University Daily Kansan
Monday. May 9. 1960 University Daily
Page 3
Women's League Spurs Local Political Interest
By Tom Turner
(Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles about the political education of the American people. This article deals with the National League of Women Voters. Some of the material is drawn from League literature. Names used in the discussion group sequence are fictitious.)
It's a quiet spring evening. And at the home of Mrs. Wilbur Stevens 10 women are seated around the living room.
They are members of a Lawrence League of Women Voters discussion unit. Mrs. Stevens, the unit leader, calls for the subject of discussion from the resource chairman, Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. Wilson relates the nature of the amendment to the discussion members. The amendment would provide for the operation of state and local governments in case of enemy attack.
"The subject tonight," Mrs. Wilson begins, "deals with the pending continuity-in-government amendment to the state constitution."
Mrs. Wilson has gathered her information from the United States Council of State Governments, the state legislative committee, civil defense agencies and a Columbia University study committee.
Amendment Described
Discussion is opened.
"Well, personally," Mrs. Connellly remarks, "I've seen the movie 'On The Beach.' If enemy attack comes we'll all perish anyway or the military will take over our government." Another woman answers Ms. Con-
"This is possible, but if there are any survivors, civil government will have to take over from the military eventually—the sooner, the better.
Another woman answers Mrs. Connelly:
"Local government would be extremely important," she continues, "because they would be cut off from our national government—at least for a couple of weeks."
"Just what constitutes an enemy attack?" Mrs. Johnston asks. "If Kansas City were bombed, would Topeka have to go under this system?"
What is an Attack?
"Only if Topcka officers are incapacitated." Mrs. Wilson explains.
The discussion unit, following several such meetings, votes in favor of the amendment by majority vote.
The decision of Mrs. Steven's unit, together with decisions reached by the other four Lawrence discussion units are then sent to the Lawrence local board.
The Lawrenee board includes six
Theives Take $100 From J.R. Pearson
Theives took $75 to $100 in change and equipment from Joseph R. Pearson Hall early Sunday morning.
The KU Police investigated the scene and checked for fingerprints. No information was available immediately.
James Middleton, Resident Director of the Hall, reported the loss to Campus Police. He said the thieves had taken change from coin boxes on machines in the north laundry room, sink traps from the south laundry, a speaker and box from the dining room and three waste paper baskets.
Lowell Risk, owner of the machines in the dormitory, told a Daily Kansas reporter that he lost change and timers from three clothes dryers that were looted.
There is no record in human history of a happy philosopher.—H. L. Mencken
officers and 12 directors. Mrs. H. L Reedy is president.
There is no consensus of opinion among the five units. The split for and against the amendment is too severe. Mrs. Warriner is instructed to report neutrally to the late summer convention.
Group Opinion Split
Affirmative opinion is much greater among the 16 state League chapters, however, and a consensus is reached at the state convention. All state chapters will support the continuity-in-government amendment.
Action Publicized
The whole process has taken nearly two years. If the decision had been negative, the League could have dropped the issue or turned it over to the League-sponsored voters' service which would distribute the League's findings to anyone interested.
Now that the decision for support has been reached, the League sets the publicity wheels in motion. Printed flyers are distributed, canvasses are conducted, and speakers address civic and church groups to relate the advantages of continuity in government.
In its 29 years of existence, said Mrs. Reedy, the Lawrence League of Women Voters has participated in drives for adequate school housing (including the recent school bond issue that passed by a narrow margin), get-out-the-vote campaigns, the adoption of the city manager form of government for Lawrence, the publication of studies conducted to establish the merits or disadvantages of state constitutional amendments (such as the continuity amendment), and the drive for urban renewal.
"Oh, no," said Mrs. Reedy emphatically. "We deal in political issues only."
Does the League endorse or support candidates for office?
An information-action campaign cannot be completed in a few weeks or even months.
Campaigns Lengthy
"For instance." Mrs. Reedy recalled, "our discussion groups, local board and resources committee worked two or three years beginning in 1947 just gathering material and discussing the possibilities of establishing a city manager system of government in Lawrence. The entire canvassing, public lecture and printed campaign took 10 years."
Two amendments will appear on this year's ballot: the continuity amendment and an amendment concerning the practice of "home rule" or freer reign for municipal governments.
They are both efforts at modernizing the Kansas constitution being conducted as a part of the governor's appointed Constitutional Commission. The League has been asked by the Governor to assist in the study of the constitution.
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Richardson's Book Published Here
A biography of a member of President Lincoln's cabinet, written by a KU faculty member, was published Saturday by the University of Kansas Press.
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It is "John Palmer Usher: Lincoln's Secretary of the Interior" by Elmo R. Richardson, instructor of history at KU, and Alan W. Farley, an attorney in Kansas City and a friend of the Usher family.
The biography sketches Usher's early career as a lawyer and politician in Indiana, his administration of the Interior Department and his role in cabinet politics, and his association with railway enterprises.
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Usher was once mayor of Lawrence and resided for many years in what is now the chapter house for Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
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C. F. Weinaug, chairman of the department of petroleum engineering, will be the opening speaker at a meeting of the Gas Conditioning Institute Wednesday at Liberal.
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Prof. Weinaug will talk on "General Phases in Gas Conditioning."
The last traffic session of the Student Court for this semester will be held tomorrow evening.
Final Traffic Court Session Tomorrow
The persons who were scheduled to appear April 26 must contact Ivan O. Poe, Lawrence sophomore, or Donald L. McMaster, Wichita sophomore. Court was not held April 26 because the court room was in use and the appeals have been mislaid, so it is necessary that the individuals involved Contact Poe or McMaster.
Haworth Awards Given to Geologists
Winners of the 1980 Haworth awards for KU geology alumni are Homet Eagles, New Rochelle, N.Y., Joe M. Patterson, Caracas, Venezuela, Betty Nadeau, Puerto Cabello, Venezuela and Ray P. Walters, Atherton, Calif.
Frank Foley, professor of geology, presented the awards at the annual meeting of the American Assn. of Petroleum Geologists in Atlantic City last week.
Russia has abolished God, but so far God has been more tolerant—John Cameron Swayze
Delta Sigma Rho Initiates Seven
The KU chapter of Delta Sigma Rho, national honor debate society, has initiated seven new members, bringing total membership to 13. They are:
Leland D. Cole, Great Bend junior; Harry W. Craig, Lawrence junior; Gary E. Dilley, Emporia sophomore; William D. Haught, Alamosa, Colo.; junior; William K. Flynn, BeColo.; junior; William K. Flynn, Bethel sophomore; David N. Rockhold, Winfield junior and Sondra K. Youle, Wellington junior.
The initiation was held in the home of the chapter sponsor, E. C. Buehler, professor of speech.
Matinees Sunk
MYSTIC, Conn. — (UPI) — Children's matinees at this town's only theater were discontinued after the screen was punctured with hard candy and loose change, hurled by youngsters carried away by the heavy gunfire in "Sink the Bismarck."
Fishermen hauling in their nets at Plymouth, England, discovered they had caught a jar of pickled herrings.
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