University Daily Kansan 45th Year No.113 Friday March 19, 1949
Friday, March 19, 1949
Lewisville Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
No ERP Share To A Red Italy, Marshall Warns
Berkeley, Cal., March 19—(UP)Secretary of State George C. Marshall today served warning on Italy that it would forfeit benefits of the European Recovery program if it voted Communist in the April elections.
Speaking at Charter day ceremonies at the University of California, Mr. Marshall said that the "present situation" in world affairs is "disturbingly similar" to the years of World War II in which he served as army chief of staff.
Renews Call For ERP.
Mr. Marshall reviewed earlier pleas by himself and President Truman for prompt enactment of E.R.P. He also remitted his audience that the hall had called for enactment of a universal military training program and reinstitution of the draft.
"Never before in history has the world situation been more threatening to our ideals and interests than at the present time."
Renews Call For ERP
The communists in Italy, Mr Marshall declared, had "publicly asserted that if their party is victorious at the polls, American assistance to Italy will continue without change."
In reply, he stated that the association of 16 nations in the E.R.P. "is entirely voluntary; the people of any nation have a right to change their mind and, in effect, withdraw."
'ERP Voluntary'
"If they choose to vote into power a government in which the dominant political force would be a party whose hostility to this program has been frequently, publicly and emphatically proclaimed, this could only be considered as evidence of the desire of that country to dissociate itself from the program," he said.
"This government would have to conclude that Italy had removed itself from the benefits of the European Recovery program."
Rivers Flood After Rains
Topeka, Marach 19—(UP)—Northern Kansas rivers flooded today after moderate to heavy rains, but the situation was not considered serious
Mr. Flora said the stream may top its banks in a slight overflow in the Quenemo-Ottawa area by tomorrow.
The drenching rains which fell in eastern and northeastern Kansas areas found fields already saturated. "Farmers in eastern Kansas will be greatly delayed in their spring farm work," Mr. Flora said.
The Blue river sloshed out of its banks at the Blue Rapids in an overflow measuring 6.2 feet above flood stage. U.S. Meteorologist S. D. Flora said a 2 to 3 foot further rise was expected there and the stream likely will flood all the way to its mouth at Manhattan.
The Republican river staged a 2.4 foot flood at Clay Center and was forecast to rise another foot or two, Mr. Flora said.
The weather official said the Kaw river should be able to accommodate the inrush of water, but likely will approach within 1 to 2 feet of bankful at Topeka by Sunday. The river rose 4 feet here in the last 24 hours, and will swell another 6 feet by morning. Flora said. Flood stage at Topeka is 21 feet. The river was at the 10.9 level this morning.
The Marias Des Cygnes, annually a bad actor, was on the rise in extreme eastern Kansas as downpours of rain fall on already soaked ground.
Conferences Set For Army Reserve
Information conferences for members of the organized army reserve will be held each Wednesday beginning March 24. Conferences will be in the Military Science building from 9 a.m. to noon, and in the Lawrence city hall from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Maj. M. B. Noland, representative of the organized reserve from Kansas City, Kan., said that the conferences will give information on enlistment, regaining lapsed commissions, tours of active duty, and other questions.
More information on the conferences may be secured from Col. John Alfrey, commander of the University R. O. T. C., 203 Military Science building.
Tornadoes Hit Midwest Area
St. Louis, March 19—(UP)—Tornadoes, striking at scattered points in Kansas, eastern Missouri, and southern Illinois, today killed at least eight persons and injured more than 200.
Five persons were killed at Gillespie, Ill., 35 miles northeast of St. Louis, and three at Fosterburg, Ill., which was leveled by the storm. Three persons were believed to have been killed at Betthalto, Ill., about 20 miles northeast of St. Louis.
A small tornado twisted out of a thunderstorm and struck the eastern outskirts of Wichita Thursday night. Two persons were reported hurt.
Two persons
The injured were Mrs. Ed Swain,
who suffered cuts on the face when
the woman smashed the front windows of
her apartment, and Tracy Newton,
who was treated for a cut below the
knee.
knee. Damage was reported in adjacent Forest Hills, an exclusive residential area.
M. F. Seyfrit, head of the Red Cross chapter at Bunker Hill, Mo., reported that town of 1,300 population was 80 per cent destroyed or damaged and asked for army field kitchens, 500 cots, and 1,000 blankets. He said many were injured, but an accurate count had not been made.
