UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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MONDAY,APRIL 26,1948
Italy Needs ERP Treatv Revision Premier Savs
Rome, April 26—(UP)—Italy needs the entire four years of the Marshall plan to keep her Communists on the run, and revision of her peace treaty to play a full part in the western European union.
Premier Alecide De Gasperi outlined these two aims to the United Press in his first exclusive interview since he led his Christian Democratic party to a smashing election victory over the Communist front.
The 67-year-old prime minister spoke for 50 minutes on the post-election outlook for his country. He made these main points:
made these the Italian government's own program for land and social reform and revived economy, which are the greatest factors in further reducing Communist strength, is based squarely on the Marshall plan.
squarely on the international. 2. The non-Communist political parties will continue their already effective policy of whitling away at Communist strength in the big labor and partisan organizations.
labor and participation.3 Peace treaty revision is essential to give Italy full parity with other nations, enable her to defend herself, restore her influence in the colonies and permit her full participation in the western European union.
"Speak as little as possible of war." De Gasperi said. "It is not approaching. I don't think it will soon."
soon. Meanwhile, Milan, Italy's largest industrial city, was threatened by a general strike today after rioting last night in which a policeman was killed.
The Communist-controlled Milan chamber of labor was meeting to consider calling a general strike to protest "provocation" by police who broke up an unauthorized demonstration by 15,000 leftists.
At least 24 persons were injured here when Communists defied police restrictions and marched through the city to Loreto square, where Mussolini was strung up by the heels in 1945.
Author Will Speak In Fraser April 28
S. I. Hayakawa, author, educator, and lecturer, will speak on "Interpretations of Humanities and the Sciences through Linguistic Theory" at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Fraser theater.
Dr. Hayakawa will be guest of honor at a dinner given by the General Semantics club in the English room of the Union. Immediately following the lecture there will be an informal meeting for club members.
Dr. Hayakawa is the editor of "A Review of General Semantics," and author of "Oliver Wendell Holmes," and "Language in Action." He is also president of the Chicago consumers co-operative.
for reservations to the General Semantics club dinner in honor of Dr. Hayakawa, call Rosemary Buehler, 2952.
Deadline Is Today For Track Meet
Deadline for all entries in the intramural track meet is 5 p.m. today. The starting time for the meet will be 4:15 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.
Twelve men will be qualified in each of the events but only six will be eligible for the finals. The six men will be those with the best qualifying times. Each contestant will have three trials in the preliminaries of the field events. There will be no semi-finals.
An of the events with the exception of the shot-put, javelin and the broad jump will be run Thursday.
Are You Returning?
Sign With Registrar
Only 3,500 students have signed up for the fall semester and only 1,700 have indicated that they will be in summer school, the office of the registrar said today.
These figures are short of the number of students expected to return for school this summer or next fall. James K. Hitt, registrar, the office of the registrar if they urged that students sign up at intend to return to school.
Workers Return To Cudahy Plant
Kansas City, Kan., April 26- (UP) Office workers, reported the "whole force", returned to work today at the strikebound Cudahy Packing plant, scene of bloody violence between C.I.O. strikers and police Friday.
"The boys (strikers) have promised to be good," said Capt. Eli Dahlin of the police department. "We expect no trouble."
Meanwhile, employees of eight smaller packing plants joined the meat strikers today. They acted on orders from C.I.O. headquarters following Friday's "skull cracking" brawl.
"I have 10 policemen on duty here at Cudahy's," Captain Dahlin said, "and the usual amount—six are on duty at Armour's. The only reason we have more at Cudahy's is because of traffic snarls. There are seven police on duty at Wilson's. "I'm not expecting any more trouble during this strike," the police captain said. "And there's one thing I'd like to straighten out about Friday's trouble."
"No policemen struck a picket," Captain Dahlin said. "It was a mob we were after—not a picket刀."
As office workers approached the main Cudahy gate today, they were stopped by strikers, questioned and then allowed to enter the plant. Picketing was peaceful in every sense of the word.
Cervantes Is Honored
The annual Cervantes day celebration April 24, featured exhibits of Mexican art, and the works of Miguelde Cervantes Saavedra.
Cervantes is honored every year by the Spanish department. The most famous of Spanish writers, Cervantes' greatest literary product was "Don Quixote," a burlesque on the romances of chivalry. He died April 23, 1616. The celebration is observed on the Saturday nearest his death.
The exhibits were displayed in Frank Strong hall, and were centered around the works of Cervantes. The items ranged from an 1827 edition of a London translation of "Don Quixote" to a modern comic translation of the story.
The Kansas chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese elected Agnes M. Brady, assistant professor of romance languages, president for next year. Dale Pigg, Shawnee Mission High school, was elected vice-president and Irene Smith, Liberty Memorial High school, Lawrence was elected secretary-treasurer.
Social workers in Kansas and nearby states will analyze certain phases of their jobs during a 10-day course to be offered at the University from July 12 to 22, Esther E. Twente, professor of social work, said today.
Summer Course For Social Workers
The program will consist of lectures, group discussions, and directed reading. Courses in public relations, understanding children, supervision, and skills in working with people will be offered.
Anvone employed in social, health, or education work is eligible to enroll. Further information may be obtained from the dean of University Extension, 115 Fraser hall.
ASC Donates $5,258.42 To Campus Groups
Sums of money granted to various student organizations by the All Student Council have reached a total of $5,258.42 since last September, Arnold Englund, Jr., treasurer of the A.S.C., said today.
The money was distributed by the finance committee of the A.S.C. to organizations serving the interests of the students, Englund said. The basis for the grants was contribution to the welfare of the students, number of students benefited, and need for funds.
