west, 25-30 east. Falling east during the day. Low tonight 10-15.
Movie Tonight In Fraser Theater
The movie, "Scenes from Shakespeare," will be shown at 4 and 7:30 p.m. tonight in Fraser theater.
The English made film contains scenes from three of Shakespeare's masterpieces, "Othello," "Julius Caesar" and "Macbeth." The showing is sponsored by the English department. Admission is 25 cents.
Kansas To Get Colder Weather
Missouri and Kansas expected the worst again today as winter continued to deal all kinds of weather, including tornadoes.
BY UNITED PRESS
Cold waves were expected in the eastern portions of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma and in Missouri today and tonight.
Blizzard conditions in Western Nebraska and Northwestern Kansas were expected to moderate by evening.
Occasional snow flurries were expected to continue through most of the day in Eastern Kansas, Eastern Oklahoma and Western Missouri. Rain in Eastern Missouri was expected to change to snow by late afternoon.
Lows tonight are expected to range from zero to 10 above in Nebraska, 10 to 15 above in Kansas and Western Missouri, 15 to 20 in Oklahoma, and 20 to 25 in Eastern Missouri.
Temperatures will continue to dive throughout the cold wave area, the weather bureau in Kansas City. Mo..predicted.
Kansas was still reeling today from its first January tornado in history. The twister flattened a half dozen buildings at Vilas, farm community 10 miles southwest of Chanute in Wilson县。
Gordon Wiltse, vilier farmer, suffaced a broken back when his car was blown against a tractor by the raging, whirling wind.
Kansas City was alerted about 5 p.m. Monday but the tornado warning was cancelled. The city experienced a violent thunderstorm and unusually high temperatures.
North-central Kansas reported Monday night a snow accumulation of four to eight inches and heavy drifting. The danger to livestock had not lessened, despite slight moderating conditions in the region along the Kansas-Nebraska line.
It was predicted the storm will be out of the Missouri-Kansas area tomorrow morning, bringing an end to precipitation and accompanied by moderating conditions.
At Garden City Monday, business activities yielded to piercing 50-mile-an-hour winds and biting cold. The new cold wave was felt more sharply than earlier blasts because it followed two of the warmest winter days on record at Garden City. The mercury climbed to 50 Sunday, even as snows began to blanket the rokies 300 miles west of Garden City.
Five faculty members attended the annual meeting of the American Sociological society which was held in Chicago recently.
Five From Here At Sociological Meet
Those attending were George Floro, instructor in sociology; Carroll D. Clark, professor of sociology; Jackson E. Baur, assistant professor of sociology; Charles K. Warriner, instructor in sociology; and Walter H. Crockett, instructor in sociology.
The program included the presentation of a number of papers and a business meeting, Mr. Floro said. No papers were presented by K.U. members this year.
Plans For Union Enlargement Will Be Shown To Students
Tentative plans for new north and south wings of the Union have been drawn by George Beal, professor of architecture. These plans will soon be available for students to see. One set of plans will be in the Union lobby, one in Professor Beal's office, and one in the office of the dean of men. A box for students to put suggestions in will be placed in the Union
lobby. Ogden Jones, head of the Union operating committee, urged students to turn in constructive criticisms. "We want the Union to be the best possible for the students." he said.
The first floor, as plans are now will contain a new and enlarged check room, a new music room, a game room, a browsing room, and more offices for Union activities. The men's and women's lounges will be enlarged and the part of the lobby called the concourse will be nearly doubled.
Plans for the third floor show the Kansas room tripled in size. The English room and the Pine room will remain the same. There will be a terrace with an in and out fireplace. The inside fireplace will be in the Kansas room. There will be a gallery around the ballroom on the third floor level. Offices will open off the gallery.
The size of the ballroom of the second floor will be nearly doubled also. It will contain a large moveable stage. The ballroom will not be used for a cafeteria as it is now, but two new dining rooms will provide more dining space.
The basement plans show two new cafeterias, a small dining room, an employees' dining room, and a waiting room.
The fountain and the bookstore in the sub-basement will be enlarged. More storage space will be provided. The Palm room will be unchanged.
Mr. Jones said, "if the estimate on the final plans does not exceed one million dollars the enlargement can be finished at one time. If not, we'll have to do part now and the rest when more funds are available."
"If the plans are finished on schedule construction should begin late in the summer and one wing would be finished in about a year," Mr. Jones said.
'Change Early Dean Advises
Students in the College who plan to transfer to the School of Education should do so immediately following their sophomore year George B. Smith, dean of the School of Education, warned today.
Advisors find it increasingly difficult to arrange a satisfactory program for those who have more than 50 credits when they transfer to the School of Education," he said, "and transfer as a second semester junior or beginning senior means that an extra semester will be required to complete the academic and professional programs."
All second semester sophomores who are preparing for high school teaching should make arrangements to transfer to the School of Education at the beginning of the spring semester in order to complete the program in four semesters. Students who intend to transfer should notify the office of the registrar before finals begin.
Dean Smith recommended that students who are undecided about entering the teacher training program transfer at the beginning of their junior years and confer with advisors during the first semester to decide whether or not to continue.
