University DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Wednesday, May 7, 1947
44th Year No. 135
Lawrence, Kansas
Kansas City Hails Aleman
well, You Know That Aleman's Hair Is Wavy
By R. T. KINGMAN and REVERDY L. MULLINS, Jr.
"Senor Aleman, what part will Mexico play in hemisphere defense in the event of another war? How has the atom bomb affected Mexican-U.S. relations? What do you think of the Mid-west as the heartland of the next world order?"
These were the moot questions which a delegation of Daily Kansan
These were the moot questions reporters had mapped out for the visiting president of Mexico upon his arrival at Kansas City municipal airport. The result of this rapid-fire barrage is as follows:
"President Miguel Aleman has a handsome head of black wavy hair. It is particularly attractive when the hats of some 300 people"
The UDK Was There
Anyway, it was a gala affair. All the crowned heads of the fourth estate were there. There was a man from Time, a man from Life, one man from all the press services, and eight reporters from the University Daily Kansan.
The campus task force was divided into two units. One was a commando group, assigned to strike at the airport, absorb the glamour and pageentry of the official welcome, and streak back to K. U. with a feature story. (This is it—disappointed?)
Leading this unit was Marcella Stewart, managing editor, flanked by two stalwarts who once retrieved Dean Marvin's bust, Reverdy L. Mitos and R. T. Kingman.
The others were the shock troops they stuck with Aleman throughout his triumphal tour through the city. They were Cooper Rollow, Richmond Dalton, and Loyd Kussmann, reporters; Eloise West, picture editor, and Jim Mason photographer.
Viva. Viva! Viva!
Municipal airport looked like a registration line. There were hundreds of Mexican children waving flags, eating popcorn, and yelling "Viva! Viva!" Mullins and Kingman shouldered their way through the sea of smiling brown faces to a spot on the front row. It later turned out they were in the middle of the children's choir from Our Lady of Guadalupe graduation. There were grandances when it became evident they didn't know the words to the Mexican national anthem.
There was bunting everywhere. There was a brass band and two solid rows of investment bankers in American Legion uniforms. There were enough visiting dignitaries to start a revolution.
The Big Shots Were There
A big-name reception committee showed off to good advantage under the bright sun. There was Gov. Phil M. Donnelly of Missouri, Gov. Frank Carlson of Kansas, Mayor William E. Kemp of Kansas City, Mo., and Mayor Clark E. Tucker of Kansas City, Kan.
Scheduled to arrive at 10:30 this morning, Aleman was a few minutes late. Kingman, looking around for human interest material, spied a curvaceous senorita in a gray gabardine suit who was both human and interesting.
"Pardon me," he said, "but when is President Aleman supposed to get here?"
She Wanted Cesar Romero
She wanted Cesar Romero.
"President Alemani" she said, "I thought we were here to see Cesar Romero."
The lady, however, wasn't disappointed. The president, as he stepped off the plane, was immaculate and handsome in a blue business suit. He is tall, suave, with a neat black moustache.
The band leader, who had looked a little sheepish while playing "Take Back Your Rhumba, Aye," plunged fervently into the Mexican national
anthem. The chorus of sweet young voices welled up in song. The investment bankers raised their white-gloved hands in salute.
Mason Made It
The procession started through a wreathed archway, which almost cleaned off three photographers from the top of a station wagon. But someone yelled "low bridge" in time. Mullins Gives Up Easy
The dignitaries exchanged pumphandle handshakes, but were dwarfed by the mammoth plane. The plane was in turn dwarfed by the Lincoln Continental convertable which drove up for the president. It was a slick, coffee-colored job, with everything but a racaon tail.
Mullins decided to get the names of the dignitaries in Aleman's car. The first one was Antonio Esposito. The second was American ambassador, Mullins gave up.
The Daily Kansan reporters missed most of that, however. They were looking to see if Jim Mason had successfully sneaked on the field with some other photographers. He had. Look for the results in tomorrow's University Daily Kansan.
