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Truman Asks For 10 Million New Houses
Washington, Feb. 23—(UP)—President Truman today outlined a vast housing program calling for 10 million new houses in the next 10 years, resumption of public housing, and extension of rent controls until April 30, 1949.
In a message to congress, he urged that it provide funds to permit construction of 100,000 low-rent public housing units each year for the next five years.
Mr. Truman also set forth a program to reduce building costs and to aid cities in slum clearance and rebuilding run-down areas.
He warned that "the critical housing shortage is contributing to the upward pressure on the selling price and rental price of housing."
Need More Building
Need More Building
"While we need rent control until this shortage can be overcome, the basic problem is to increase housing production to eliminate the shortage." Mr. Truman said.
Mr. Truman also renewed his request for powers to allocate scarce materials as a means of spurring housing construction.
Besides recommending extension of rent controls, he said it is "essential that congress provide vitally needed enforcement authority which is now lacking." He said this is needed to protect tenants against illegal rent increases and eviction.
A Five-Point Program
The president said too much of the housing built last year was "priced beyond the means of those who needed it most."
To remedy this he asked congress to:
1. Continue and strengthen rent control.
2. Stimulate a higher volume home building on a sustained basis, with special emphasis on rental housing, and the proper safeguards against possible inflationary effects.
3. Reduce building costs.
4. Assist communities in providing low-rent housing for families in the lowest income groups.
5. Aid cities in rebuilding and modernizing run-down areas.
The construction of almost one million housing units in 1947 was an "excellent accomplishment." Mr. Truman said, but much of it was too high-priced.
He said that "amost no housing was built for low-income families."
Juniors in chemistry, engineering, mathematics, metallurgy or physics may apply for three months summer work in Washington, D.C., Dean J. H. Nelson, chairman of the committee on aids and awards, said today.
US Needs Summer Help
Appointees will receive $200 a month from the national bureau of standards, the naval ordnance laboratory, or the naval research laboratory.
Juniors receiving appointments and successfully completing the three months probationary period will be eligible for automatic permanent appointments at higher pay after graduation. Seniors may take the examinations and begin permanent work immediately.
Applications must be made by March 9. Examinations will be given at the University sometime in April.
Dean Nelson has application blanks and examination samples.
Peter Of Greece To Talk Tomorrow
Prince Peter, third in line of succession to the Greek throne, will speak at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Fraser theater. His subject will be "Greece and the Trend of World Events."
Prince Peter is the son of Prince George of Greece and nephew of the late King Constantine. The couple is making a goodwill tour of the United States in support of the Marshall plan with the approval of the state department and the Greek government.
K-Club Installs 70 Letter-Men
Seventy men were installed in the reorganized K-club and the design of a membership identification pin was revealed at the K-club installation banquet in the Kansas room of the Union Feb. 19.
The pin design was selected in an open contests. Joseph Kott, senior in architectural engineering, won the $10 first prize. The $5 second prize went to Marian Osmond, College junior. The pin chosen has eight corners to represent the eight major sports.
Prof. W. W. Davis, Big Seven representative for the University, urged that the club secure a permanent office. He also suggested that the K-club keep accurate and permanent records of the achievements of University athletes.
Prof. E. R. Elbel acted as master of ceremonies and the Rev. Theo H. Aszman, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, gave the invocation.
Special guests were E. R. Elbel and Millard Easton, faculty advisors for the K-club; Carroll Clark, Karl Klooz, G. W. Smith, and E. L. Treece, all of the University athletic board; Forcet C. Allen, varsity basketball coach; E. L. Falkenstein, business manager of the athletic department; Mike Ghetto, assistant football coach; Donald Henry, physical education instructor; Walter Mikols, varsity swimming coach; Harry Horrow, sports editor of the Lawrence Journal-World; Don Pierce, sports publicity director; Henry Shenk, professor of physical education; and E. C. Quigley, director of athletics.
The letter-men who were installed were Eugene Barr, Richard Bertuzzi, William Binter, Duke Burt, Charles Carson, Wesley Channel, and Millard P. Collins.
Charles Conroy, Robert Crowley, Kenneth Danneberg, Louis De Luna, John Dickerson, Harold England, Jack Eskridge, Jack Fink, Howard Fischer, Herbert Foster, Clarence "Bud" French, Donald Frisby, Joseph Gilman, Louis Goering, George Gorman, Forrest Griffith, Louis Hammer, John Hawley, and Bruce Hocken.