University Speakers' Bureau
Those interested in the University speakers' bureau will meet in 103 Green hall at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Organizational plans and entrance requirements will be discussed.
Military Editor To Speak Here
Hanson Baldwin, military editor for the New York Times will speak in the All-Student convocation. Thursday, Jan. 13. Mr. Baldwin is a graduate of the naval academy at Annapolis, and has been in newspaper work for the past 20 years.
Mr. Baldwin won a Pulitzer prize in 1942 for a series of articles on the battles in the South Pacific. He has published eight books, the latest of which is, "The Price of Power," published in 1948.
Mr. Baldwin has lectured at the National War college, the Naval War college, and officers' schools of the armed forces.
He has written several articles for leading magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, Life and Reader's Digest.
Mr. Baldwin's technical training and his years of reporting experience allow him to speak with authority on military affairs.
Must File Final Shifts
Thursday is the last day students may submit requests for change in final examination time, James K. Mitt, registrar, said today.
In case of conflict in examination time or if an unusual hardship would be worked upon an individual student or class, a petition for relief from the regular schedule may be presented to the University calendar committee for consideration. A written request, showing the entire class schedule of the student, the nature of the conflict, and recommendation of any instructors concerned, may be left at the registrar's office.
Those submitting requests will be notified in writing of the action of the committee.
Mere inconvenience to the student or instructor cannot be considered a valid reason for change in final examination time. A genuine conflict must be shown.
Three final examinations in one day are not considered to be an excessive load on the student. Unless competent medical authority indicates that it is too great a burden on the student to have three examinations in one day, no requests for change will be granted for this reason. However, any student having four examinations scheduled on one day should submit their cases to the committee before Friday.
Sour Owl Back With Brisk Sales
The Sour Owl hit the campus this morning and started selling like examination crib notes. Fifty hungry engineers mobbed the seller at Marvin and in 10 minutes relieved him of all his copies
This edition of the Sour Owl, the first since 1944, contains 28 pages of fiction, feature articles and cartoons. Feature articles include "Twas The Night after New Year's," by Virginia Doan, the Sour Owl contest winner, and "Doctor Trendburg's Belated Burp," by Vern Rickett. The latter is a take on how the political pollsters could have been more accurate in November.
Democrats Plan Big Spending And High Taxes
Washington, Jan. 4 - (UP) -President Truman will send to congress tomorrow a high tax, big spending program in the Roosevelt tradition, trusting greatly to speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas to see it through.
The program will be outlined in the president's annual message on the state of the union which he will deliver personally before a joint session of the house and senate.
Mr. Rayburn will take on the task of pushing it through the house with the widest powers given any speaker since a rebellious house blasted Uncle Joe Cannon's dictatorship in March, 1910. Mr. Cannon was swamped by a progressive Republican rebellion which changed the rules of the house to give committees much of the authority Uncle Joe had personally enjoyed.
The house Monday reversed the process by giving Mr. Rayburn authority to force the rules committee at his discretion to permit legislation to come to a vote on the floor. The rules committee hereafter can bottle up administration legislation for 21 days, but no longer, if Mr. Rayburn wants it to come to a vote. That will break the power of the coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats which frequently has frustrated administration plans. There is no such bottleneck in the senate where the Republican party has been consistently less conservative than in the house.
House majority leader John W. McCormack, summed up the political significance of the broad powers voted to Mr. Rayburn:
"I expect the president's program to be substantially carried out. The action the house took will enable us to accomplish that."
The proposals Mr. Truman will make to congress in his message tomorrow will be shaped generally around the four major domestic issues which fixed the new deal character of his successful presidential campaign. They are: taxes, labor legislation, economic controls and civil rights.
He may also advise the lawmakers that he soon will request authority to send military help to certain non-Communist nations abroad. Such a program would be intended to back up administration plans 'o link this country with Western Europe in a North Atlantic security alliance.
Members of the University Women's club will meet Thursday in their neighborhood groups. Mrs. Ethan Allen, social chairman, suggests that anyone who is not sure of her group should call 2425-R.
University Dames To Meet Thursday
Groups one and three combined will meet with Mrs. Ralph I. Cauleton, 1638 Mississippi, at 7:30 p.m.; and groups two and nine will meet with Mrs. Richard Wargstaff, 1730 Indiana for dessert at 7:30 p.m.
Group four will meet at 8 p.m. with Mrs. D. DeWitt Carr, 1247 Tennessee.
Group five will meet at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. A. T. Walker, 1645 Louisiana; and group six at 8 p.m. with Mrs. J. A. Burzle, 38 Winona avenue.
Group seven will meet with Mrs. Maurice E. Gross, 125 E. 23 at 8:30 p.m.; group eight will meet with Mrs. O. O. Stoland, 145 Learnard at 1:30 p.m.; and group ten at 2:30 p.m. with Mrs. Ralph W. Clark, 612 Mississippi. Group eleven meets at 7:30 p.m. with Mr. P. W. Viesselman, 1138 Mississippi; and group twelve with Mrs. Deane W. Malott, Lilac Lane, at 3 p.m.