UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25,1947
Germany Is First Question For Big Four
London—(UP)—The Big Four council of ministers met in crucial session today on the key issue of Germany with the United States and Britain indicating a desire to make some move toward conciliation of the bitter dispute with Russia.
"The American delegation, far from seeking to reach a decision on any question, did everything in its power to prevent the presentation of a single agenda," said the Moscow radio dispatch, datelined from London today. "One is struck by the way the British delegation almost automatically followed its lead." Atmosphere Is Pessimistic
Atmosphere III An atmosphere heavily charged with pessimism surrounded the initial session. One note of cautious optimism came in repeated suggestions from Anglo-American quarters that some concessions may be offered to Russia and that this meeting is not regarded as "a final show-down."
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin of Britain presided at the initial session. Secretary of State George C. Marshall represented the United States, Foreign Minister Viacheslav M. Molotov sat in for Russia and Foreign Minister Georges Bidault for France.
The first decision confronting the Big Four was that of the agenda—the order in which their discussions will proceed. For nearly a month their deputies wrangled about this issue and ended in a stalemate.
The western attitude was expressed as one of willingness to see whether Russia is now ready to do business. However, it was generally expected that the Soviet would continue its present line of denunciation of the west.
Oposes Separate Peace
Opposes Marshall is known to be opposed strongly to recent suggestions in the United States that we go ahead with a separate peace in Germany. He made known that he regards such talk as ridiculous and impractical.
As the conference started, Europe and most of Asia were feeling the first pinches of the winter's cold, and hunger.
The nine-nation Communist Cominform was committed to war on the Marshall plan. This was a new element in the cold war. In last spring's foreign ministers council meeting in Moscow there had been no Marshal plan and no Cominform to fight it.
Small Animal Lab Will Be Built Soon
Construction is to begin soon on a small animals laboratory at the University, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, has announced.
The one-story building, 25 feet by 150 feet, will be erected on the south slope of Mount Oread between the greenhouse and campus garage. The materials were brought from the Herington Army Air base
"Best darn center we've ever had!"
By OZZIE BARTELLI
Purchase rebates on books and school supplies is only one of the services of the Union bookstore directed by L. E. Woolley, bookstore manager and instructor in the School of Business.
Many Services Offered At Student Bookstore
The bookstore will order anything from a 1-cent-map to a $455 microscope. It was begun with the primary objective of breaking the longstanding monopoly on school supplies $^{®}$ held by privately owned bookstores sistant instructor in the H
in Lawrence. The bookstore has employed hundreds of students and students' wives since it was started, September, 1946, and had 52 clerks on its payroll during the rush last September.
May Be $15.000 Refund
The store has returned a 15 per cent refund on all cash sales during the six-month period from January to July, 1947, and indications are it will return a possible $12,000 to $15,000 in refunds to students for the period from July, 1947, to January, 1948.
The idea of a University-owned bookstore was due largely to a group of students led by Wendell Nickell of Smith Center during the 1945- 46 school year.
The students met with Henry Werner, associate professor of chemistry, and Leslie L. Waters, director of the business research bureau, in the spring of 1946, and induced the A. S.C. to petition Chancellor Deane W. Malotto to obtain approval for the proposed bookstore from the Kansas board of regents.
The board of regents accepted the idea after approval was voiced by former Gov. Andrew F. Schoeppel. The store was established, but failed for lack of funds until Mr. Woolley accepted the position as bookstore manager.
Governor Approves
Mr. Woolley, who had been assistant instructor in the University School of Business, purchasing agent for one of Boeing's aircraft plants in Wichita, and a navy procurement officer, raised the additional needed capital from friends in western Kansas near his native Osborne.
The profits of the first four months of operation were turned back into the business but since then all other profits have been returned to the store's patrons.
Here's The Place Where Chivalry Died Beside The Dusty Railroad Track
The rebate slips are transferable and redeemable for five years and as Mr. Woolley points out "the 15 per cent refund is commendable since the gross markup on textbooks is 20 percent and the remaining 5 percent profit is used to pay overhead expenses such as lights, water, and rent."
Administrative powers are vested in the bookstore sub-committee, which is directed by the Union operating committee of which Ogden S. Jones, geology professor, is chairman. Sub-committee members are Karl Klooz, University bursar; Dean L. C. Woodruff, Leslie L. Waters, director of the bureau of business research; John Irwin, engineering junior, and Mr. Jones.
Rebate Slips Redeemable
The age of chivalry is not dead, but Robert Bingham, College senior, thinks that its chances for survival are very slim in this modern, fast-moving world.
Members of the Union operating committee are named by Chancellor Malott. The store is a member of the National Association of College Stores.
Bingham and his brother Marshall, senior in the School of Business, took their sister and Robert's girl friend to the Lawrence railroad station Sunday. When Robert offered to carry the girl's bags abroad, the porter said that it couldn't be done.
The train lurched forward and
Ignoring the porter's warning, Robert bounded nobly into the coach with the bags. But he couldn't find the girls, who, because of his delay, had walked several coaches ahead of him.
After pleading hopelessly with the porter to get him off, Robert pulled the first likely looking cord. This brought the conductor and visions of being locked up for impersonating a passenger or some equally serious crime.
Robert turned to run for an exit. He came up against a wall of persons as impenetrable as the K. U. line when Griffith went over for that winning touchdown.
However, the conductor, a kindly and sympathetic man, merely stopped the train and politely shoved Robert out on to the railroad track. Robert vows that he will leave his chivalry on the railroad platform after this.
