University DAILY KANSAN STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1946
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1946
44th Year No.32
Lawrence, Kansas
Bock's 'Boogie' Helped Him Win
Elsewhere politicians use guitars or hill-billy bands, but Robert Bock, University junior, used his piano-playing ability to campaign for state representative from Stafford county in the political drive which ended Tuesday. Bock, a Democrat, apparently had won today, for he had an 87-vote lead over his Republican opponent, with only one small precinct's count missing. He reversed the rest of the state trend, which carried Frank Carlson to a decisive victory over the Democratic candidate, Harry Woodring. Bock played piano pieces (from Bach to boogie, he always said) at his rallies. (Daily Kansan Staff Photo by James Mason)
Building assignments and the departments of assignes are:
24 Families Get Sunnyside Units
Instructors and employees of the University will be housed in the first four apartment buildings to be completed in the Sunnyside housing project.
Applications were screened by three University administrative officials who are independent of each other in their official functions. Basis of selection was housing need, status or importance to KU disabilities and family health problems and children.
First building: H. E. Dilley, history; M. E. Jackel, mechanical engineering; Arvid Jacobson, design; F. S. Owen, business office; Ammon Andes, aeronautical engineering; and A. J. Smith, psychology.
Second building; F. B. Jensen, economics; D. G. Samuels, Spanish; R. W. Stallman, English; K. L. Johnson, speech; R. R. Camp, zoology; and G. Z. Wilson, English.
Republican Sweep Gives GOP Control Of House, Senate
Irvin Youngberg, housing director, said weather conditions may hold up the completion but he hopes to have the 24 families housed by the end of November. Further assignments will be made as units near completion.
Third building: Emil Telel, feell-
pullsen; K. V. Moses, business; T. E.
Ristensen, guidance bureau; P. W. Ott,
applied mechanics; Dr. R. E. Allen and Dr. G. E. Mansham, both of Watkins Memorial hospital.
Topeka. (UP)—Kansas rebounded former Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, who pleaded for the governorship in order to lead a crusade to bring legalized liquor to a state "dry" for 86 years, and instead rolled up the vote today for Republican Frank Carlson.
Carlson Wins Over Woodring
Fourth building; Dr. F. L. Murphy, Watkins Memorial hospital; Sergeants A. W. Millard. R. L. Williams, R. D. Bradley and R. V. Cloke, all of the R.O.T.C. staff; J. M. Woodward, bacteriology.
Washington. (UP)—The OPA removed price controls today on vacuum cleaners and attachments.
Mr. Carlson, like Mr. Woodring, a man who had spent years in Washington only to prefer yet the plains—and the statehouse—of the Sunflower State, took an early lead and was never headed as the counting progressed.
More Off Than On
With more than 485,000 votes tabulated, Mr. Carlson was far beyond danger. The vote in 2,288 precincts of the state's 2,745 gave him 260,824 to 224,534 for Mr. Woodring.
While Kansas returned a full six-man GOP delegation to Washington. two of its members will be new in Congress.
They were Wint Smith, Mankato, and Herbert A. Meyer, Independence, editor and publisher of the Daily Reporter. Reps. Clifford Hope, Ed Rees, Albert Cole and Errett Scrivner, like Mr. Carlson, were never headed by their Democratic opposition.
Wants Truman To Resign
Not a one of the Democratic all-veterans' ticket came close to upsetting a member of the GOP slate. Besides the governor's race, there were 10 state contests. Six GOP incumbents, led by Frank J. Ryan, were returned to office, along with four newcomers.
Washington. (UP) — Sen. J. William Fulbright, D., Ark., said today he believes President Truman should resign after naming a Republican secretary of state who would become president.
By Bibler
Little Man On Campus
The Box Score:
New York. (UP)—Standings in the 1946 congressional elections:
"I told you this room would pay for itself!"
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
(43 to be elected) Elected:
Democrats, 180.
Republicans, 230.
Others, 1.
Leading:
Democrats, 8.
Republicans, 16.
(Needed for majority—218)
SENATE
(36 of 96 to be elected) Elected:
Democrats 11; 32 holdovers; total 43.
Republicans 23; 28 holdovers; total 51.
