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Monday, Feb. 25, 1946
43rd Year No. 87
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STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Bowles Official Head Of Stabilization Board
pen Washington, (UP)—President Truitt today formally ordered the re-establishment of the Office of Economic Stabilization.
Bomb Staillation Chester Bowles, former price administrator, will be stabilization director.
The executive order also re-established the economic stabilization board. It will consist of Bowles, the Secretaries of treasury, agriculture, commerce and labor, the federal Loan administrator, the chairman of the Federal Reserve board, the budget director, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange commission, the price administrator, the national housing administrator, and the chairman of the National Wage Stabilization board.
Washington. (UP)—A battle was shaping up in the senate today over the administration's bill to raise the national minimum wage from 40 to 65 cents an hour.
The measure, high on President Truman's "must" list, comes up for debate soon before approval of the labor committee. Sen. Claude Pepper, Florida Democrat, and floor sponsor, admitted a "very tough fight" was in prospect but was confident it would be approved with most major provisions intact.
Von Ribbentrop Asks Churchill To Testify
Nürnberg, (UP)—The war crimes tribunal took under advisement today a request of former German Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribentrop to call Winston Churchill as a defense witness.
The court action came after British Prosecutor Sir David Maxwell Fyfe objected to the request. The request came from Ribbentrop's rounsel.
The application had stated that Churchill, in a visit to the German embassy before the war, had told Ribbentrop that England "would destroy Germany if she should become too strong."
Manila, (UP)—Maj. Gen. William Ewart Plank of Lawrence, and former University of Kansas student, was en route back to the United States for an important east coast command.
He turned over command of the Manila base Saturday to Brig. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau of Washington, D.C.
Paris (UP)—France's economic recovery and her future role in world trade hinge on the success or failure of ex-premier Leon Blum's borrowing mission to Washington, Herve Alphand, economic director of the French foreign office told a press conference today.
Bium, who is scheduled to leave for the United States tomorrow, is reported seeking a $2,500,000,000 American credit, but Alphand refused to confirm that figure.
In His Steps' Author Dies in Topeka
Topcka (UP)—Funeral services were arranged today for the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, 88, world famous Kansas church leader and author of "In His Steps", who died at a local hospital late yesterday.
Reverend Sheldon did not regain consciousness since he suffered a stroke more than a week ago.
Sales of the religious novel "His Steps" were exceeded in past years only by sales of the Bible. More than 23 million copies of Reverend Sheldon's religious epic have been sold. The book was translated into more than 16 languages
Cost of Living May Rise Again Eccles Predicts
Washington. (UP)—Federal reserve board chairman Marriner S. Eccles told the House Banking Committee today, there was a possibility the cost of living may increase by another 10 per cent under President Truman's new ware-price policy.
Eccles, testifying in support of a bill to continue the Price Control law for another year after the June 30 expiration date, told the committee that the cost of living is now 30 per cent higher than during the period immediately preceding the war.
"I should think that with the increased wages and prices under the new wage-price policy," he said, "there is a possibility, according to some estimates, of an increase to a maximum of 40 per cent.
Eccles contended that it would be highly dangerous to remove price controls in an effort to increase production, as had been proposed by the National Association of manufacturers.
"If the cost of living can be held to 40 per cent over the pre-war cost then we will have done a good job in view of the large public financing." Eccles said.
Steps must be taken to reduce the amount of idle funds in the hands of the public and in the banks that production must be stepped off. But until this is done, Eccles declared, price control must be kept in force.
He said that arguing price controls was "like arguing against all vaccination—that it is better to contract smallpox and take a chance of recovering from it rather than to take preventative measures."
Rep. Wright Patman, Texas Democrat, asked about the value of the dollar today as compared with the period immediately preceding the war.
Eccles answered that, measured by the increase in the cost of living, the dollar is about 30 per cent "inflated."
"This is as good a job as any country has done to control inflation," he added. "Canada, perhaps, has done a little better than we."
Owen Peck Reigns As Campus Pep King
Approximately 400 couples danced to the music of Charles Steeper's band in the Military Science building, Nancy Tomlinson, social chairman, reported today. Proceeds from ticket sales are to go to the Jay Jane scholarship presented to a woman student each year.