Reno, Nev. —(UP)— Two students using a system they developed while attending classes at the University of Chicago ran their $300 savings into $12,000 at the Reno roulette tables during 40 hours of steady gambling.
These Guys Really Got A System
Hundreds of curious, and less lucky, gamblers flocked into a casino to watch the play Roy Walford, 23, San Diego, and Albert Hibbs, 23, Chillicothe, Ohio.
It was the second time the pair had gone to the roulette wheels for 40 continuous hours of gambling. During the first stretch last week they won between $5,000 and $6,000. Their system involved betting on number nine.
During Thanksgiving week the following changes in cafeteria and library hours have been announced:
Announce Library Cafeteria Hours
Main cafeteria-
Breakfast 7:30 a. m. - 9 a. m.
Lunch 11:30 a. m. - 1 p. m.
Dinner 5 - 6:30 p. m.
Library-closes today at 5:30 p. m.
Wednesday 9 a. m. - 5 p. m.
Thursday closed
Friday 9 a. m. - 5 p. m.
Saturday 9 a. m. - noon.
French Cabinet Slows Strike
Paris — (UP) — Premier Robert Schuman's new cabinet scored its first major victory in a campaign against the strike of 1,250,000 French workers today when three-quarters of the postal employees in Paris went back to work.
The mail began to move in a majority of Paris postoffices this morning. In a secret ballot last night some 70 per cent of the postal division strikers voted to return to work.
There already was a partial strike of postal, telephone and telegraph workers last night when the Communist-dominated General Confederation of Labor ordered a complete walkout.
The new cabinet put forth its work-or-else policy after its first meeting Monday. When the postal workers in Paris struck, the government bluntly told them to get back on the job or they were fired.
Strikes of railroad men had cut the movement of trains to the vanishing point; shipping was reduced to a minimum because the Communis had tied up all ports. Coal mines and the most essential industries were closed.
Landscape Foreman Injured By Tractor
James Reiter, landscape foreman for Buildings and Grounds, was admitted to Watkins hospital yesterday with broken bones in his toes.
Reiter's foot was run over by a tractor at the University garage where he was putting machinery away for the winter.
WREN Will Broadcast
Kansas-Arizona Grieffest
The KU-Arizona football game will be broadcasted over stations WREN and KCKN at 8:45 p.m. CST. Saturday, E. L. Falkenstien, business manager of the athletic office has announced.
Donaldson Gets Hannegan's Job In Cabinet
Washington — (UP) — Jesse M.
Donaldson, who started out in the
postal service 44 years ago as an $11-
a-week clerk, today was named
postmaster general at $15,000 a year
— the first carrier postal man in U.S.
history to get the cabinet post.
history to get the He will succeed Robert E. Hannegan, who will leave Dec. 1 to devote all his time to his new business venture—the St. Louis Cardinals baseball club.
He subsequently served in a similar capacity in various sections of the country; came here in 1933 as Deputy second assistant postmaster general and moved up successively to deputy first assistant, chief inspector, first assistant and finally to the top.
Donaldson is a Democrat. He said his appointment "came to me quite suddenly." He said the first indication that he was to get the job came this morning when he was called to the White House.
He has been in the postal service since 1903 when he served as part-time clerk in a Shelbville, Ill., post office where his father was postmaster. Five years later he became a full-fledged letter carrier.
"Of course, it is quite an honor for a fellow to start out in the lowest position in the postal service and rise to the top of it," he said.
He was appointed postal inspector at Kansas City, Mo., in 1915.
Donaldson, a graying, heavy-set man of 62, now is first assistant postmaster general.
Traditionally, under both parties the postmaster generalship has been a political job.
Patients Get Turkey Too
Students remaining in Watkins hospital over Thanksgiving need not worry about missing their traditional turkey dinner.
The menu for Thursday noon includes roast turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, frozen peas, cranberry relish salad, celery, olives, hot rolls, and pumpkin or mincemeat pie.
For the students going home, Dr. R.I. Canuteson, director of the University health service, made suggestions for a safe and sane gastronomical holiday
"Leave the books here, eat mom's cooking, get plenty of sleep, drive carefully, and leave liquor alone." Dr. Canuteson said.
Clinic hours during the vacation will be from 10 a.m. to noon
Taft Called 'Unrealistic'; Controls 'Quite Necessary'
Questioned recently as to whose stand they approved, Senator Taft's or President Truman's, E. R. Elbel, professor of physical education and director of the Veterans bureau, said. $ ^{ \textcircled{*} }$
Three University professors have agreed as to the timely presentation of President Truman's control plan before Congress recently, but are at variance as to its probable outcome.
"It seems to be nothing more or less than hastily thrown-together material to give Congress something to kick around. But I do think Senator Taft is too partison to reflect a sound policy. I have no feeling that he (Taft) has anything beyond the next election.
Politics Confuses Issue
"Four or five men should be able to sit down and work out our difficulties in a short time if they could only forget politics."
L. J. Prichard, professor of finance said that "If embroilment in a series of 'hot and cold' wars is to continue to be the policy of this country (a propos the Truman doctrine and the proposed Marshall plan), totalitarian controls, such as those suggested by President Truman in his 10-point program for Congress, are quite necessary."
Ethan P. Allen, professor of political science and director of bureau of government research said that "The
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"I suspect President Truman joins Senator Taft in wishing he could find another answer. But it seems to me President Truman has faced the crucial problem far more realistically than has the senator.
"It is possible, as our war time experience shows, to use government controls without permanently 'socializing' or 'regimenting' our economy. Perhaps we can do it again. The peace of the world certainly seems worth a real gamble on our part."
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