The midwestern disaster office of the Red Cross in St. Louis was receiving calls from many Missouri and Illinois towns.
The twister lasted only a few minutes but scattered lumber and debris, and tore the roof and side off a federal housing unit.
Vocalists To Entertain At Frolic Tomorrow
Kathryn A. Walters and Marilyn Sue Jones, vocalists, will be featured intermission entertainers at the Freshman Frolic tomorrow night.
will put on a shirt.
The Frolic will be held from 9 p.m. to midnight tomorrow in the Union ballroom. Wayne Ruppenthal's orchestra will play for the sweater and skirt affair which is open to the student body.
To Name Song
Harold Spieler will be master of ceremonies. Delta Gamma sorority will put on a skit.
Naming an unnamed song is a special feature of the dance. The song was written by Ruppenthal. Three prizes will be given for the best names submitted by those attending the dance. First prize is full copyrights to the song and $10. Second prize $10. Third prize $5.
Prospective song titles will be collected just before intermission. The winner will be announced during the intermission. The titles will be judged on aptness and originality. The song will be played several times during the first part of the dance to give the dancers a chance to think of appropriate titles.
Tickets Available
Tickets for the Frolic are $1.75 a couple, and may be obtained at booths in the lobbies of Frank Strong hall and the Union building, from representatives in each men's organized house and at the door of the dance.
Chapentines for the dance are Mr. and Mrs. Albert Palmerlee, Mrs. Wilma Hooper, and Mrs. Gertrude Stuart.
Committee chairmen for the dance are Marie Schumacher, tickets; Betty Jo Bloomer, secretarial; Monte L. Fuller, publicity; Robert E. Shyne, finance; Spielier, entertainment; and Louise Warner, prizes.
Library Annex Work Hurt By Shortage
Getting structural steel to finish the library annex is a problem to C. G. Bayles, superintendent of buildings and grounds.
Steel needed to build the first floor will not arrive until April 1, he said. The basement has been completed but structural steel such as I-beams are needed for the top of the basement.
Clubs On The Campus
Germany
Margaret Ada Beltz, College sophomore James Edwin Jollif, business junior; and Wendell Vernon Showalter, education junior, will plan a spring party to be held by the German club in April. Hosts will be J. A. Burzle, associate professor of journalism, and Mrs. Burzle.
L. J. Heeb, director of the recreational program in Lawrence, spoke on "The Governmental Function of Recreation" at a meeting of the Sociology club Thursday.
German Club
KuKu Club
Sociology Club
John Childs Neely, engineering sophomore, will be master of ceremonies at the KuKu dance which will be held during the weekend of the Kansas Relays. Music will be furnished by Harlan Livingood and his band.
Sneech Therapy Seminar
Sam Molen, KMBC sportscaster, will speak to Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Hearth, 17 East 11th street.
Sigma Delta Chi
Dr. George R. R. Pflaum, chairman of the speech department at Kansas State Teachers' College, Emporia, discussed work in speech correction being done at Emporia at a Speech Therapy Seminar meeting Thursday. Hosts to the group were W. T. Wilkoff, instructor in speech, and Mrs. Wilkoff.
"Problems That Face the County Attorney" was discussed Thursday by Robert B. Oyler, Douglas county attorney, before members of Phi Alpha Delta, professional law fraternity.
Robert Schatten, associate professor of mathematics, demonstrated a simple method of proving mathematical problems to members of the Mathematics club Thursday. He also explained why it is impossible to take the square of a cube merely by means of a straight edge and compass.
Phi Alpha Delta
To Choose Queen For Kansas Relays
Mathematics Club
A contest to choose a queen to represent the University in the annual "Queen of the Kansas Relays" contest, will be held at 8 p.m., Tuesday in the Union activities office. Contestants will meet in the East room of the Union. All entries must be submitted by tomorrow to Robert Hughes, 1621 Edgehill road.
The queen will be chosen on the basis of beauty, intelligence, personality and poise, and participation in general school activities. Lawrence businessmen will judge the contest.
Candidates from 26 colleges and universities will come to the University April 15 to compete in the contest to choose the "Queen of the Kansas Relays."
