Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
57th Year. No.25
Thursday, Oct. 22, 1959
Nikita Raises Doubts About Peace Intentions
WASHINGTON—[UP1]—U.S. officials said today that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev has raised serious doubts about his peaceful intentions by endorsing Red China's military designs on Formosa.
In a letter to President Eisenhower written after four days of Communist summit talks in Peimin-Khrushchev has declared Russia's unqualified support for Communist China's threats to "liberate" the nationalist-held island.
Contents of the letter, which have not yet been made public were disclosed by responsible officials yesterday.
"It raises serious doubt about the reality of the so-called Camp David spirit," one official said, referring to the cordial discussions between Eisenhower and Khrushchev last month at Camp David, Md.
In his letter, Khrushchev stopped short of saying whether he had given his Chinese allies a Soviet "blank check" of support for any military adventure in the Formosa Straits.
Noting this, officials here said there still was reason to believe that Russia would not encourage Red China to start a Formosa Straits war which could quickly mushroom into World War III.
American officials speculated that Khrushchev's letter might have been written as much for consumption in Feiping as in Washington.
There were signs that the Soviet premier got a cool reception in Peiping when he opened his visit with a statement condemning agressive war and opposing the use of force to overthrow capitalism
The Russian leader's letter also may have been his way of answering the recent series of public challenges by state department officials.
Khrushchev made an exception for "just wars of liberation"—presumably including "liberation" of Formosa. But to practical statesmen on both sides of the iron curtain, the exception was seen as unworkable.
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNER—Alvin S. McCoy, Kansas political reporter for the Kansas City Star, addressed the Faculty Forum yesterday.
Political Forecast
Third Term for Docking Likely
A Pulitzer prize winning Kansas City Star reporter told Daily Kansan reporters yesterday that he thinks Governor George Docking will run for a third term and has every chance of being re-elected.
Mr. McCoy gave two reasons for his prediction;
Alvin S. McCoy, winner of the 1954 Pulitzer prize for reporting, spoke to Kansan reporters in Flint Hall.
1. "I'm guessing he will receive tremendous pressure from men in his own party, in the legislature and in the counties, to seek a third term. The reason for this is that he's most
"My opinion is that Governor Docking will probably seek reelection for a third term, although I don't think he's decided this himself yet." Mr. McCoy said.
likely to bring a Democratic victory," he said.
2. "George Hart, Democrat state treasurer, is a name often heard in the state. He's a plump, gregarious fellow who has sought about every office in the state and finally won his present post.
"His name, for that reason, is very familiar to the public, and he stands a good chance of being nominated for governor if Gov. Docking doesn't run. The Democrats don't want this." Mr. McCoy continued.
"His is the power of success. Nothing succeeds in politics like success" he said.
What is the key to the Docking power in the state?
Police Arrest Two Students for Theft
Need Buildings Fast
Campus police, acting on a tip from an unidentified source, arrested two KU students yesterday on a charge of grand larceny in the theft of four chairs from Blake Hall.
Douglas Mellor, Pittsburgh freshman, was released yesterday from the county jail on a $1,000 bond. He was charged with the theft of two leather upholstered chairs valued at $143. The chairs were taken from Blake Hall shortly before the start of this semester.
Campus Police Chief Joseph Skillman said any theft involving over $50 is a felony in Kansas.
John Paxton Scott Jr., Independence junior, was charged with the theft of two similar chairs on a different night. Scott posted a $1,000
bond and was released from the county jail this morning following his arraignment.
Chief Skillman said Scott admitted the theft in a written and signed statement.
One of the chairs was recovered from Scott's car trunk and Chief Skillman said Scott admitted taking the other chair to Lamoni, Iowa.
A preliminary hearing has been set for both men on November 6.
He said there was obvious dissatisfaction among some revolutionary group supporters of Raul's prominence. "Perhaps the firing of Maj Matos is indicative of internal dissatisfaction with Raul's cabinet status," he said.
McCarthy, who has served more than a decade as head of the UPI bureau in Havana, said that the economic troubles of Castro were sure to increase in the months ahead and his actions in meeting the problem would determine Cuba's future.
Turning to the University building program, Mr. McCoy pointed out that the Board of Regents based their report on figures and estimates obtained from the state budget director, and the state architect's office.
Around the World Raul Castro Soviet Composers Not Popular On Visit to U.S.
"Many persons in Cuba believe that Raul is a card-carrying Communist," he said. "I do not believe that Fidel is, but certainly from his speeches Raul would seem to be a much more dangerous man."
BOSTON —(UPI) The new explosion in Cuba may be an indication of dissatisfaction with the cabinet status granted Fidel Castro's leftist brother Raul, a veteran correspondent said here last night.
Francis McCarthy, UPI Havana bureau manager, told a meeting of the UPI Broadcasters Assn. of Massachusetts that the public ouster of Maj. Hubert Matos was the fourth such firing in four months.
Burglar Rifles Delta Chi House
The composers accompanying Shostakovich are Tikhon Khrenni-
kov, Dmitri Kabelevsky, Konstantin Dankevich, Fikret Amirov and Boris Yarus Tovsky.