King Owen Peck, Sigma Chi, began his rule with pomp and ceremony at the Jaw Jane Vice-Versa dance. Saturday night.
King Pep reigns again over the University campus.
A silver crown and a pair of those coveted nylons were possessions of King Peck as he descended the steps from the platform. That is, they were his until he met Joan Woodward, escort, who within the next few minutes acquired those 51 guage hose.
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Runners up in the contest for the man of the year were Ray Evans, Phi Delta Theta; Richard Kerr, Kappa Sigma; Jack Mercer, Kappa Psi; and Hildreth Stong, Sigma Chi. Candidates were chosen by members of Jay Janes from names submitted to them by organized men's houses and Navy P.T.s.
Dr. Haynes To Address Lawrence Democracy League
Dr. George E. Haynes, a national authority in the field of race relations, will address the Lawrence League for the Practice of Democracy at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Calvin VanderWerf, vice-president, announced today.
Kansas Faces Unpredictable Iowa State In Big Six Championship Game Tonight
Entry List Grows In Cartoon Contest
Campus cartoonists were busy during the weekend, and the entry list in the Daily Kansan's contest to choose a staff cartoonist swelled today, the Contest editor reported.
There are only two days more in the contest, which is open to any K.U. student, and which offers prizes worth more than $50. A student may enter as many cartoons as he wishes.
War Memorial 'Won't Alter' Center Campus Drive
The center campus drive, once considered a casualty of the World War II Memorial Drive and carillon tower project, won't be changed after all.
"Our purpose is purely to construct a memorial drive." Posthle-walte declared. "If any changes are made in the present driveway, they will be made by the board of regents, and not the memorial association."
This information came today from Kenneth Postlethwaite, memorial association director, after a meeting of association directors here last week.
Original plans of the memorial group, as announced last summer, included the "eventual removal of the memorial from formation of the area into a "mall"
Architect sketches of the proposed carillon tower for the drive will be ready this week, and engineering plans for the project are due "early in March," Postlethwaite said. No contracts have been awarded yet for the carillon. Only two English firms can cast the bells required for the tower.
The Jayhawk Veteran's club began a membership drive today, campaigning for 2,000 new members. Michael Kuklenski, president, said today.
Jayhawk Veterans Club Begins Membership Drive Today
Representatives have been appointed in the fraternities and organized houses to sign up members. Veterans living in private homes and at Sunflower village may sign membership cards in Frank Strong hall.
After Seeing Pearl Harbor Debris, She Finds Kansas Scenery Drab
Victory Over Cyclones Will Give Jayhawkers Undisputed League Title, First Since '43
A tall, terrific, and title-hungry Jayhawker quintet meets the dangerous Iowa State 1945 conference champions in the Big Six title tussle at 7:30 tonight in Hoch auditorium.
Each of four Cyclone losses has been by a small margin, and the third place team upset powerful Oklahoma by two points in Ames, Saturday. Their opener against K-State was dropped an overtime, 52-46, and a second extra-period scrap was lost to K.U., 50-47, at Ames. The first meeting with the Oklahoma Sooners was lost by one point, 44-43, and last week, the Cyclos took a 38-26 clipping at the hands of the fourth-place Missourians.
Fresh from a 50-34 trouncing of Missouri, with big Otto Schnellbacher stacking the chips at 22 points, the Kansans have an improved Owen Peck, the consistently high-scoring of Chance Bubbs, and a multitude of steady reserves to pave the way to the title.
"With Ray Evans on our team, we could beat you Kansans tonight," Louis Menze, Iowa State mentor and a "Phog" Allen pupil, stated here today.
had no losses this season, and Oklahoma, second-place holder, has had two. A K.U. loss tonight would necessitate a victory over O.U. in Norman, Thursday, while a win will give the Jayhawkers undisputed possession of the crown.
"Kansas has the best team in the conference," Menze added, "but we're going to fight hard to keep the scoring within a 12-point leeway. We did you a favor by winning over Oklahoma, Saturday night."
A complete sell-out for the Jayhawkers' last home demonstration was reported today by the athletic office. No tickets may be purchased at the gate.
