Daily Hansan
57th Year, No.116
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, April 1, 1960
Truman Opens Model U.N.
BIG MEN-SMALL TALK-Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy and former President Harry S. Truman exchange smiles this morning on the stage of Hoch Auditorium preceding the opening session of the Model United Nations meeting.
Truman Relaxes Comments on KU
By Byron D. Klapper
"Those youngsters are all right,' former-president Harry S. Truman said this morning as he walked to Hoch Auditorium convocation. Mr. Truman was talking about the crowds of students waiting to enter the building to hear the ex-president's talk at the opening meeting of the model U. N. He said: "They are the spring that makes the water fresh."
Mr. Truman had arrived on campus at 9:45 this morning.
The ex-president, stepped out of a 1960 copper colored Dodge sedan in front of Strong Hall. He was greeted by Francis Heller, associate dean of the College; George B. Smith, dean of the University, and Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University. Mr. Truman smiled and posed for photographers.
Following a round of handshakes, the group headed for Chancellor Murphy's office.
The Chancellor had not yet arrived. Mr. Truman seated himself in an easy chair and glanced around the carpeted office.
Chancellor Murphy came within a few minutes. The ex-president and the Chancellor shook hands vigorously and they were asked to be seated for the photographers.
"Thank you gentlemen," said the photographer after taking a few shots.
"I long since learned never to fight photographers," Mr. Truman said as he and Chancellor Murphy seated themselves for pictures. "The youngsters must make a living."
"When a fellow calls me a gentleman I always swell inside." Mr. Tru-man replied. "It doesn't happen often."
The conversation settled on the model U. N. Chancellor Murphy said:
"Red China is giving the U. N. organizers trouble. The Red Chinese delegation is really working at getting in."
Mr. Truman said:
"It's an interesting debate. I have little use for Red China, and I have even less use for Chiang Kai-shek. If he hadn't given $3\frac{1}{2}$ million dollars away there wouldn't be a Red China. Chiang invested some 750 million dollars in real estate for himself and his family in various parts of the world. At least the Red outfit is rather honest."
Mr. Truman was asked about an article that appeared in this week's issue of Newsweek Magazine. The story stated that the former president was offering $15,000 for a ghost writer for a book on American history for children.
Mr. Truman and Chancellor Murphy left the office at 10:15 a.m. and walked through groups of students to the stage entrance of Hoch Auditorium.
"I did not advertise for a ghost writer and I haven't the faintest idea where they got that from."
"That's a lot of hooey," said Mr Truman.
Snow, Rain Predicted For Lawrence Area
Partly cloudy west, mostly cloudy east, occasional light rain or rain and snow mixed northeast and north central portions this afternoon. Continued strong northwesterly winds west and winds shifting to westerly 25 to 40 miles per hour east portion this afternoon. Tonight 20 to 30 miles per hour west to northwesterly winds decreasing cloudiness west mostly cloudy east light rain and snow ending northeast portion. Colder tonight. Lows middle 20s northwest to 35 southeast. Tomorrow fair and warmer west clearing and warmer east portion in afternoon. High tomorrow 50s east to 60 west.
HST Hopes Nixon Sent to Cleaners
During a brisk stroll down Jayhawk Boulevard, Harry Truman commented wryly on primary elections and Democratic chances in the November elections.
"I think we are going to get together and maybe we can take Nixon on the cleaners," said the former president.
Reporters, who had to step lively to match the 75-year-old statesman's pace, asked if he would predict the outcome of the Wisconsin primary which will find two democratic presidential candidates competing for votes.
"I don't believe in posters or political opponents."
The former president dismissed the primary with a wave of his hand. He laughed and said:
In 1948, pollster George Gallup predicted a decisive victory for Republican candidate Thomas Dewey.
Mr. Truman said there was many a slip 'twixt the lip and the voting booth.'
"You can walk down this street and ask fifty of these kids how they are going to vote on election day. But when they get inside that voting booth, many of them are not going to vote as they said they would."
The dapper ex-president declared himself neutral in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. He said that he would make an endorsement "when I get good and
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E. S. Munger to Speak On African Headlines
Edwin Munger, American Universities Field Staff correspondent, will discuss "African Headlines" at 4 p.m. today at the Current Events Forum in the Music and Browsing Room of the Kansas Union.
U.N. Wields Influence Says Harry Truman
By Bill Blundell
Harry S. Truman said today that Russia's use of the United Nations in airing disarmament issues shows that the U.N. now is wielding great influence in world affairs.