WASHINGTON —(UPI)—Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia George F. Kennan said today the West "need have no doubt" about the sincerity of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's desire to avoid a major war.
George Kennan Says Khrushchev Sincere
The baggage of the travelers was believed to include sheet music and recordings of new compositions. Shostakovich is believed to be bringing along copies of his latest work, a cello concerto that was performed for the first time recently in Russia.
Kennan, a frequent critic of the administration's foreign policy, also said the free world is not strong enough "to expect to have our way without compromise, and we are not going to become that strong."
MOSCOW —(UPI) — A group of Russian composers led by Dmitri Sho-takovich left by air for the United States today to meet the authors of America's music and "acquaint themselves with the musical life of the country."
About $80 in cash and over $200 worth of watches and rings was taken from the Delta Chi fraternity house. 1345 West Campus Road, yesterday.
Dale E. Noble, Kansas City, Mo.
senior, and a member of the fraternity, said the theft occurred sometime after 2 a.m.
All members of the house sleep in the third-floor dormitory he said but keep their possessions in the second-floor rooms.
Noble said the front door of the house is always unlocked because fraternity members sometimes return to the house at late hours.
He said the thief went through rooms on the second floor while fraternity members sleet on the third floor.
Lawrence police are investigating the theft. The house was not covered by insurance for personal possessions, Noble said.
Injured Worker In Good Condition
Glenn Coffman, Lawrence construction worker injured yesterday while working on the Kansas Union addition, was reported by Lawrence Memorial Hospital to be in good condition today.
Mr. Coffman fell 14 feet onto a concrete slab at the construction site.
Frat Members Face Sentence
"The question about the building proposal is:
Weather
Mostly cloudy this afternoon through tomorrow. Fog and some drizzle east portion early tomorrow.
MIAMI — (UPI) — All 80 members of Sigma Chi fraternity at the University of Miami will spend three hours each at hard labor as a penalty for goatnapping.
The Naval Academy's goat mascot, Billy XV, was hijacked by about 25 Miami undergraduates, many of them Sigma Chi', before the Miami-Navy football game last Friday night
"Are the buildings going to be completed in time (for an expected enrollment boom)? The regents can't differ with state officials," he said.
"These figures were taken to the state architect and he was asked for building completion dates. I think he figured 18 months per building. The question is, can the buildings be completed as fast as he says they can?"
The goat was rescued and returned to the Orange Bowl just before the kickoff. Miami beat Navy 23-8.
"About nine million dollars will be available in the Educational Building Fund within 14 months." Mr. McCov said.
University President Dr. J. F. W Pearson and Jim Thompson, Sigma Chi president, agreed Wednesday that all members of the fraternity's local chapter should stand punishment.
"Each member will but in three hours on whatever job is assigned by the University maintenance department." Thompson said. "We'll probably do most of the work Saturday morning."
Docking On Education
Mr. McCoy said the governor's feelings toward institutions of higher education are strictly Gov. Docking's.
"This is a personal, emotional matter with the governor. It doesn't seem to hurt him much. His friends say he isn't as bad as he sounds." Mr. McCoy said.
"Actually, there is quite a bit of sentiment in the legislature to advance higher education in spite of the governor" he said.
Steel Union Gets Back-to-Work Stay
PHILADELPHIA — (UPI) — A back-to-work court order in the 100-day steel strike was blocked for an indefinite period today when the United Steelworkers Union attacked the Taft-Hartley Act as unconstitutional.
The union also challenged the government's claim that the strike imperiled the nation and said the walkout "could continue until 1960 without any adverse impact on the economy."
A panel of three judges ordered an indefinite stay of a back-to-work order handed down yesterday in Pittsburgh. But the stay merely supported another ruling yesterday which staved off enforcing the injunction.
Appeal Lost Three Hours
Appeal Lost Three Hours
Arthur J. Goldberg, general counsel for the union, opened his appeal to dismiss the injunction at 8 a.m. (Lawrence time). He wound up at 10:30 a.m. and the court was recessed until 11:45 a.m.
Goldberg said the court should toss out the injunction on grounds that the Taft-Hartley law was unconstitutional and the nation was not imperiled by the strike.
"I would say our evidence shows that the strike could continue until 1560 without any adverse impact on the economy," Goldberg said.
He was asked by one of the judges whether he had any idea how long it would take to settle the dispute.
"President McDonald (union president David J. McDonald) says were it not for the fact that the companies count on these 80 days, the strike would be quickly settled," Goldberg said.
John Biggs Jr., Chief Judge of the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which is hearing the union's plea to dismiss the back-to-work injunction, said the "stay will be continued until the arguments on the merits have been heard." He then began taking testimony on the merits of the injunction appeal.
At the same time the appeal was being heard, President Eisenhower said at August, Ga., that the strike has slowed down production of vital missile base facilities and production of the missiles themselves. He said the walkout threatens to "imperil the national health" and added that steel supplies were "nearing the exhaustion point."