Among the publications receiving aid were the Bitter Bird, the Eagle, Trend, and the New Writers club magazine. Other clubs receiving money included the Forums board, Engineering exposition, Associated Women Students, Varsity dances, Alpha Phi Omega lost and found department, and the foreign student scholarship.
The money for these appropriations is obtained through a fee included in the activity book. Each student pays 40 cents in the fall, 35 in the spring, and 20 in the summer for the operation of the A.S.C., England explained. ___
Shirley V. Varnum, College freshman, was chosen L.S.A. Sweetheart of 1948 in an atmosphere of "April in Paris" at the Independent Students' annual spring dance April 24 in the Union ballroom.
Varnum Chosen ISA Sweetheart
Standing below a model-version of Paris' Arch of Triumph, the freckled "Sweetheart" modestly accepted a bouquet of purple orchids present by Craig W. Hampton, master of ceremonies. Attendants Valera J. Krehbiel, and Ruth S. Mitchell, surrounded Miss Varnum and held rose-studded bouquets.
Miss Varnum represented Hopkins hall in the 14-house contest, and won by a popular vote of student dancers. She told a University Daily Kansan reporter later that this was the first time she had been in "anything like this."
"I am very surprised and happy," she said.
Office Positions Open For Women
Three full time office positions are open to women, Miss Martha Peterson, assistant dean of women, said today.
Two stenographers and one bookkeeper are needed. Anyone interested should apply at the office of the dean of women, 220 Frank Strong hall.
Rail Unions Set Strike Deadline
Chicago, April 26—(UP)—Threat of a nationwide railroad strike hangs over the country.
A 30-day cooling-off period ends at midnight today. Three unions representing 150,000 engineers, firemen and switchmen can strike legally at any time beginning tomorrow.
They have warned that if no agreement is reached on their demands by midnight, they will set a date for the strike to commence.
Representatives of the railroads and the unions said today that negotiations were continuing but neither side would say that they were optimistic.
J. P. Shields, assistant grand chief of the engineers' brotherhood and spokesman for the unions, said negotiations had been held throughout the week end.
Little Man On Campus
"We are still meeting," he said. "We're not saying anything else at this time."
A strike by the three unions would halt almost all freight and passenger service throughout the nation even if other railroad unions decided to cross the strikers' picket lines.
The railroad unions are traditionally loyal to each other and there is a possibility that members of nonstriking unions might refuse to pass the pickets even though such action might be considered a secondary boycott.
The unions demanded a 30 per cent wage increase with a $3 minimum increase for a basic work day. They also demanded 44 changes in working rules, many of which would reduce the number of hours worked. They rejected a presidential fact-finding board's recommendation for a 15½- cent an hour increase, the same boost proposed by the railroads.
By Bibler
"Oh. It's you, Worthal—Boy, I'm sure glad this isn't television!"
UN Starts Action As Jews, British Clash In Palestine
Lake Success, N. Y., April 26—(UP) The United Nation's national assembly today ordered the drafting of emergency measures to protect Jerusalem, the city sacred to Christians, Jews and Moslems alike.
Aware that fighting already was beginning in Jerusalem, the 58 nation assembly invoked extraordinary procedure to speed work on the emergency program.
the emergency
Sitting as the assembly's political and security committee, delegates voted 44 to 3, with six nations abstaining, to authorize the trusteeship council to start work immediately on safeguarding Jerusalem and its holy places.
Then, in only three minutes, the committee adjourned, reconvened as a plenary meeting of the assembly and voted 46 to 0, with seven nations obstaining, to give final approval to the political committee's action.
The friction between the Irgunists and Haganah over the sudden assault on Jaffa, the big costal town next to Tel Aviv, threatened to bring on open clashes between the two Jewish groups.
The committee voted down a last-minute amendment by Czechoslovakia which would amount to a reaffirmation of the general assembly's plan for partitioning Palestine after May 15. The vote on this parliamentary maneuver was 38 against and only 5 in favor.
A few hours before the decision, Russia ended a 13-month boycott of the trusteeship council, assuring itself at least a minority voice in all council negotiations concerning Palestine.
The attack on Jaffa, evidently prompted by Irgunist hope of seizing the city by such a coup as that which gave Haifa to the Haganah last week, sent thousands of Arabs fleeing by land and sea.
The seven nations abstaining were Russia, Beylorussia, the Ukraine, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Costa Rica.
The Jewish underground Irgun Zvai Leumi renewed its offensive against the Arab city of Jaffa today in defiance of repeated warnings by the Zionist Militia Haganah.
Even as the assembly acted, dispatches from Palestine told of fighting inside Jerusalem's limits. Overnight, Jews invaded the strategic Sheikh Jarrar section of the Holy City but in some fierce fighting they were thrown out by British forces.
The temporary committee is composed of representatives of campus organizations which responded to invitations of the outgoing W.S.S.F. committee to attend the meeting and to discuss plans for setting up a permanent all-campus committee. Organizations which were not represented at the meeting April 21 will be asked to send representatives to an organizational meeting Wednesday. Permanent officers will be elected at that meeting.
A nominating committee composed of Andrew W. Berry, Louise Lambert, Nancy Sandehn, Sheila Wilder, Chesky, and Stewart was formed to draw up a slate for officers of the permanent W.S.S.F. committee.
Bob Stewart, business senior, was elected president of a temporary committee of the World Student Service fund which met April 21 to discuss plans for the organization of a permanent W.S.S.F. committee.
Edward J. Chesky, College junior, was elected secretary.
WSSF Considers Permanent Status
Explains Speech Training For Palsied Children
Speech training must be adjusted to meet the needs of three types of cerebral palsied children. Mrs. Evlvyn Allen, speech correctionist at the Delano school for crippled children in Kansas City, Mo., told the Speech Therapy seminar April 22.