UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SIX
MAY 6,1947
Kansan Comments
An Open Letter From The Kansan
We believe the letter to the editor from Paul D. Barker, printed on this page, requires further clarification.
The Daily Kansan did not wish to imply an "attack" on the Progressive party as a whole. Our objectives were directed "to those responsible" for placing Progressive campaign pamphlets in the University Daily Kansan.
Regarding the denial and "undue apology" made to the Daily Kansan faculty adviser, the following should be made clear. The adviser told the president of the Progressive party that as far as he "personally" was concerned the matter was closed.
(Many persons are criticizing Henry Wallace, but they are not blaming the Democratic party, of which he is still a member, for what he has been saying.)
He did not assure Mr. Barker that the matter would be forgotten by this paper because it was not in his province to make such a promise.
The Daily Kansan faculty adviser is just what the title implies. He does not have the power under the Kansan board constitution to say what shall or shall not be published. Such decisions are up to the Kansan board and to the members of the staff who may or may not follow the recommendations of the adviser.
The incident referred to was considered by the editor of the University Daily Kansan to be such that the position of the student paper should be made clear. In the editor's judgment what happened could not be ignored without implying passive approval.
By allowing the matter to pass unnoticed a precedent would have been set that would be harmful to the best interests of the student body as well as the University Daily Kansan.
The editorial in question could not have had any relation to the election results, as was intimated in the letter, because it was set in type ready for publication before ballot counting began.
A member of the University Daily Kansan's staff found approximately 40 of the party pamphlets in copies of the paper at one distribution point. That campaign material in such numbers should have been in the hands of members of another party seems rather strange.
Mr. Barker has declined to divulge any further information except that "some members of the Pachacamac party" have admitted that the "stuffing" was done by their party
On the morning of April 16 the citizens of one of our Southern port cities arose to go about their normal routine of daily living. By sun-down of that same day nearly 500 of Texas City's inhabitants were dead, thousands were injured, and hundreds of homes and businesses were wiped out.
The University Daily Kansan has endeavored to remain impartial in campus politics. However, it will not ignore acts that in the judgment of the editor impinge on the welfare of the students and their newspaper.
The disaster was tragic but the citizens are determined that their city shall rise again from the ruins
You Can Help!
caused by the terrific port explosions.
However, the task is great. Help is needed for temporary relief of the many homeless and for medical aid. Americans have always been generous in aiding unfortunate disaster victims. That generosity is needed again.
Contributions to aid in the relief job in Texas City should be sent to: Texas City Relief, Galveston, Texas. Every contribution, large or small, will help to erase the memory of one of our nation's greatest disasters.
Dear Editor--your assumption that the Progressive party placed the pamphlets in the paper is entirely false. It was an admitted attempt (successful at that) by the Pachacamac party to cause the Daily Kansan to be irritated at the Progressive party.
(Editor's note: All letters to the editor must be signed and must give the writer's full address. The name of the author will be published upon request. Letters publication 29th day before given prior consideration. The editor serves the right to edit letters to meet space requirements and to conclude the laws of libel and public decency.)
Party Head Denies 'Using' Daily Kansan
I assume that it is my privilege to answer the Daily Kansan editorial (April 25), attacking the Progressive party for "unauthorized use" of the Daily Kansan to distribute political pamphlets.
I told a Daily Kansan adviser once and I say it again—the Progressive party was not responsible for the samplets placed in copies of the Daily Kansan.
It seems to me that after your Daily Kansan adviser accepted an undue apology and assured us that the whole matter would be forgotten, someone is unhappy with the election and had to release his woes through an editorial.
Paul D. Barker President Progressive party
(Editor's Note: A further explanation of this matter appears in the editorial column of this issue.)
The Department of Agriculture is big and handles so many different subjects, the American Magazine says, that even heads of departments sometimes can't tell just what their assistants do. It has 10,000 employees in Washington and seven times that number in the field.
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"The day may come when the government will try to direct the work of research foundations, and steps to prevent a control should begin now." Dr. J. O. Maloney, chemical engineering professor and director of the Kansas Research foundation, told the Kiwanis club recently.
Maloney Asks Free Research
"Research is the future. The group controlling research may control the future. This may cause a conflict to arise between private enterprise and government for the control of research." Dr. Maloney said.
The Kansas Research foundation is working on such projects as strawboard plants, natural gas research, Kansas exports and imports with a view to building markets, tanning industries, and the salt supply, the speaker explained. The purpose of the foundation is to create wealth through the use of natural resources.
Journalism Grads Take Press Positions In Wichita
John W. Pope, '43, journalism major, is now real estate editor of the Wichita Beacon.
Frank Tiffany, '28, journalism major, is in charge of the Associated Press bureau in Wichita.
Wind Winds May Pole, But Everyone Has Fun At YM-YW Fete For 'Kids'
Even a technicolor movie couldn't have done justice to the 175 laughing, chattering children trooping across the grass, dodging balls, or chasing each other around the green field behind Woodlawn school in North Lawrence Thursday.
It was the May Day dete sponsored by a W.W.C.A.-Y.M.C.A. commission of 30 University students. $ ^{\textcircled{1}} $
Seven Groups Played
Boys and girls from kindergarten to the fifth and sixth grades played dodge-ball, baseball, "three deep," and other games. At about 4:30 p.m. one could have seen seven groups of children led by University students in games.
Sue Webster, co-chairman, was leading "Turkey in the Straw" while her group of fourth grade girls did the Virginia reel, assisted by Barbara Burnham.
Dorothy James, the other chairman, paused in directing the play.
"Did you see a little boy wandering around? He got hit in the head—he seemed a little dazed. Don't know what he was thinking, but think it was wind the May pole," and she went off searching for him.
Wind Blew Pole
The tragedy of the May pole came next. The wind had blown the May pole until the streamers were whipping and tearing. Barbara Felt, Etta Mae Cooper, Janette Pollom, and Nance Jackson were busy gathering and folding yellow, blue and green streamers that were left.
Played London Bridge
In another corner of the playground Ned Linegar, secretary of Y.M.C.A. was supervising a fast baseball game and Bud Wright was starting a relay race.
"Wait till I say 'go'," yelled Mary Baker as she, Mary Bovaird and Pat Norcross played London bridge with the first graders.
Jeanne Smith thought, "the girls were as good as angels."
Another girl said "The boys were belligerant—just like boys."
The superintendent of Woodland school felt that "the children were having more fun just playing than if they were in regular planned groups."
Smiles And 'Eats'
The smiling eyes, the cheering for each other as ribbon prizes were given out, and the polite "thank you's" as they received ice cream bars showed the children were happy.
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