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Friday, February 15, 1946
43rd Year No.81
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Army to Draft 4-F's For Occupation Troop
Washington. (UP)—The nation's draft boards began combing their registration lists today for younger 4-F's to meet the army's critical need for occupation troops.
The army, admitting defeat in its efforts to obtain fully fit men, asked selective service to funnel 75,000 physical rejects into uniform by the end of April.
The 4-F's for the most part will be taken from the ranks of nonfathers between the ages of 18 and 25 who previously qualified for limited service but were not taken because of overflow quotas.
Washington (UP)—President Truman has signed a measure making an additional $500,000,000 immediately available to the Veterans administration for the payment of veterans' benefits under the GI bill of
Philippine '4th of July' May be Postponed
Tokyo. (UP)—Tomas Confessor, Philippine delegate to the Far Eastern commission said today that postponement of Philippine independence—slated for July 4, 1946—may be justified due to the war's disruption of the island's economy.
Quoted by the army newspaper Stars and Stripes, Confessor said: 'we war has happened the Philippines could have relied to assume the responsibilities of independent government at this time. But the war has changed aspects affecting the industrial and material development of the country.'
Washington, (UP)—Mrs. Harry S Truman will close the White House social season by March 6, to observe Lent.
Wage Price Formula To End Major Strikes
(By United Press)
The nation looked to President Truman's new wage-price formula today to settle walkouts in three major industries and send three-fourths of the 1,529,000 strike-idle American workers back to their jobs.
Government labor officials hoped that the President's offer of limited price increases would open the way to settlement of longstanding disputes in the steel, electrical and automotive industries, involving approximately 1,125,000 CIO workers.
London, (UP)-Syria and Lebanon handed the UNO security council its final pre-adjournment problem today by asking the United Nations to help get British and French troops out of the Levant.
Truman Names New Ambassador to Russia
Buenos Aires. (UP)—The Argentine military regime today denounced as falsehoods American charges that it collaborated with the Nazis, while two new outbreaks of gunfire marred the presidential election campaign in which it is seeking to retain power.
Washington. (UP)—President Truman asks congress tomorrow to make it possible for Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith to serve as ambassador to Russia without losing his military rank.
The selection of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's wartime chief of staff to the important diplomatic post was announced by the President last night, shortly after he had accepted the resignation of W. Averell Harriman.
Bill To Fix 75-Cent Minimum Wage Goes to Senate
Washington. (UP) — An administration-backed bill to increase minimum wages to an eventual 75 cents an hour was heading today toward a battle on the senate floor.
Many southern Democrats, victorious in their recent filibuster against anti-discrimination legislation, were cool or downright hostile to the measure approved by the senate labor committee.
Committee chairman James E. Murray, D. Mont., estimated that the bill would bring pay increases for six million workers. About half of these would be brought under wage regulations for the first time. This would be accountable to Congress from the present law which calls for minimum pay of 40 cents an hour in all enterprises engaged in inter-state commerce.
The new bill proposes a 65-cent minimum wage for two years. Then the minimum would jump to 70 cents for two years, and after that it would be 75 cents. Affected employees working more than 40 hours weekly would have to be paid time and a half for the extra hours.
A last-minute committee amendment would make the law apply to retail chains that have as many as four stores and do a total annual business of $500,000. The amendment was proposed by Dr. Pho, who estimated it would affect about 2,000,000 workers.
Men's Glee Club Tryouts Next Week
Tryouts for the K.U. Men's Glee club will be held 7 to 8 p.m., Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in 132 Frank Strong hall, D. M. Swarthout, director, said today.
No experience is necessary, and students receive college credit after one semester in the group, Dean Swarthout added.
First tenors and second bases are especially needed.
The Glee club gives programs throughout the semester and joins with other campus musical groups for special concerts.
George Sauer, newly appointed K.U. football coach, will be introduced during the half-time intermission at the Nebraska basketball game in Hoch tonight. A community sing, led by Arden Booth, WREN announcer, also will be held between halves.
You Can See Sauer At Game Tonight
ON THE INSIDE
Daily Kansans Available At Sunflower Drug Store.
Students residing at Sunflower Village may obtain their Kansans at the Sunflower Drug Store.
One of those British brides has come to her K.U. husband. She'll read the cookbook at first, perhaps enter school this summer. Page 4.
Those Locksley hall girls don't really know where they are—they live one place, eat another, sleep another. Page 3.
KU, will train some aeronautical engineering students subsi-
lized by the Richard Ira Bong memorial Foundation. Quite an ioner we won. Page 5.
Joe Louis'll "molder" Billy Jonn with "a new technique," the hamp promises. Page 7.
First call for football—the new coach is on the ball. Page 6.
Spring Convocations Offer Big Names-- Halifax, Stassen, Urey, Compton
Better Not Let Smoke Get In Their Eyes
The SSS has hit the campus.
With its advent, "Smoky Joe College" is on his way out-of the library, Frank Strong hall, Fraser, and all places where he should not be found "lit." The SSS is for Smoking Secret Service, which is to keep the building from being razed by careless smokers and firebugs.
No one will know the identity of the smoking cops, who will haunt the halls of class buildings for fire offenders, or the hours when they will be in class or on the prowl. If you are on terms with every veteran on the campus, you maybe "in the know," because "cops" will be selected from their ranks.
The SSS will distribute tickets diseriminately among your firebug friends, requesting their presence before the Student Court on a specified date and time.
The SSS appointments will be made as soon as a new ASC smoking committee chairman is selected to replace Shirley Corlett, College junior, who resigned this week.
