Daily hansan
Wednesday, March 9, 1960
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
57th Year, No. 99
Ise Fears the Worst, Predicts Nixon Win
By Bill Blundell
John Ise predicted last night that Vice President Richard Nixon will be the next President of the United States.
Participating in a debate before about 300 persons at the Kansas Union, the grizzled professor emeritus of economics departed from the scheduled topic—the economic policy of the Eisenhower administration—to declare:
"Nixon will be elected. I have great faith in the lack of sophistication of the American voter."
Prof. Ise and Harry Shaffer, as-
ASC Adopts Fall, Spring Elections
By Susanne Shaw
By a unanimous vote the All Student Council last night passed a bill calling for all-University elections to be held twice a year.
Some ASC members consider this bill the largest and most important single piece of legislation the ASC has enacted in several years. In previous years elections have been held in the spring only.
According to the amendment, representatives to the ASC from the academic divisions, student body president and vice president, and sophomore, junior and senior class officers will be elected at -spring elections.
At the annual fall election the ASC representatives from all school living districts and freshmen class officers will be elected.
This spring, ASC representatives shall be elected from the academic divisions and student living districts. However, the terms of those elected from the student living districts will end when new members from the same district are elected at the annual fall election in 1960.
Sally Carnahan, Topeka senior who proposed the amendment, said this type of electon system will enable the ASC to have a continuously running council. It is hoped that the council will benefit by having some members with previous experience on it at all times.
A Workable Knowledge Now
Some members said the reason there is so much legislation before
the ASC now is because members possess a really workable knowledge of the council and are using it. When a new council takes over in the fall it usually takes them a semester to get their feet on the ground, some members said at the meeting last night.
New Bulletin Boards
The ASC also adopted an amendment to establish two movable bulletin boards for campaign purposes.
These bulletin boards will be the only places where campus political parties or students may place campaign posters on the campus proper. The boards will be placed on the southwest lawn of Strong Hall and the northeast lawn of Robinson Gymnasium.
Ronald Dalby, Joplin, Mo., junior, who proposed the bill, said the bill is intended to prevent complete saturation of the campus with campaign posters. In previous campus elections damage has been done to buildings by the placement of posters on the walls. Dalby said.
He said there may be two more bulletin boards placed near Sumnerfield Hall and the Music and Dramatic Arts Building if the Strong Hall and Robinson Gymnasium boards work all right.
The University may also want to use the boards if they are successful and might consider purchasing the other two, he added.
Campus Chest Revision The ASC also voted that all cam- (Continued on Page 12.)
ASC REPORT—Betty Bumgarner, Tulaa, Okla., senior delivers a report at the All Student Council meeting last night as Rudy Vondracek, Timken senior, looks on.
istant professor of economics, argued the negative in the debate against Robert Ellsworth and Charles Saunders, Jr., associate professor of business. Mr. Ellsworth, a Lawrence attorney, is a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Congressman from the second district.
Nixon—Fighter For Right
Prof. Ise said that Nixon has worked to present himself to the public as a fearless fighter for the right. He said the ice-president's trip to South America last year, where he faced hostile crowds, helped to create this image.
In criticising the Eisenhower administration for "making us a second-rate power." Prof. Ise said:
"We shouldn't be so inferior that South Americans can throw rocks at our vice president and maybe that wasn't so bad, after all because,- well he is the vice president of the United States."
Nixon was not the only presidential candidate to undergo stinging criticism. Speaking at a question-and-answer session after the debate, Mr. Ellsworth lashed Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo), chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee, for his recent statements concerning the inadequacy of the national defense program. He said:
"I would take Mr. Eisenhower's word on our defense posture before that of Stu Symington of Missouri, the man with the gray flannel mind, the Senator who drinks with the South and votes with the North."
Mr. Ellsworth charged that Sen. Symington, "who is so concerned with our national defense," had once squashed a program for missile development and research and diverted the funds into the "obsolete" B-36 program when he was assistant Secretary of War with the Air Force.