Gentlemen of distinction followed in the other cars. The most distinguished of all was Chancellor Deane W. Malott of the University. Ah, The Shock Troops!
A mysterious black car, carrying five persons in sun glasses, moved in at the end of the procession. It was the University Daily Kansas shock troop unit.
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They were asked if they knew how to get downtown from the airport.
"I know how to get to the Omar cocktail lounge." Kussman said darkly. He still had his sun glasses on.
If you don't see a big Aleman story in the Kansan tomorrow, you'll know that's just where they went.
Local Agreement To Be Sought
A United press wire dispatch early today said that national union and company officials have disbanded the 49-member policy committee and sent it home. They have instructed affiliated unions to seek the best possible settlements in local negotiations.
Representatives of both the union and the Southwestern Bell telephone company in Lawrence said today that there is no change in the strike settlement attempts as far as they have heard.
They told the University Daily Kansan that St. Louis is still the scene of bargaining for the wage increase of telephone company employees in the Lawrence area. The negotiations for a settlement had been transferred Tuesday from Washington to St. Louis.
Mr. Richard Ayres, head of the Lawrence branch of the Southwestern Bell company, said that he knew nothing of any "local" settlements and that "as far as I know, we are still working through St. Louis."
Kansan Reporters Cover Aleman Visit
The University Daily Kansan is giving complete coverage to the visit of President Miguel Aleman to Kansas City.
Six staff members have been assigned to the story. They are Marcella Stewart, managing editor; Eloise West, art editor; James Mason, staff photographer; and Richmond Dixon, T. Hamilton Reverdy L. Mullins, Jr. H. Cooper Rollow, and Loyd Kussmann, reporters.
Mullins and Kingman have roving assignments for "color" stories, and Rollow and Dalton are to cover the itinerary of the Mexican president from his arrival at the Kansas City airport to his departure.
Stories by the reporting teams appear in today's University Daily Kansan, and more stories and pictures will be run Thursday.
John R. Battenfeld, father of the University student for whom Batten- ld hall was dedicated, died this morning at Kansas City. He was 59.
Hall Donor Dies In K.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Battenfeld gave the house to the University as a memorial to their son, John Battenfeld, Jr., who was killed in an automobile accident in December, 1939.
Dean Henry Werner, when told this afternoon of Battenfeld's death, said, "The University has lost a stunch friend. I consider the gift of Battenfold hall to the young men of K. U. one of the most outstanding contributions to student life."
Mexican Chief Pledges Country's Friendship
By COOPER ROLLOW AND RICHMOND DALTON
A $500 foreign student scholarship will be offered to a Russian student, Chairman Bruce Bathurst, of the scholarship committee said. If a Russian is unable to accept, the award will go to a Finnish student,
ASC Outlaws Heavy Fines Against Traffic Violators
All Student Council members passed a bill Tuesday night outlawing what they termed "levying of exorbitant and unfair fines" against University traffic violators.
Shirley Wellborn, who introduced the amendment, said that "women should have the power to regulate such things as closing hours."
Kansas City, Mo.—(Special to the Daily Kansan)—Thousands of cheering spectators jammed their way into Municipal Air Terminal this morning to catch a glimpse of President Miguel Aleman, first Mexican dignitary ever to visit this Midwestern city.
Business School To Celebrate
Business School day will be held Friday for the first time since 1942 Students in the school will be dismissed from classes at noon.
Seven speakers from various firms in the Mid-West will speak to students Friday morning.
The seniors will play faculty members in a softball game on the varsity field at 2 p.m. Following the game a dance and picnic will be held at the pavilion west of Potter lake. Tickets for the picnic are 45 cents. They are on sale in front of the business school office in Frank Strong hall.
To Hear Speakers Friday Morning
Under the new regulation, a maximum of $2 will be levied against offenders regardless of the number of violations. The former ruling imposed fines of $1 for second offenses. $
Students will vote at the next election on a constitutional amendment to abolish the present A.S.C. Women's Executive committee, which makes and regulates all rules for women students. The new organization, Associated Women Students, would be composed of all women and would have two seats on the All Student Council.