GOVERNORS (34 to be elected)
Elected:
(34 to be elected) Elected:
Democrats, 12.
Republicans, 20.
617 Absentee Voters Cast Ballots At K.U.
A total of 617 absentee ballots were turned in by University students, James K. Hitt, registrar, announced today.
Student voting in Lawrence was light. The first precinct of the third ward, where student voting was by far the heaviest, recorded 398 votes for Frank Carlson, Republican, and 282 for Harry Woodring, Democrat, in the gubernatorial race.
The Woodring-Carlson race, although Carlson took Douglas county by a 2-to-1 ratio, was the closest in the county. All other Republican candidates won Douglas county margins of from 3-to-1 to 4-to-1.
Eunice 'Still Excited Over Dad's Victory
Eunice Carlson, 19 - year - old daughter of governor-elect Frank Carlson, said today that the excitement caused by her father's victory has not yet subsided.
"I'm still not over it," the College junior from Concordia sighed.
Her father called her at 11:30 to tell her of Candidate Woodring's concession of the election.
In the excitement, Miss Carlson said she wasn't able to study for a test today and that if she flunks, "it will be an election casualty."
She will go to Topeka tonight to meet her mother and father at state Republican headquarters.
Axtell Loses In Missouri After Holding Early Lead
Kansas City. Mo. (UP)—Albert L. Reeves, Jr., son of a federal court judge, handed Enos A. Axtell, President Truman's hand-picked candidate, a decisive beating today to win the fifth Missouri congressional seat by a majority of about 4,000 votes.
Mr. Axtell, young navy veteran, was selected by Mr. Truman, James M. Pendergast, local Democratic boss, and CIO-PAC as their candidate to "purge" Rep. Roger C. Slaughter in the August primary.
Glass Blower To Perform
Mr. Fred Rustenbach, professional glass blower, will give a demonstration to the Chemistry club at 4 p.m., tomorrow in 305 Bailey Chemical laboratories, Robert Hammer, club president, announced today.
Democrats Lose 16-Year Hold
New York. (UP) - Republicans won control of congress today in a countrywide election swing to the right after 16 years of Democratic rule.
The Republican sweep thrust upon President Truman the difficult task of dealing with an opposition congress during the remaining two years of his term.
The GOP captured the senate on the basis of incomplete returns with at least 51 seats. It elected at least 230 members to the house of representatives—four more than needed for a majority.
The 80th congress, convening Jan.
3, will have Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
,veteran Massachusetts Republican,
as Speaker of the house.
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, who has been the Republicans' chief adviser to Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, probably will be President of the senate.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, New York, who unsuccessfully opposed Mr. Roosevelt for a fourth term, was reelected in New York over Sen. James M. Mead, Democratic new dealer who until recently conducted the senate's war profits investigation.
The election victory, which stripped Democrats of their power in many of the country's big cities where they had been unbeatable during the regime of the late President Roosevelt, resulted in speculation on a possible GOP triumph in the 1948 presidential race.
Republicans had elected 20 and Democrats 12 governors for a net Republican gain of two.
Chicago gave spectacular election news in the crumble of Mayor Edward J. Kelly's machine.
Winners Committed To Broad Program
New York. (UP)—The resurgent Republican party was committed today to a broad legislative program calling for lower taxes, an early burial for OPA, and an end to most of the emergency powers vested in the Democratic presidents during the last 14 years.
This would mean also a formal end to this country's state of war sometime in 1947.
The Republicans won't have the two-thirds vote necessary to override a presidential veto, and they may find themselves forced into compromises or stalemates on many issues.
Here are other objectives of the Republican legislative program:
ONE. Sharp reductions in government spending.
TWO. Revision of labor laws to provide for a system of mediation and voluntary arbitration and to make both labor and industry equally responsible under collective bargaining contracts.
THREE Reduction in the number of federal agencies.
FOUR. Implementation of veterans legislation designed to speed up the veterans' housing program.
Foreign policy seemed least likely of all the Truman administration programs to be altered by the Republican victories.
WEATHER
Kansas—Cloudy with rain today and tonight, except occasional light snow extreme west. Thursday mostly cloudy, intermittent light rain east and central portions. Continued cool except slightly warmer west Thursday.