University DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Monday, Nov. 25, 1946
44th Year No. 45
Lawrence, Kansas
Lewis Defies U.S. Legal Weapons; Judge Orders Trial On Wednesday
U. M.W. Chief Remains Silent During Hearing Today On Charge of Civil Contempt
Washington. (UP)—John L. Lewis today defied the government's attempts to punish him for the national coal strike. Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough then ordered him to trial Wednesday on charges of contempt.
If he is convicted, Mr. Lewis faces any penalty—jail or fine or both—whichever Judge Goldsborough may® * * *
whatever wage difference might see fit to impose. It seemed unlikely that the government would recommend a jail sentence. But there was talk that it might ask a fine as great as $200,000 for each day of the strike.
Mr. Lewis' defiance was voiced through his lawyer and the judge's order was issued in a 37-minute hearing.
In ordering the powerful U.M.W. chieftain to trial, Judge Goldsbrough in an "extra-judicial" comment on the growing coal crisis warned unions collectively against provoking congress to legislative action that might "set the labor movement back for years."
Today's hearing was to give Mr. Lewis and the union a chance to deny the contempt charges or to argue that they had cleared themselves.
They did neither. As Mr. Lewis sat with folded arms in grim silence, his attorney rose in the packed courtroom and challenged the legality of the contempt proceedings.
The charge against Mr. Lewis is that he and the UMW are in contempt of court because they refused to obey a temporary order issued by Judge Goldborough Nov. 18 directing them to call off the mine walk-out.
U. M.W. attorney Welly K. Hopkins tacitly agreed that the order had been ignored. He said Judge Goldshorough had no right to issue
He said the union's action in terminating its coal-mining contract with the federal government was "both legal and proper."
The government successfully objected to a defense attempt to delay the contempt trial beyond Wednesday. Its counsel argued that the coal strike daily was causing the country "irreparable damage."
In the court proceedingsMr. Lewis' attorneys offered no formal briefs, contenting themselves with short verbal arguments.
There is no reason to believe that soft coal miners will return to work soon, irrespective of federal legal proceedings against John L. Lewis, Prof. Domenico Gagliario, department of economics, explains.
Part of Mr. Lewis' tactics may be to go to jail, Professor Gagliardo added. By such action, the union leader would be made a martyr in the eaves of his workers.
Anthracrite miners also might may the walk out in that case, the professor predicted. Anthracrite miners are members of the same union as soft coal workers but are working under a different contract.
Two Engineers Receive Cash Scholarships
Two University petroleum engineering seniors have received cash scholarships from the Standard Oil company of Ohio. Orlando Webb, Jr., Kansas City, was given a $500 award for the 1946-47 academic year. Elburn Eugene Young, San Francisco, was awarded $400.
The scholarships were established at the University last year by Sohio. Webb and Young were selected as the outstanding juniors in petroleum engineering and at commencement received awards of $50 and $30.
WEATHER
Kansas— Mostly cloudy with rain, sleet or snow in the southeast or extreme south. Colder in southeast quarter today. Tonight fair in the north and partly cloudy in the south.
Coal Shortage Hits Railroads, Steel Plants
Two Union Pacific passenger trains serving Lawrence were cut from the regular schedule today and will remain off until a government order applying to coal-burning locomotives is rescinded, a passenger agent said today.
Number 39, westbound to Salina at 7:30 p.m., and Number 40,
eastbound to Kansas City at 11:25 a.m., have been discontinued
Santa Fe officials said none of their trains has been cancelled, and they expect all schedules will be met. Most Santa Fe locomotives are oil burners.
Pittsburgh. (UP)—Steel production and passenger train service were cut 25 per cent today as the first move in the drive to conserve the nation's coal.
Thousands of workers already were idle as a result of the strike of 400,000 soft coal miners and industry spokesmen estimated that more than one million persons would be unemployed by the end of the week.
Every industry that uses coal, and hundreds of other allied industries, faced a crisis that will continue until the coal strike is settled.
The power companies will slash products tonight when dimouts become effective in 21 eastern states and the District of Columbia.
Schools and amusement places may be the next feel of the coal famine. The city of Denver already has closed schools because of the lack of fuel.
A storm which forced temperatures down in the Rocky Mountain area threatened additional hardship in that section of the nation.
Work is nearing completion on the 162-man dormitory west of Memorial stadium, Irvin Youngberg, housing director, said today.
162-Man Dormitory Ready In December
"We had hoped that some men could move in during Thanksgiving vacation." Youngberg said, "but the work is behind schedule and early in December is the most definite date that I can give."
Furniture and equipment have been moved into the west wing and painters and floor sanders are working on the finishing touches of the east wing.
The dormitory, moved here from Parsons Ordnance works last August will be used to house men now living at Sunflower.
Pritchard Speaks On Atoms To Summerfield Scholars
Leland J. Pritchard, professor of finance, spoke Saturday at a dinner meeting of 45 Summerfield scholarship students in the Union.
