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Leaders Differ On 'Sit-downs'
The student body president and vice president were at odds last night regarding the University's position on integration.
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Ron Dalby, Joplin, Mo., junior and student body president, collaborated with student body presidents of five other schools last week in issuing the statement which said the presidents "were definitely in favor of civil rights and equality and only objected to the methods being used."
The "methods" referred to the recent southern lunch counter sit-down strikes.
Ed McMullan, Long Beach, N. Y., junior and vice president of the student body said in a letter to the Daily Kansan;
"I can take no other stand than to pledge my support to the principles and activities sponsored by the National Students Assn. and to other organizations who have purported to represent the students of our universities."
The NSA has actively supported the sit-down strikes with financial assistance and urged all member schools to do the same. Four of the six schools represented at the presidents meeting were subscribers to NSA.
Ronald Dalby
"We (the student body presidents) were not speaking for the students but speaking as a representative, elected by students, of one university, he said.
He stressed that he was "in no way attempting to give a general view of all the students at this University."
In his letter, McMullan directly disagreed with the wording of the resolution:
"... It is our feeling that these sit-down strikes violate the true principle of civil rights."
"It seems to me," McMullan commented, "that it is the somewhat prejudged attitudes of many Americans and not these sit-down strikes that violate the true principle of civil rights."
When asked how the issue was brought up in the meeting, Dalby said the presidents decided it was time to take a stand on the integration strikes because of the National Student Assn. active support of the issue.
"All present had received a great deal of mail from the NSA asking for support, money and demonstrations," Dalby related. "We felt we could no longer avoid the issue and therefore, drew up the statement which, I think, expressed our views exactly."
McMullan supported NSA action;
"It is quite true that the National Student Assn. is encouraging the sit-down strikes occurring, at present, in many Southern cities. It is possible, also, that the NSA is helping to finance student participation in such movements.
"I would like to say, however, that, personally, I feel that any peaceful and sensible display of student dissatisfaction is a complement to the awareness of the students and can greatly help the civil rights movement.
Daily hansan
Wednesday, May 4, 1960
57th Year, No. 135
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
ASC Gives Qualified Support to 'Sit-downs'
The All Student Council last night adopted two resolutions whose apparent meanings were the affirmation of support of sit-down strikes where Negroes are deprived of their civil rights and disapproval of any "sympathy sit-down" demonstrations.
The major portion of the two and one-half hour meeting was devoted to the discussion of the Council's position regarding the recent integration methods of southern students and organizations.
At the beginning of the meeting, ASC officers for the new council were elected. They were Lymn
Seven students and the president of the Lawrence League for the Practice of Democracy also attended the meeting and entered in the discussion.
Anderson, Atwood junior, chairman;
Harley Russell, Topeka junior, vice
chairman; Mary Sue Childers, Merri-
mium junior, secretary, and Barbara
Rhodes, Little River sophomore,
treasurer.
Ron Dalby, Joplin, Mo., junior and student body president then took the floor and started the ensuing two and one-half hour discussion.
Statement Only Opinion
He began by saying that the statement issued by the Big Eight Student Body Presidents was not meant to be the expression of the feelings of all the students of the respective schools but only the opinion of the presidents as elected representatives.
"This is all we meant." Dalby said, "and we were in no way against civil rights or equality by doing this. We
only objected to the methods used ta obtain this end.
Boyd Slams Gov. Praises Students
"The National Student Association (of which KU is a member) at present time openly advocates these sit down strikes and demonstrations across the nation. We (the Big Eight presidents) felt that our schools
ASC Resolutions
McDill (Huck) Boyd, Republican candidate for governor, said today the college students of Kansas consistently have acted more maturely than Gov. George Docking.
In Topeka, Mr. Boyd criticized Gov. Docking for announcing that he would boycott Kansas State University. The governor has recently cancelled several speaking engagements at Manhattan.
Text of the two resolutions adopted by the ASC last night is as follows:
"It is interesting to note that Docking's name wasn't even mentioned in the resolution, but he is accepting the blame for the Chancellor's resignation," Mr. Boyd said. "The shoe site, and Docking is
In giving reasons for the cancellations, the governor mentioned a resolution adopted last week by a KSU mock political convention, condemning "those responsible for the loss to Kansas of Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy of Kansas University."
"The shoe fits and Docking is wearing it." he continued.
