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Chetnik Leader Held By Tito Government
Belgrade. (UP)—Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch, Yugoslavia's wartime Chetnik leader, was arrested March 13 along with 11 of his comrades and is now in the hands of Marshal Tito's government. Gen. Alexander Rankovic, Minister of the Interior, announced the arrest Sunday to the Yugoslav parliament.
New Albany, Ind. (UP)—The congregation of St. Mark's Evangelical and Reformed churches has pledged itself to the conservation of nylon hosiery.
Yugoslav leader is charged with Nazi collaboration. He was listed by the Tito government as a war criminal and reportedly had been hiding out in the Yugoslav mountains since Germany's surrender.
Militarists To Discuss International Armv
Women worshippers had complained of snags and runs on the edges of pews. So the men pledged to bring sandpaper, planes, and files one night each week to make the church safe for nylons.
New York. (UP)—The United Nations Military Staff committee begins its ultra-secret discussions tomorrow on the size and make-up of the international armed forces that will provide the bite to back up the UNO Security council's bark.
Security councils will range all the way from the use of the atomic bomb to the kind of equipment that will be provided the fighting forces allocated by UNO member states to help the Security council maintain the peace.
Peiping, China. (UP) — Sino-
American "truce teams" will enter
manchorian cities this week
to guard against Kuomintang-Communist clashes in the wake of Russian troops withdrawals, it was reported authoritatively today.
Tripartite "truce" teams, composed of one American, one Communist, and one Nationalist, will leave shortly for Mukden, Changchun, Yingkow, and Fushun.
Shanghai. (UP)—Japan's War Premier Hideki Tojo personally ordered the execution of four of Lt. Gen. James Doolittle's Tokyo raiders, Lt. Gen. Shigeru Sawada, former commander of the Japanese 13th army in China, said in a sworn affidavit today.
The affidavit was submitted to the military tribunal which is trying three Japanese officers on charges of executing four of Doolittle's crew.
Thomas, Reuther Fight For UAW Presidency
Atlantic City, N.J. (UP)—The campaign for the presidency of the nation's largest union—the CIO United Auto Workers—exploded today with bitter charges exchanged by R. J. Thomas, incumbent, and Walter P. Reuther, red-haired vice-president who led the long General Motors strike.
Phillip Murray, CIO president whom both candidates praised during their angry exchange, addressed the 2.300 delegates attending the national convention today and was expected to restore peace between the warring factions.
Nuernberg. (UP)—Rudolph Hess delivered a four-point peace "intention" from Adolph Hitler to the British government when he parachuted into Scotland in May, 1941, his defense attorney told the War Crimes tribunal today.
K.U. Vets Have A New Buddy-Buddha
Reds Leave Iran As UNO Opens
K. U. has had some unusual combinations of students in the past, but this trio could beat 'em all. The picture, taken in Spooner-Thayer museum, shows Walter Lancaster, College junior from Topeka (left), and Charles Chitty, Engineering sophomore, from Coronado, Calif., two of the museum's newest occupants, buddying up with one of its oldest—a statue of Buddha, a relic from Asia. A pose like this is strictly against museum rules, and the men, among the 65 veterans who live in temporary quarters in the museum basement, ordinarily don't molest their neighbors upstairs. That's Buddha in the center, in case you didn't know. (Daily Kansan photo by Joan Veatch.)
(By United Press)
The United Nations Security council meets for the first time in its new American home today with the United States ready to insist upon full discussion and council ratification of any Soviet-Iranian settlement of their dispute.
Tehran announced yesterday that Russia had begun withdrawing her troops, but whatever action the Russians have taken, they must outline their full intentions before the 11nation UNO Security council and the world to satisfy Secretary of State James F. Byrnes.
But when council president Dr. Quo Tai-Chi of China gavels the council to order this afternoon, it will be in an international atmosphere changed almost overnight.
picture changes.
By midday none of the top delegates to the council had received official confirmation of the Moscow radio's announcement, and no official decisions can be reached pending arrival of the text and new instructions to UNO delegates.
tions to UNO officials.
However, members of the council were hopeful that the Soviet-Iranian agreement announced by radio Moscow less than 24 hours before the council met would prove to be a bona fide settlement of which the council can stamp its approval.
Iran had been expected to furnish the fireworks of this council. But late yesterday the Soviet Union pulled the props from under such expectations by announcing that her troops already were evacuated from eastern Iran, that evacuation of other parts of the country started today, and that evacuation might be completed within five or six weeks if nothing unforeseen happens.
Lattimore Speaks On China Tonight
Owen Lattimore will speak on "What is Happening in China" in Hoch auditorium at 8:20 p.m. tonight, in the final number of this
's lecture course. Activity tick-
ets will admit.
