Daily hansan
57th Year, No. 134
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, May 3, 1960
Addington, Boyd Oppose Capital Punishment at Rally
William Addington and McDill (Huck) Boyd, Republican candidates for governor, said last night that they are personally opposed to capital punishment.
Anti-Capital Punishment
Mr. Loyd and Rep. Addington stated their opinions after a GOP rally held at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds. There were about 250 persons at the rally.
Mr. Boyd, a Phillipsburg newspaper publisher, said:
"If I am governor I will uphold the state laws (they call for capital punishment for first-degree murder convictions), but if I were to vote on it, I would be against capital punishment.
Mr. Addington, state representative from Ekhart, said:
"I thought Chessman's death was simply legal murder. But if anyone ever deserved to die, it is those responsible for the Clutter murders in Garden City. All in all, I tend to be against capital punishment, though."
The controversy of capital punishment and the governor erupted anew yesterday when Gov. George Docking and Attorney General John Anderson, the third Republican candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, had hot words in the state's executive council.
It's Plain Murder
Gov. Docking said that anyone who wants to hang anyone legally or illegally, is a plain murderer.
Rep. Addington said that he did not believe that the decision on whether a man should die or not should be in the hands of one man. He said that he felt it would be a terrible burden.
The two Republican candidates called for continued party harmony in their talks at the rally.
Weather
Scattered thundershowers beginning west portion this afternoon spreading across state tonight and continuing east portion Wednesday. Otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy through Wednesday, Warmer east portion tonight. Turning cooler Wednesday. Low tonight 40's northwest to 60 southeast. High Wednesday 65 northwest to near 80 extreme southeast.
Mr. Boyd said:
"Gov. Docking would have been beaten just as soundly in the last two elections as he was in 1954 if the Republican party had not split."
Campaign on Progress
Boyd said that his campaign is based on more progress in the state without a raise in taxes. "This administration spent 40 per cent more last year than any previous administration in history. There is only four year span between administrations—there is no excuse."
Rep. Addington said that the election this November would be won on issues.
"One. Free school books for elementary schools.
"I have three issues that I am running on:
Two. An increased interest rate on surplus state funds.
(The state now has more than $7.5 million in surplus funds drawing 0.8 per cent.)
"Three. The repeal of the personal property tax on household goods. I have lived in two counties recently and my assessed household goods
valuation has varied greatly in the two places. It is a useless and unfair tax."
In interviews after their prepared speeches, both candidates said that higher education would be one of the foremost topics in November.
Mr. Boyd said that "Gov. Docking has the attitude that education is for the wealthy. When you cut back funds for education anywhere, you hurt the average man. The sons and daughters of the rich will always go to school.
"The whole state is tied to high education. More industry and businessness won't come into a state without a good educational system," he said.
Rep. Addington said that the important thing is that all students with superior minds have a way to get through college.
"In Russia all of the superior minds are automatically sent through higher education. I just hope that Kansas won't deny some of its bright young scholars the right to go to school by not spending the necessary money."
Students Protest Dalby's Action
Several students have protested to the Daily Kansan that Ronald Dalby, Joplin, Mo. junior and KU student body president, did not represent their views on the recent anti-segregation sitdown strikes.
By 8 a.m. today four letters had been delivered to the editor. Others came in during the day in reaction to an article in yesterday's Daily Kansan, which reported a resolution drawn up by the student body presidents of six of the Big Eight schools participating in the president's conference at KU.
The resolution reads;
"In contrast to other organizations who have purported to represent the students of our universities, the Big Eight Student Body President's Conference recognizes the value of civil rights and equal opportunity, however, does not condone the present sitdown strikes used to attain this goal. It is our feeling that these sitdown strikes violate the true principle of civil rights."
Hightower Comments
"The article) led me to believe that the presidents of the student bodies were making a stand in effect that the University student body was against these sitdown strikes. This is quite misleading
Wayne Hightower, Philadelphia, Pa. sophomore, made the following statement to the Daily Kansan:
Chessman's Body Cremated
SAN QUENTIN, Calif.—(UFI)—Caryl Chessman, who ended his 12-year-battle for life with a smile and a wink yesterday in the gas chamber at San Quentin prison, was cremated today without ceremony just 24 hours after his execution.
The 38-year-old red light bandit died without knowing that he missed his ninth reprieve from death by seconds.
Except for a late appeal and a misdialed telephone the life of Chessman might have been spared again, at least for an hour.
Around the world United States embassies were mobbed, picketed or badgered with false threats and United States law was assailed as "cruel" and "inhuman" in a wave of foreign criticism of the execution of Chessman.
The death of the rex-kidnapper was headline news around the world, largely as a result of the wide circulation of books he wrote in the death house.
In Rome, a French-born American named John Laurent said he and his wife were giving up their U.S. citizenship in protest against the execution.
In Copenhagen, a telephone tipster told a newspaper a bomb had been planted in the U.S. embassy. The building was searched, but no bomb was found.
The Swedish tabloid Expressen, Scandinavia's biggest newspaper, called the execution "legalized murder by the state of California."