Dick Monroe, Robert Morris, Lewis Musick, Delvin Norris, Sirren Kenko, Richard Richards, Leroy Robinson, Warren Riegle, treasurer, Wallace Rose, David Schmidt, Otto Schnellbacher, president, Thomas Scotfield, Thomas Scott, Neale Shaw, Richard Shea, Homer Sherwood, Eugene Sherwood, Marvin Small, Bryan Sperry, Kenneth Sperry, Frank Stannard, John Stites, Clifford Wade, Dexter Welton, chairman of the organization committee, and Norbert Zimmer.
Donald Herd, Robert L. Hill, Carl Hirl William Hamdon, Donald M. Johnson, Hugh Johnson, Robert Karnes, Robert Kline, Dorwin F. Lamink, Edwin Lee, Lynn Leigh, vice-president, Guy Mabry, Robert Malott, Dunne McCarter, Clifford McDonald, Charles Moffett, Robert D. Moore, Harold Moore, secretary.
Kansas — Cloudy and windy. Warmer south and east today and tonight. Tomorrow rain extreme east. High today in 40's, low tonight 35 to 40.
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Mrs. Roosevelt Urges UN Army For Palestine
Lake Success, N. Y., Feb. 23- (UP)
-Four prominent Americans, including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, in American delegate to the United Nations, urged the U.N. security council today to form an international army for Palestine without delay.
The four Americans, acting on the eve of the fateful Security council debate of the Palestine partition program, also called for the lifting of the United States embarg on arms ships to Holy land Jews and the consideration of political and economic sanctions against the Arabs.
The appeal, issued through the American association for the United Nations, was signed by Mrs. Roosevelt, former Governor Herbert H Lehman of New York, former Undersecretary of State Summer Welles, and Sen. Elbert Thomas, D. Utah. Because Of Fermenting Situation
Their action coincided with these other developments in the fermenting Palestine situation:
1. The Jewish agency, official spokesman for Palestine Jews, formally charged Great Britain with strengthening the Arabs' fight against partition and encouraging full-scale war in Palestine.
2. British Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones, London's chief trouble shooter in the Palestine issue, angrily denied charges of impartiality to one side or the other. He defended British policy in Palestine in a radio speech delivered yesterday at Chicago.
3. Warren R. Austin, chief American delegate to the United Nations, went to Washington to receive from Secretary of State George C. Marshall the first instructions on the United States position in the impending debate of the Palestine problem.
Austin will unveil America's position—or part of it—soon after the Security council convenes tomorrow to consider the U. N. Palestine commission request for a U. N. army to enforce partition.
To Fix Blame For Blast
Intensive investigations were underway in Jerusalem today to determine responsibility for an earthquake blast in the Jewish center of Jerusalem early Sunday which killed 42 persons and injured 97.
Enraged Jewish fighters, blaming the blast on the British, killed 10 Britons in a wave of retaliation. Two of the Britons were shot to death while they lay injured on hospital beds.
The blast, the revenge killings and other scattered deaths brought the Sunday toll in the Holy land to 56 killed and 116 wounded. It was the largest single day's casualty list since the King David hotel bombing in July, 1946.
Thousands of Jewish rescue workers labored throughout the night to reach victims still trapped in the debris.
The slide-rule class will meet at 7 p.m. today in 426 Lindley hall, and the Thursday group will meet in 9 Frank Strong hall.
New Schedule For Slide-Rule Class
Class schedules showing the material to be covered are posted in Lindley hall.
Because of the Kansas State-
Kansas basketball game March 1,
the meeting scheduled for that
evening will be postponed until
March 2. The March 2 class and
all succeeding ones will meet in
101 Snow hall.
The course will he completed April 1. It is sponsored by Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity.
Fourth Humanities Lecture Tomorrow
Prof. Walter R. Agard, chairman of the department of classics at the University of Wisconsin and Rhodes scholar, will lecture at 8 p.m. tomorrow, Fraser theater on "Three Themes in Classical Literature." His lecture will be the fourth in the humanities series.
Prof. Agard has lectured and written books on ancient Greek literature, art and architecture; modern American architecture; and the classics in modern education.
Traffic Fines May Be Raised
Traffic fines for driving the wrong way on one-way streets may be increased from $1 to $5.
C. A. Bliesman, chief of the Lawrence police department, said the department believes the violations are intentional. More than 10 tickets are issued every day for such violations.