Sunflower Bus Will Come To Campus
Instructors who have students living at Sunflower in their 8:30 classes no longer will have to refrain from asking them questions during the first 15 minutes of the class period.
These students no longer will be breathless from their daily sprint up 14th street to make classes on time.
Beginning today the 7:45 a.m. students' bus from Sunflower will unload at 8:00 a.m.
At 5:10 p.m. a bus will load in front of the library for the return trip.
You can't get a two dollar ticket on War Admiral to win through those cute little windows at the business office, but you'd better place your fee money in the till or you won't show in class after next Thursday.
University students will hear four national figures within two months during this spring semester.
With less than 15 actual working hours in which to pay fees with out penalty, less than 50 percent of the K.U. students have sweated the line. Come next Monday noon, you get bigger tickets and googooggle three days if you don't pay up. After that you can wear a visitors tag when you come on the hill.
The business office is open from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 until 5 p.m. The lines aren't getting any shorter, so bring your lunch. Forever Amber, and a milk stool and wait.
'Pay Fees Now'
----Business Office
One more thing. The University has a record of receiving only one bad check in the past few years. So any of you having a vulcanized note, please turn in same to scrap rubber drive.
Statesmen, Atomic Scientists Will Speak Here Two Months Beginning Feb. 25
'Dinner Whistle' Will Blow To Dismiss 5:20 Classes
There is still hope for the hungry, tired students attending 4:30 classes. For the first time in the University history the class whistle will blow at 5:20—so the long winded professors will not keep unfortunate, weary students in the classroom until dinner time.
Doctors Spare Dreaded 'Hook In Examining 767 Veterans
The spring convocation menu will include Arthur Compton, president of Washington university, St. Louis; Lord Halifax, former British ambassador to the United States; Harold Stassen,
DR. R. I. CANUTESON
"It's just like an army physical without the tetamus shots."
That's the verdict of the 767 men who went through the mill at Watkins Memorial hospital last weekend, leaving surprised doctors reeling.
The hospital staff had expected to give 220 new students physical examinations this semester. Instead,
they found themselves tossing off 315 Saturday, 202 Sunday, and 250 Monday, with a hundred more men to be taken later, a few at a time, and 60 women signed up for tomorrow morning.
Thirty-five hospital workers, including several veteran doctors doing graduate work, and a few senior medical students, were in on the fun. They had each man's time charted from the instant he pushed open the glass front door.
After spending 60 seconds in the lobby having his record checked and making sure that he wasn't in Lindley hall or Dyche museum, the victim spent four minutes filling out a card telling about himself, and another five giving a good looking nurse his case history.
Then came a minute for a tuberculin test, three to find out that he wasn't blind, seven for an ear examination, three for a speech test, and 15 for the rest of the examination. (Fardon us while we blush.)
Since the veterans are old hands at such things, the examinations being to Dr Ralph Camuteson, director of the University health service.
"These men knew what was wanted, they didn't get lost, and they didn't lose things," he explains. "Usually we go around afterward picking up cigarette lighters, compacts, neckties, fountain pens, scarfs—everything but trousers!"
Justice Wiley Rutledge of the United States Supreme court will address the School of Law in the first of the Judge Stephens lecture series, Dean F. J. Moreau announced today.
ex-governor of Minnesota and a navy captain during the war; and Dr. Harold C. Urey, one of the world's foremost authorities on atomic energy.
Compton, also an atomic scientist,
appears Feb. 25. He is one of three
brothers, presidents of universities,
who were pictured in Life magazine
"Picture of the Week" feature several
months ago.
Lord Halifax, who was scheduled to appear at KU. Jan. 22, but cancelled his lecture because of illness, will speak Feb. 26. He was minister of agriculture from 1924 to 1925; viceroy and governor general of India, 1926-1931; secretary of state for war, 1935; leader of the house of Lords, 1935-1938; and secretary of state for foreign affairs from 1938 to 1940. He has been British ambassador to this country since 1940.
Ise Speaks Tuesday
Stassen, who was a U.S. delegate to the San Francisco peace conference that chartered the United Nations organization, will come to the University, March 18. He is mentioned in political circles as a possible nominee for the presidency in the 1948 election.
Dr. Urey, 1934 Nobel prize winner from the University of Chicago, will speak in an April convolution, under the sponsorship of Forums board, George Caldwell, chairman, said today. He has received many other awards including the Davy award of the Royal Society of London for his advancement in the field of atomic energy and chemistry.
Mrs. Urey, the former Frieda Daum, obtained her bachelor of arts degree at K.U. with the class of 1918, and married Dr. Urey in 1926.
Supreme Court Justice To Address Law Students
(By United Press)
Justice Rutledge has been associate justice of the Supreme court since 1943. The lecture date will be announced later.
John Ise, professor of economics,
will speak on "The American Farm
Problem," in the seventh of the
America at Peace series, at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday in Fraser theater. The lecture
is open to the public.
Government Debt To Drop Two Billion
The federal government's debt will be reduced by approximately $2,800,000,000 during the first half of March. treasury officials said today.
This does not mean that the treasury is in the black. Expenditures still exceed tax receipts but the treasury is going to use some of its cash on hand to pay off outstanding bonds.
The national debt now is approximately $279,500,000,000.
WEATHER
Kansas— Fair today, tonight and tomorrow. Warmer northeast quarter tonight. Low tonight mid 20'sn tomorrow, continued mild except becoming colder northwest tomorrow afternoon.