England's Manchester Guardian called the execution an "outrage," and former appeals judge Lord Birkett said it seemed "rather cruel" to take Chessman's life after so long a time.
In Milan, an enraged Italian telephoned the UPI bureau to bellow;
"Shame on the United States! I will spit in the face of the next American tourist I meet in the streets! Barbarians!"
A stone-throwing mob broke several windows in the U.S. embassy library at Lisbon, Portugal yesterday. Mobs besieged other embassies at points as far separated as Stockholm, Sweden, and Montevideo, Uruguay.
No official comment was forthcoming from free-world governments, but the execution was widely criticized by private citizens. Only a handful of persons recalled the shocking nature of his crimes.
French novelist-biographer Andre Maurois said the execution was "very unfortunate" because there was some question about Chessman's guilt, and in any case he "was not the man he was 12 years ago."
French judges interviewed by the Paris newspaper Figaro expressed relief over the fact that "our legal code does not permit the multiple delays that appear to be offered to Americans facing death."
Tokyo newspapers printed the story of the execution without comment.
because it leaves me with the impression that some sort of a poll was taken to grant Ron Dalby the grounds on which to make an official statement for the student body,
Principle Ends
"The true principle of civil rights ends in this case when an individual is refused service because of his race, creed or color."
Stronger terms were used by James P. McMullan, Long Beach, N. Y. senior, who called the presidents "boobs," and "goofballs."
McMullan said the student body presidents "had the nerve to say that they 'recognize the value of civil rights but cannot condone the strikes' . . . How complacent can they get?"
Dalby stated that the Big Eight student body presides "feel that the issue of integration is not a predominant factor on our campus; however, there is some feeling in Midwest schools concerning the action taken by other students."
Dalby said the National Student Assn. is actively promoting sitdown strikes in the South by financing student participation in support of the strikes.
Gov. Docking Feels Unwanted at KSU
TOPEKA — (UFI) — Gov. George Docking said today he cancelled all his scheduled appearances at Kansas State University because he felt he was "not welcome" there.
The governor confirmed that the cancellations were a direct result of a resolution condemning him passed at a student mock political convention last week.
"The resolution spelled out to me in plain English that I was not welcome there," Gov. Docking said. "I do not think there is any other interpretation you could put on it.
"Obviously, if I am not welcome I am not going to force myself on anybody."
Alvin McCoy, Kansas political reporter for the Kansas City Star said in a newspaper story:
"Well-informed persons say there is a direct connection between the convention, the resolution and the gubernatorial indignation.
"The governor's feelings were suf- ficiently strong to cause him to exile himself from a university he has oft- ten visited." Mr. McCoy added.
Grading Papers Leads to 88,000 Mile World Trip
MY ACHIN' FEET—Jimmy Bedford, former instructor of journalism at KU, rests his feet after hitchhiking from Lawrence to South Bend, Ind.
This was the last jaunt of an around-the-world trip which began two years ago when he got tired of grading papers. (Photo by Dan Felger)
Two years ago, Jimmy Bedford was teaching journalism at the University of Kansas. Then he decided that he wanted to get away from grading papers.
A month ago he was on the other side of the world. It was just about as far away from those papers as the assistant instructor could get.
Back Where He Started
Two weeks ago when he trudged into the Kansas office with a sign "Lawrence or Bust" attached to a knapsack on his back, Mr. Bedford had completed a journey that took him to 49 countries and every continent but South America. It was a journey of 88,000 miles — 8,000 on foot. 24,000 hitchhiking, 25,000 on a motor scooter and the rest by train or boat.
He estimated the trip cost him a nickel.
"It took me seven years to get up the nerve." Mr. Bedford reflected as he gazed at his feet while resting at a brother's home in South Bend, Indiana.
"But it's the best way to travel."
"It was a hand to mouth existence much of the time," he said. Mr. Bed-
"But it's the best way to travel. Although he had $300 in his pocket when he left Lawrence hitchhiking to New York, the 32-year old exschoolteacher rarely had that large a sum during his travels. He traveled at his own pace, visited the places he chose, and worked at many different jobs to finance his trip.
Worked on Newspaper
ford's financial problems will furnish a large amount of copy for a book he is planning, "Around the World on a Nickel."
Worked on Newspaper After docking in Great Britain, Mr. Bedford took a job on a London daily. This financed a 16-country European jaunt and a motor scooter, which was to be a companion for 25,000 miles.
He hopped aboard the scooter in Italy, drove it through southern Europe, and crossed over to Africa at Morocco. He buzzed through the continent to the east coast, then headed north through Ethiopia and up the Nile to Alexandria, Egypt. He put-putted through the Middle East to India and Ceylon where he sold the scooter to pay for a steamship ticket to Australia.
After all that scooter travel, Mr. Bedford is a scooter enthusiast. "It's a great way to travel and there are never any parking problems," he said.
"Nevertheless, it's impossible to ride a motorcycle in Timbuctoo."
In his quest to keep the jingle of coins in his pocket, the 32-year old traveler took some out-of-the-ordinary jobs. In Paris he collected newspapers and sold them to scrap dealers. He herded sheep in Ireland and painted a house in Ethiopia. He earned money typing in several other places. "It was just a matter
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