Harry S. Truman
posed by the U.S.S.R. is the fact that Khrushchev chose to introduce it in the U.N. This is a sign of Khrushchev's increased esteem for the United Nations."
U.S. Observes Weather Through Tiros Satellite
The former president of the United States opened KU's model U.N. convention with a convocation speech before a crowd in Hoch Auditorium which Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy called "the largest 1 have ever seen here."
The 270-pound satellite's findings may give scientists a way to predict well in advance the weather movements that trigger tornadoes, hurricanes and storms that lash the earth's surface.
The delicate, compact payload rode in the nose shroud of the Thor- Able rocket, one of the most reliable in the U.S. stable of space vehicles.
The 90-foot-tall rocket, bathed in foe just before launch, lifted its 105,000-pound weight from its pad in flame and smoke. It rumbled through low-hanging clouds and climbed high into the sky heading toward the northeast. It hit high-altitude layers of cold air, touching off a brilliant, white vapor trail.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—(UPI)—The United States put a satellite into orbit around the earth today to photograph the world's weather conditions from space. There were reports it showed a big storm area over the U.S. Midwest.
Harry Wexler, chief meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau, said the satellite's success "established the feasibility of space weather stations - no question about it."
Mr. Truman added that he believes the proposal must be considered
A Weather Bureau official in Washington said several hours after launch that the Tiros satellite already had sent back some "very fine pictures" of the earth's cloud and storm pattern.
"One of the most important things about the disarmament plan pro-
Mr. Truman said:
The "weather-eye" satellite, shaped like a pillbox and covered by banks of 9,000 solar cells, was aimed toward an orbit that would take it around earth once every 90 minutes or so, covering an area between Montreal, Canada, and Santa Cruz, Argentina, in the Western hemisphere.
Tiros—short for television and infra-red observation satellite—carried a pair of TV cameras about the size of a water glass and two magnetic recorders with 400 feet of tape each. The payload, however, did not contain the infra-red radiation sensors slated for a later shot to map relative temperatures on earth's surface.
Scientists emphasized that today's satellite was not an operational weather system in itself. But data it was to accumulate would help in developing a satellite system to eventually blanket the world in a 24-hour weather watch.
seriously. "This was no grandstand play," he said.
Need 'Open World'
But much remains to be done by the U.N., the former president cautioned his audience. He said that while the recent Russian proposal was encouraging, real world disarmament remains a knotty problem.
"To have effective disarmament, we must have an open world, a world with no secret armies, secret weapons, or secret war plants," said Mr. Truman.
He recommended that the U.N. establish a strong international police force to keep order in the world community, and said that such a measure would be necessary if the U.N. were to be a true force for peace.
Jealousy Hinders Work
Mr. Truman said that one of the most important issues now being debated by the U.N. is the independence of colonial areas. He said many established nations are afraid to admit new members to the U.N., because they are not sure of how the new nations would act.
"In the past, ancient jealousies over sovereignty have hindered the work of the U.N. This is not so true today as it was several years ago, but some fear that their sovereignty would be impaired if a police force were set up. The sovereignty of no nation would be impaired. Rather, it would be protected," declared Mr. Truman.
He said that in this age of potential world destruction, no nation can stand alone and apart from the rest of the world, and emphasized that the U.N. affords a path to global harmony.
"But new states have the right to make their own mistakes in the United Nations and learn by them, just as the United States learned after 1776," declared Mr. Truman.
No More Control
Mr. Truman said that automatic control of the General Assembly by the United States is a thing of the past, but added that this country can still be a world leader if it continues to stress moral values.
"I feel sure that if we always stand for human freedom and justice, we will never have much trouble in getting a two-thirds majority in the United Nations."
Seating of Communist China as an observer nation and heated debate on the Algerian situation marked the colorful opening of the second session of KU's Model United Nations General Assembly today.
Hot Debates Start U.N.
Guinea, in supporting the motion to further Algerian independence, branded France as "being guilty of crimes that the world condemned under Hitler in World War II."
Opinions rose to emotional peaks over the Algerian question as France staunchly defended her right of sovereignty over the Algerian people. No voice was taken on the resolution in the morning session.
Only mild comment marked the seating of Communist China as an observer nation.
The Hungarian delegation presented views for the motion to seat Red China. Hungary's spokesman asked, "How can we say that
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