Gov. Docking stated that he felt he "was not wanted."
In an editorial in yesterday's "Kansas State Collegian", KSU student newspaper, Don Veraska, Mission editor stated;
1. Be it resolved by the All Student Council, that we do not support the action of any group or person which is contrary to the laws of the United States or the state of Kansas.
"If the Governor has not done this purposely, it would attest to his well-known temper or an inability to look ahead—hardly an attitude of a two-time governor.
"More probably, it would seem, the Governor has weighed one side against the other—a loss in votes to those connected with higher education, and a gain in votes from those resenting taxes paid for state support of universities, or from those resenting universities as a whole."
Verskas asserted that the governor's boycott action puts him in the position of virtually cutting off all relations with the two largest universities in the state, with a combined enrollment of 17,000.
Weather
Mostly cloudy this afternoon through tomorrow. Showers east portion this afternoon. Thunderstorms developing west portion this evening spreading across state tonight. Continuing off and on over state tomorrow.
We support integration in principle and support any lawful method for accomplishing the same.
2. Be it resolved by the All Student Council that we do not support "sit-in strikes" unless there is a substantive question involved, i.e., unless persons are actually deprived of their civil rights at the place in question.
We do not support sympathy strikes.
would not welcome demonstration4 in sympathy of schools in the south.7
Ray Miller, Lawrence senior and the school of journalism representative, then outlined three alternatives he thought the Council could take.
"We can duck the issue by taking no action which would be suicide." he said, "we can saw off the limb Dalby is sitting on, or we can give him (Dalby) a vote of confidence."
Following this, a discussion was opened in which the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative were debated. The major contentions brought out by various representatives follow:
The NSA is using student money to promote the demonstrations in the South and providing scholarships for students expelled for actions in the sit down strikes.
The ASC has a responsibility to take a stand on the issue but there is a need to clarify their position.
A stand should be taken on issues only as far as they concern the ASG
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Negroes March to Protest Big-8 'Sit-down' Resolution
By John Peterson
Sixty-five Negro students marched solemnly across campus this noon in protest to the All Big Eight Student Body Presidents' Conference resolution which opposed Negro sit-downs.
When the procession, which started at the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at 1134 Mississippi St., reached the Chi Omega fountain, the young protestors gathered in a circle for a moment of silent oration.
The men and women walked by two, holding signs which denounced Ronald Dalby, Joplin, Mo., junior and student body president, for his part in the resolution. The signs also supported sit-downs.
"The right to protest non-violently is true civil rights."
The resolution had said that sit-downs were in violation of "the true principle of civil rights."
One sign said
Moses Gunn, St. Louis graduate student, and one of the spokesmen for the protesters, said that the march was strictly voluntary.
"We did it during the lunch hour so it would not disturb anyone. No students missed class and not a word
was spoken. It's simply a protest against an action."
All the Negroes in the procession were neatly dressed, the men wearing coats and ties. Not a word was said during the six-block trek and there were no smiles.
Sentiment for the march began immediately after the Daily Kansan was published Monday with the report of the resolution on sit-ins passed by the Big Eight Student Body Presidents.
When the column of marchers reached the Kansas Union, there were only 54 students in the column. It had 65 at the end.
Other signs said, "Moral Means to Moral Ends," "Dalby Did Not Ask Us," "We Back Sit-Ins," "Dalby Represents Himself," "All Big 8 Student Presidents, Do Not Rap Sit-Ins."
"The Negro students are upset with Dalby's statement. We oppose this as he had no moral right to make this statement.
Delano Lewis, Kansas City, Kan. senior and spokesman for the Negro students, said:
Upset with Dalby
"The protest march is simply the
way the Negro students let their views be known." Lewis said.
Lewis said that most of KU's Negro students were contacted Monday night for the meeting held last night to plan the march.
"The march is both a protest to Dalby's statement and a sympathy movement with 'sit-in' strikes," Lewis said.
Lewis said a letter was sent to Dean Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students, which fully explains the march.
Today, we, the Negro students of the University of Kansas, will have a silent and non-violent demonstration, protesting the actions of Ronald Dalby and the other members of the Big Eight President's Conference.
The letter to Dean Woodruff follows;
We are in no way attacking the policies of the University or the administration, nor do we intend to take any type of prejudicial action against any member of the student body.
We thank you in advance for your co-operation.
The Negro Students of KU
They marched in the rain...