Curiosity brought Loretta Ting from Hawaii three weeks ago, to enroll at the University as a special student in Fine Arts.
Evans, 1943 All-America guard, joined the squad several weeks ago and was the third member of the famed "Iron Five" to return.
More than 1,000 students showed a new high in enthusiasm at a noon rally in the Union today. Veteran John Pfitts, assistant basketball coach, and the Crimson and Blue band were on hand for the spirited demonstration.
"I heard so much about Kansas from former K.U. students, I had to come and see for myself," she laughs.
She is Chinese but has spent her life in Hawaii. Already she has seen her first snow storm and her first dust storm.
The Jayhawkers have not taken the title since 1943, the year KU.'s "Iron Five" ruled the Big Six race. Tonight's game may determine the
"I don't think Hawaii is ready for stewardship," she declares. "Our economic system has to be raised first, so that we won't be an underdog."
"Everyone seems amazed that I speak English with no accent," she says. "They do not realize that in the Islands our schools are patterned after the best in the United States, and that we have had many teachers from this country."
"This country is so drab!" she exclaims. "Your trees don't have any leaves!"
A graduate of the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Miss Ting
taught home economics for several years, but plans to turn her painting, jewelry-making, and weaving into a business-hobby. "into a 'business-hobby.'"
She was at the University of Hawaii when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. With other home economics and nursing students, she helped care for wounded civilians and servicemen.
“Our campus quarters and building facilities were turned into emergency wards,” she relates. “We waited for the Japs to follow up their first attack, but weren't dispatched when the invasion didn't come!”
With servicemen leaving the Islands, the streets of little villages which one were filled with American soldiers are again becoming quiet country towns like those in Kansas, she comments.
"When I go home next summer," she says, "The Islands will be welcoming every ship with Hawaiian guitars and leis, as they did before the war."
His subject will be "British-American Relations."
Halifax Speaks At 10 Tomorrow
Lord Hallifax, former British ambassador to the United States, and second on K.U.'s "big name" convocations program, will speak at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Hoch auditorium. His subject will be "British-Amer-
The Earl of Halifax, (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood), has been called a "praying mantis with an umbrella," and "Lord Holy Fox." Winston Churchill has complimented him on his ability to combine the more salutary features of a fox hunter and the religious man.
Chosen by Churchill in 1940 as ambassador to the United States, he has held the position until recently become a famous personality to the American people.
Lord Halifax and Lord Keynes, economic advisor to the British treasury, negotiated 12 weeks with Will Clayton, United States assistant secretary of state, for a billion loan arrangement now proposed between the two countries.
Objectives Important, Compton Tells 2,500
Dr. Compton called for "cooperation through an international organization with a police force drawn from all nations." The United States is in the world spotlight today, be said, and "with these new powers in our hands, we cannot turn back—we have to lead, to guide the way."
Finding worthwhile objectives and "doing the things that mean most in shaping the world around us," are the truly important trends of today. Dr. Arthur H. Compton, sternic bomb specialist, said the American University of Washington university, told 2,500 K.U. students in a Hochschule convocation today.
When the British members of parliament and American congressmen exchanged carols across the sea this past Christmas, the Americans sang "Good Lord Halifax" (to the tune of Good King Wenceslas), and the British sang their thanks for a "gift with strings a-dangling."
The class schedule for tomar-
ness and library.
as follows:
8:30 classes 8:30- 9:05
9:30 classes 9:15- 9:50
Convocation 10:00-10:50
10:30 classes 11:00-11:35
11:30 classes 11:45-12:20
First of a series of four "Big Name" convocation speakers, Dr. Compton was introduced by Chancellor Deane W. Malott.
We are moving toward more training and education, but we also must move toward cooperation, for example, to ensure war is breeding antagonism, waging war
As long as we have the objectives toward a better world, "we have a task in which we are all prepared to lose ourselves," the scientist declared.
WEATHER
Kansas—Generally fair today and tonight. Somewhat warmer today. Slightly warmer extreme east tonight. Lowest temperatures 30 extreme west to 40 extreme east. Partly cloudy Tuesday. Slightly colder west.