"I do not want to seem too critical of the violators because improvement has been made in freeing traffic and reducing the number of possible accidents on Tennessee street," he said. "However, by now anyone who can read should be aware that they are driving on a one-way street." Regulations Necessary
To relieve the hazards of crowded driving conditions, regulations for either one-way traffic, or parking on only one side of the street were necessary, he explained.
Fines also may be given for parking in the wrong direction on one-way streets, he said. Cars would not be parked thus if they had not been driven the wrong way, he explained.
Most of the violations occur at the intersection of 14th and Massachusetts streets. J. A. Messer, city patrolman, said that he writes an average of 8 to 10 tickets each day for traffic laws violated there. New Traffic Lanes
Westbound traffic on 14th street was opened from Massachusetts to Kentucky to avert congestion in the Liberty Memorial High school safety zone. Downhill traffic on 14th recently was extended to Kentucky to simplify the route to Sunflower.
Streets regulated to one-way traffic are Tennessee, south to north from 19th to 11th; Kentucky, north to south from 11th to 19th; 14th, from Massachusetts to Kentucky; and North Park street, east to west from Massachusetts to Vermont.
96th Vespers End Festival
The 96th All-Musical vespers closed the Kansas Arts and Crafts festival Sunday afternoon in Hoch auditorium. More than 400 persons representing the major musical organizations in the School of Fine Arts took part. The program was semi-classical.
Charles Sanford Skilton was the Kansas composer honored. The University Symphony orchestra, directed by Russell L. Wiley, associate professor, played two of Mr. Skilton's Indian dances and the string quartet played his "Adagio from B Minor Quartet."
Mr. Skilton came to the University as professor of organ in 1903 and was a member of the faculty of the School of Fine Arts until he died in 1941.
DuMont Reed's tenor solo in "Turn Ye to Me," a Scotch folk song, highlighted the performance of the Men's Glee club, and Mary Jane Bers carried solo honors for the a Cappella choir.
Medical School Deanship Goes To Dr. Murphy
Dr. H. R. Wahl, who has held the post since 1924, will continue as head of the department of pathology.
Dr. Franklin D. Murphy has been named dean of the University School of Medicine, Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced today. The appointment is effective July 1.
The change is being made at the request of Dean Wahl, Chancellor Malott said. During his 24 years as dean, Dr. Wahl has been able to devote but little time to his specialty, pathology.
"It is with real regret." Chancellor Malott said, "that we are accepting Dean Wahl's retirement from the deanship, but Dean Wahl and I are delighted that Dr. Murphy will take over administration of the school. We look forward to the school's development under his young and aggressive leadership."
Son of School's Founder
Dr. Murphy, now a member of the medical faculty, is a son of the late Dr. Franklin E. Murphy, one of the founders of the school.
The new dean will begin at once to spend more of his time at the University of Kansas Medical center before officially assuming his new post in mid-summer. Dr. Murphy will also be associate professor of medicine. He will not engage in practice.
The new dean received an A. B. degree from the University of Kansas in 1936 and the following year held a German exchange fellowship and studied physiology at Goettingen university. He received an M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1941, served his internship at the university hospital there, held a residency in 1942-43, and was a fellow on the staff of the Pennsylvania school in 1943-44.
Officer in Army
From 1944 to 1946 he was an officer in the army medical corps, working with a tropical diseases research unit in Memphis. He was also cardiologist at two of the army's general hospitals.
Dr. Murphy is a member of Nu Sigma Nu, professional medical fraternity, and Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical fraternity. As an undergraduate at the University, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, social fraternity, and Sigma Xi, honorary research society.
He is also a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Heart association, and the American Federation of Clinical Research.
Club To Tour Kansas City
The International club will tour Kansas City March 6. The Nelson art gallery, the Kansas City Star plant, and various industrial plants will be visited. The All Student Council has appropriated $150 to the club for trips such as these to points of interest in Kansas.
A dinner open to all students will be given later this semester. It will be planned around the theme of some foreign country and traditional foods will be served.
Dinner committee members appointed are Samuel Duran, Kenneth Johnson, Humberto Trujillo, Joe Portuguez, David Sommerville, Luis Alexander, A. Marcelo Mettewie, and Isabel Moya.
A secretarial committee to plan details for the trip and dinner was appointed. Members are Erenne Kuhn, Kenneth Johnson, Dorothy Park, and David Sommerville.