(The B-36, a heavy bomber called "The Peacemaker," was removed from service last year.)
Ellsworth Supports Ike
Mr. Ellsworth began the debate with the charge that President Eisenhower took over after "20 troubled years under the New Deal and Fair Deal." He cited the President's difficulties in carrying out an economic policy which he said would be the most beneficial for the nation.
"Mr. Eisenhower has been faced with a hostile Congress, heavily larded with politicians who wanted to build up a record for themselves upon which they could run for president." he said.
He quoted from Prof. Ise's book, "Economics," to support his claim that the economic policies of the Roosevelt and Truman administrations failed to solve the financial problems of America.
Pointing to an increase in average spendable income, the Lawrence attorney stated that the nation is
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Senate Halts 'Rights' Talks
WASHINGTON—(UFI)—The Senate called a halt in its bitter civil rights fight today because of the death of Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore) but arranged for a showdown vote on a gag rule tomorrow.
Neuburger's death cancelled out all legislative activity at today's session.
Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas told the Senate he would like to recess early today out of respect to Neuburger, then vote tomorrow afternoon on the bipartisan debate limitation motion.
Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R-NY), a leader in the move to impose cloture, said he thought this would be satisfactory but asked for time to consult with his liberal colleagues.
THREE OF THE BEST—Harry Shaffer, assistant professor of economics, attacks Republican policy in a debate at the Kansas Union last night. The other half of his team, John Ise, professor emeritus of economics, listens at the left. Robert Ellsworth, Republican candidate for U.S. Congressman from the second district, is in the foreground.
Book Fund Totals $28 for Andrews
Two weeks ago a former KU student wrote a plea asking for books to read — he did it from a death row cell in the Kansas State penitentiary at Lansing.
This week contributions to buy those books finally started coming in.
Lowell Lee Andrews, convicted of slaying his father, mother and sister last fall, now has an indefinite stay of execution granted by the Kansas Supreme Court until his death sentence has been brought up for a retrial.
ANDREWS wrote Bonnie Bess King, a former KU English in-
Mrs. King told the Daily Kansan that she now has received $20 from interested persons. The Daily Kansan has received $8 in anonymous donations.
ANDREWS wrote Bob-
structor, for books other than
"westerns or 'whodunits' and that
sort of thing" to read.
The social action committee of the Plymouth Congregational Church has initiated a campaign to collect used books to send to the prison library to augment its variety of selections. The prison library may accept used books.
The 19-year-old Andrews, former student from Bethel asked for "poetry or drama, drama particularly by such authors as Shaw, O'Neill and Ibsen."
Used books are not allowed to be sent directly to an inmate as it would be too easy to conceal messages. They must be sent from a publisher.
I'M GOING to the Union bookstore tomorrow to buy some pocket-books to send Lee. I'm going to send them direct to the prison as I believe the warden will make an exception in this case," Mrs. King said.
Any person interested in donating money to buy Andrews books or in sending him books should call Mrs. King at Viking 3-8671, 1133 Rhode Island St.
Nothing New, Snow Is Due
"You like winter, we've got winter—we'll make you sick of winter," remarked one KU professor this morning as he slid through an inch of new snow.
The proverbial corner where spring is said to reside seems to get further and further away as the Weather Bureau predicts fog and more freezing drizzle tonight changing to snow by morning.
Travelers to Manhattan tonight are warned to dress warmly in anticipation of temperatures th at may quiver at 25 degrees or lower.
Snow with a high in the 30's will continue through tomorrow, says the Weather Bureau.
A low temperature of 23 degrees at 7 a.m. today was reported by the KU weather observer.
Petitions Due Tues.
Petitions for All Student Council and class officers elections are to be turned in to the Dean of Men's office by March 15.
The petitions can also be obtained from the Dean of Men's office.