Mr. Lattimore was Chiang Kai-Shek's political advisor during 1941 and 1942 and served as Pacific director of Office of War Information. He is head of the department of international relations at Johns Hopkins University.
Mr. Lattimore lived in China for 27 years before spending a year at the graduate school of Harvard University in 1928. He returned to the Orient to do fact-finding work for the Social Science Research Council, the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Institute of Pacific Relations. In 1934, he was made Editor of Pacific Affairs and continued to travel in Europe and Asia.
Ray Strain, Red Cross mid-western area office representative, will conduct the Red Cross Life Saving and Water Safety Instructor's course April 1-5 in Robinson gymnastium.
Red Cross Representative To Teach Water Safety
Persons interested in taking the course are urged to sign the list on the bulletin board in Robinson gym. The course is open to both men and women.
Kansas -- Cloudy with scattered light showers central and east today and extreme east tonight. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Cooler west and north central today, cooler with low 35 northwest 50 southeast tonight. Tuesday cooler cast portion.
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Sachem, Mortar Board Interview 120
K.U. Officials Don't Give Students Enough Self-Government, Poll Says
Results of a K.U. student poll on leading campus questions were released today by Mortar Board and Sachem, senior honorary societies.
The poll, which reflects the opinions of 120 students, was taken in preparation for the student-faculty solidarity conference April 13. Students were asked their feelings on campus government, curriculum changes, a professional guidance bureau, placement bureau, student publications, opportunity for participation in campus activities, and the objectives of a university education.
Groups interviewed, according to Mortar Board and Sachem, were "men and women of all classes, veterans and non-veterans, independents and Greeks (both organized and unorganized), married and single persons, white and Negro students, and self-supporting and non-self-supporting students."
The poll was taken by Frances Janes, Julia Ann Casad, and Elizabeth McKenzie, of the Mortar Board, and Clyde Jacobs, Dewey Nemee, and Guy Ashcraft, of Sachem. Some emphasis was placed on interviewing campus leaders or potential leaders, the interviews said, but "all types of students had an opportunity to express themselves."
students had an opportunity Results (quoted comments are from the report) were as follows:
83% Dissatisfied With Council
On the question on student government, 83 per cent of the students polled were dissatisfied with the present situation and 17 per cent were indifferent or satisfied with the present council. Reasons for dissatisfaction were:
Many Suggest Changes in Curriculum
"Exactly 57 per cent believe that the fault lies with the University administration for failing to provide greater opportunities for student responsibility and power, 15 per cent believe that the council needs better publicity, 15 per cent disagree with the present elections system, and 3 per cent suggested a return to the two council system-one for men and one for women."
"Western Civilization has met with approval from almost all students but the biology course is generally unpopular.
"Underclassmen, especially, dislike the division system in the College, while upperclassmen, for the most part approve of the system.
"The veterans have placed emphasis on refresher courses and an accelerated program. Some feel that army experience should be considered as credit in order to fill out the divisions.
The question of University curriculum and requirement changes brought suggestions for improvement from 82 per cent of the interviewees. "Due to the variation in ideas, percentage evaluation was useless; however, students were almost evenly divided on the necessity of present requirements.
"Special emphasis was put on courses in human relations that would assist students in adjusting to diverse environment. The pre-enrollment system was mentioned by several students as desirable.
"Students in the School of Fine Arts and, to a lesser extent, in the School of Engineering were critical of the inflexibility of their courses.
90% Favor 'Personal Problem' Guidance
The establishment of a guidance bureau to help with "personal and academic" problems gained favorable comment from 90 per cent of these interviewed.
"These students suggested that such a project be departmentalized. The 10 per cent opposed to the plan said that it would not be used, that its functions belong to the field of psychiatry, that personal rather than scientific advice is more often needed, and that such a project would be useless."
The plan for a student counselling system was favored by 85 per cent of the students.
"They believed that it would give the new student a better contact with student opinion, that it would alleviate the difficulties of enrollment and that student advisers could give better personal advice. Many suggested that the advisers be seniors and some indicated that they be selected by the faculty. The opposing 10 per cent stated that the faculty system was adequate and felt that inauguration of this system would entail abellion of faculty advisors."
Majority Approves Student Publications
Concerning student publications, the Kansan gained favorable comment from 70 per cent and the Jayhawker, 65 per cent of those interviewed.
"For the most part, unorganized students registered their disapproval of the publications. News coverage was cited as adequate and both publications were accused of being superficial. The policy of the Kansan was criticized as being too negative. Some students felt that the Jayhawker is dominated by cliques and others maintained that the printing is poor and the price too high.
"The most important response, from the standpoint of numbers was that the Jayhawker and to a lesser extent the Kansan are not truly representative of university life. Social life is over-emphasized, according to these students, and important educational projects are omitted. Several
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