Independents Will Elect A.S.C. Representatives
Election of a freshman man and woman representative to the All Student Council will be held at 7:30 tonight at
After Mr. Prichard's talk on the problem of atomic energy in relation to world affairs, a general discussion of the subject was conducted by George Caldwell.
ing in the Kansas room of the Union.
The new constitution, also,
will be voted on tonight, Lorraine Carpenter, president, said today.
One thousand tickets for YU.'s home basketball games went on sale today to the general public, University faculty members and students. Earl Falkenstien, athletic business manager, has announced.
Court Tickets Now On Sale
Ticket requests will be limited to two sets a family. A set is a group of four tickets which will allow the purchaser to see one-half the home contests.
"Student requests for tickets were not as heavy as anticipated," Mr. Falkenstien said, "so it is possible to open the ticket sales to the general public."
Mr. Falkenstien added that there would be no reserved seats in this group of tickets and the athletic department will reserve the right to designate which set of tickets a purchaser may buy in order to assure an equal distribution between the two groups.
Tickets may be purchased at the athletic business office in Robinson gymnasium.
Bobula To Tell Problems Of Hungarian Students
Miss Ida de Bobula of Budapest, Hungary, will speak at 4 p.m. today in Fraser theater.
Miss Bobula, who is director Sarolta college, Budapest, will discuss the problems facing students in Hungary today.
Five-Man Gang 'Raids' Theta, Chi Omega Houses
Police Say Incident May Be A Feud; Werner Will Investigate Possibility
The possibility of a destructive fraternity-sorority feud, which, police thought, might have been responsible for the attempted invasion of the Kappa Alpha Theta and the Chi Omega sorority houses Friday night, will be investigated thoroughly, Henry F. Werner, dean of student affairs,
Jan Chiapusso Recital Tonight
The weather may be different but the quality of the music will be the same when Jan Chiapusso, professor of piano in the School of Fine Arts presents his fall recital at 8 tonight in Hoch auditorium.
On leave from the University this past summer, Professor Chiapusso conducted master classes at the University of Hawaii and gave a series of historical recitals accompanied by lectures.
Professor Chiapusso entered the Conservatory of Cologne in Germany at 17, later studying in Paris and Berlin. In 1911 he won the "Musical Prize" in Paris in competition with 36 contestants.
In 1916, he came to America and after several tours, became head of the piano department at Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago.
In addition of his recitals in Hawaii last summer, Professor Chipusso has played in Berlin, Paris Amsterdam, London, the Hague Belgium, and Spain.
Installment Plan To Return
Washington. (UP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today called for the speedy removal of government restrictions on installment buying and the ban on margin trading in the stock market.
Both houses reported to the Lawrence police that they had been the object of attempts by five unidentified men to enter the houses about 1 a.m. Saturday.
There was some evidence that both raids were made by the same group of men. Women at both the Theta and the Chi Omega houses reported that one of the men wore white pants and a white shirt.
The first was made on the Theta house at 1 a.m., Mrs. Karl W. Perkins, housemother, told police. The first thing that was noticed, she said, was a pair of legs outside the recreation room window. Soon after that, sounds from the roof indicated that two men were up there jumping on the trap door that opens into the third floor hall.
The police were called immediately, but arrived too late to catch any of the men at the Theta house. The two men on the roof succeeded in breaking down the trap door, which fell into the hall carrying most of the plaster with it, but made no attempt to enter, the housemother said.
The two men on the roof then tore off the floodlights on the corners of the roof and ran down the fire escape to join three others in the yard. On the way down, the house-mother said, they broke a window with their fists. Patricia Patchen, who had her face pressed to the window in an attempt to identify some of the men, received minor face lacerations.
None of the men was recognized, the housemother said, and no car was seen. The police arrived soon after the men left.
At 2:10 a.m. the police were informed by Mrs. Onita Miller, Chi Omega housemother, that a group of five men had gathered around the Chi Omega house, and that one had entered. He apparently had climbed up to the south porch, forced a lock, and entered the third floor hall, she said.
Jane Ferrell, Chi Omega, was studying in her room when she heard a noise in the hall. Investigating she saw the intruder, and ran downstairs screaming, to arouse the other girls. The man left, after dumping the contents of a fire extinguisher over the hall floor, Mrs. Miller said.
Ten minutes later the men returned. Dan Gardner, Noel Nystrom, Chi Omega houseboys, pinned one to the ground, but were unable to hold him. Shortly after the men left for the second time, the police arrived. The men came back a third time, Mrs. Miller said, after the police left, but caused no further damage.
C. A. Bliesner, Lawrence chief of police, said this morning that one man had been picked up Saturday morning in connection with the housebreaking, but had been released after a short time.
"It looks to me like a University lead, or a case of somebody 'getting even.'" he added.
Dean Werner told the Daily Kansasan that "the matter will be investigated not only through the angle of the houses concerned, but also through the affiliations, if any, of the young men picked up by the police."
Both Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Perkins said today that neither the Chi Omega's nor the Theta's was engaged in a feud with any other campus organization.