Donald Selfsam, Topeka, will speak on investments corporations and finance; Orrin W. Shepherd, Kansas City, on marketing and retailing; Leland Browne, Kansas City, Mo., production management; Lee Huddleston, Osakaosa, money and banking; Vernon Burgett, Kansas City, Mo., advanced accounting; Paul Adam, Kansas City, Mo., cost accounting; and Tom Greiner, Kansas City, Mo., on industrial marketing.
$2 for third offenses, and increased penalties for further violations.
Plan New Organization
The president, resplendent in a dark blue suit, stepped off the famed
Introduced by Donald Ong, the bill passed the Council because of recent large fines levied against students for illegal parking. Harold T. Herriott, College junior was fined $140 for 33 parking violations last semester.
with Czechoslovakia and Greece as other possible alternates.
Approved $100 Appropriation
The Council approved a $100 appropriation requested by the National Intercollegiate United Nations association. The money is to be used for correspondence and traveling expenses of the U.N.
Jean Moore, executive chairman of the Student United Nations, will make a three-day-trip this week end to explain the national conference to Iowa schools, and organize chapters of the U.N.
Moore will go to Washington on June 16 to discuss the student U.N. with Secretary of State George Marshall and President Truman. Many Express Interest
More than 2,000 colleges and universities have expressed interest in the November conference to be held at the University. Canadian and Mexican schools have applied for admission to the conference, but it is being restricted to the U.S. with the exception of a delegation from India.
Official approval and support has been given by Gov. Frank Carlson, ex-governors Payne Ratner, and Andrew Schoeppel, and Missouri's Governor Phil M. Donnelly.
minutes after his scheduled time of arrival. He was greeted by Kansas City's Mayor Kemp and Governors Donnelly of Missouri and Carlson of Kansas.
The president headed a parade of dignitaries which streamed from the plane and as he touched Missouri soil, a city band struck up the national anthems of the United States and Mexico.
A Contrast Of Color
The field was crowded with spectators, a great proportion of them of Mexican descent, who made the event a colorful display of bright clothes and noisy cheering. Mexican children, dressed in gaudy clothing of red, white, and green, were a strange contrast to the conventional blues and grays.
Airport policemen estimated the crowd to be the largest to greet any visiting celebrity since the last arrival of late President Roosevelt. One officer, here since 1929, said it as the largest crowd he had seen.
Navy Planes Roar Greeting
Fifteen navy planes roared overhead as the presidential party left the airport in a custom-built yellow convertible. A plane carrying mexican press representatives, seated in the front row of the forest President Aleman, did not land until after the presidential party had left the airport.
School was out in Kansas City, and thousands of children vied with adults for strategic positions along the parade route to the University of Kansas City. The route was bedecked with American and Mexican flags and buntings. Thousands of pounds of paper and confetti rained down upon the president as he passed.
The president went directly from the airport to the campus, where he was presented with an honorary degree of doctor of law, by Clarence R. Decker, university president.
'A Man Of Good Will'
President Decker, in conferring the degree, reviewed Aleman's "distinguished career," and called the president "a man of good will and a friend of peace."
Speaking in his native Spanish, Aleman paid tribute to the cultural leadership of the universities in this country. He refined culture as "that which prepares people for the enjoyment of peace with honor.
"Every university is a pure source of culture," he said. "Mexico deeply appreciates the contributions which your country has made to the culture of North America.
"To say 'democracy' is to say 'aspiration toward the universal.'" And this is because democracy is a regime for man, and not tor the tyrant."
Pledges Good Neighborliness
Aleman again assured the crowd that his people are all united for the strengthening of the good neighbor policy in Mexico and the United States.
"I wish to express to the University of Kansas City my sincere appreciation for the distinction which it has granted me. I assure you of the continuing collaboration of our republics in peace, justice, and democracy."