Washington, March 19—(UP) The United States is making atomic bombs on a scale calculated to meet any emergency, an authoritative source said today.
'Bomb Stockpile Can Meet Crisis'
This source said bomb production was being pushed long before President Truman made his stop-Russia preparedness speech to congress this week.
He pointed out that the atomic energy act of 1946 declares the paramount responsibility of the atomic energy commission to be "assuring the common defense and security."
"Bomb production never has been on a 'peacetime' basis. It can be assumed that it is going ahead full blast," he added.
For that reason, he continued, it is unlikely that the atomic energy commission will have to go to congress for any extra money in order to keep pace with preparedness efforts on other fronts.
The commission, he said, asked for and received in current appropriations enough money not only to manufacture bombs at capacity but also to improve production methods and weapon designs. This is in line with frequently repeated statements of recent months by Chairman David E. Lilienthal and other commission members.
Since the commission took over the three billion dollar atomic project on Jan. 1, 1947, developments in weapon design have made it necessary to set up a secret proving ground at Eniwetok atoll in the western Pacific.
New Fowler Underway
Construction on the new $300,000 Fowler shop building started Wednesday morning.
"We'll clear off about 5,000 cubic yards of dirt, practically the whole half side of the hill in back of the mechanical engineering laboratory," said H. T. Whitney, construction superintendent for the state architect. That is 7,000 tons of dirt and rock.
The completed building will be faced with pitch-faced yellow stone and backed with common rubble stone. It will look like the stone on Lindley hall. The new shop will face south overlooking the Military Science building.
Kansas—Partly cloudy today except few light showers early today. Clearing and cooler tonight. Tomorrow fair, a little cooler east. Low 25 to 30 northwest to 35 to 40 southeast. High Saturday in 50's.
WEATHER
Opinion Differs Among Faculty On Truman Talk
President Truman's proposal that Congress pass a Universal Military Training bill and restore selective service immediately brought varying opinions from six faculty members today.
"This will not affect Russia's policies immediately," he added.
as great as he said. Dr. Allen said that he believed that Congress would pass the selective service, but doubted that they would be in favor of U.M.T. "This will not affect Russia's pol-
Dr. Ethan P. Allen, professor of political science, said, "The president has built up a crisis not really as great as he pictures it."
Lake Success, N. Y., March 19—(UP)-The United States told the United Nations security council today that "large-scale fighting" will start in Palestine if Great Britain pulls out its troops before the U. N. finds a peaceful solution to the Holy Land question.
Hilden Gibson, associate professor of political science, said "It is a clear-cut commentary on our tragic times that all informed people agree that the next war will bring utter devastation to ourselves and our potential enemies, yet present leadership seems incapable of framing any answer to the problem other than preparation for war."
The Rev. Harold G. Barr, dean of the School of Religion, said, "I have a feeling the president said either too little or too much. If we are not on the verge of a war, why the militarization of America? If we are on the verge of a war, what is our foreign policy? I think congress will be very hesitant about any action on these measures."
Col. John Alrefrey, commander of the R.O.T.C., said, "I was quite surprised when he asked for selective service. This must indicate a situation more critical than most of us realize. I think that Mr. Truman's speech will make Russia more cautious and perhaps slow down her aggression."
aggressive.
George B. Smith, dean of the School of Education, said, "If these plans are necessary for security I'm for them. But I also hope that if U.M.T. goes through, students of college calibre will be allowed to remain in school and take R.O.T.C.
The warning was delivered to the council by American delegate Warren Austin on behalf of the United States, France, China and presumably the Soviet union. The extent of Russia's concurrence in the statement was not immediately clear.
1. Make clear to Arabs and Jews and Great Britain that the security council "is determined not to permit the existence of a threat to peace in Palestine."
Predict War In Palestine
Mr. Austin asked the security council to take these two actions toward carrying out the U. N. plan for partitioning Palestine:
2. Take all steps within its power to "bring about the immediate cessation of violence and the restoration of peace and order in Palestine."
Picture Deadline Set For March 24
Seniors who will be graduated in June or after the summer session have until March 24 to have their pictures taken for the Jayhawker. Receipts and information cards may be obtained at the Jayhawker office in the Union until 3 p.m. March 24. Picture must be taken by 5 p. m. of the same day.