Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, Jan. 12, 1961
58th Year, No. 69
Ike Says Cuba Is Real Threat
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—President Eisenhower told Congress today in his farewell State of the Union Message that "Communist penetration of Cuba is real and poses a serious threat."
Eisenhower listed Cuba under the Fidel Castro regime as one of four key battle grounds in the cold war struggle that is still going on. The others were Berlin, Laos and Africa.
FISENHOWER told Congress:
"There is the continuing Communist threat to the freedom of Berlin, an explosive situation in Laos, the problems caused by Communist penetration of Cuba, as well as the many problems connected with the development of the new nations in Africa."
He said the problems prevailing in the four areas "call for delicate handling and constant review" when President-elect John F. Kennedy succeeds him Jan. 20.
The President also made plain his belief that the new administration should continue to oppose admission of Red China into the United Nations or to recognize the Communist regime.
(DEAN RUSK, who will be secretary of state in the Kennedy administration, said today he sees "no prospect at the present time" for establishing normal relations with Red China.
(Rusk, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations committee which must approve his nomination, said recognition of Red China would require abandonment of the Nationalist Chinese government of Chiang Kai-Shek.)
Eisenhower termed the Communist Chinese government "belligerent and unrepentant. Red China has yet to demonstrate that it deserves to be considered a 'peace-loving' nation," he declared.
New Housing Additions Set
A new dormitory and 60 more units for Stouffer Place have been approved for construction and the buildings are expected to be ready by Sept. of 1962.
The cost of the new dormitory will be $1,300,000. The new Stouffer units will cost $600,000 said J. J Wilson, director of dormitories.
"WE SHOULD have housing for about 1200 more students by 1965, which would not keep up with the enrollment increase that is anticipated." Mr. Wilson said.
The new Stouffer units will be divided into five buildings of 12 units each. There are presently 20 buildings and 240 units.
The new dormitory will be built immediately south of Lewis. It will house 444 students and is planned for use as a women's dormitory. Construction will probably start in March. Contracts will be let and revenue bonds will be issued Feb. 15.
THE PLANS for the new Stouffer units have not been opened for bid yet, but Ellis and Bond, associate architects for the project, think the plans will be ready for bids by April 15. Construction will probably start in June.
Mr. Wilson said the new buildings will enable the university to house about the same percentage of students that it presently houses.
There are three more buildings planned but as yet funds for their construction have not been approved, Mr. Wilson said.
PETITION—Marvin W. McKnight, Lawrence senior, looks on as Stephen Baratz, Brooklyn graduate student, signs the petition against racial discrimination posted on the Jayhawk Blvd. information booth. The petition also calls for a referendum on the NSA resolution now before the ASC.
Kurt Says Resolution Is Misinterpreted by Public
Thomas L. Kurt, Pratt graduate student, today said there is public "misunderstanding and misinterpretation" regarding the National Student Association committee resolution on racial discrimination now pending before the ASC.
The Council Tuesday night voted to table the resolution by a vote of 9-7.
"Many people have thought that I wrote the resolution in toto and endorsed it as such. I did write the resolution. . . sans amendment II (the boycott issue.)
We encourage Action in the form of selective buying and through the use of boycots by students who are interested in the equality of all races and creeds.
ACCORDING TO KURT'S letter to the Daily Kansas, publicity on the resolution has revolved around that part of the document concerning boycotts of discriminatory merchants and selective buying.
THE AMENDMENT to which Kurt refers reads:
We also encourage publication of names of merchants and other persons operating in the public domain who are now supporting discrimination in their establishments.
Kur' said he will propose that the resolution be presented in full to the student body in the spring general elections for vote on each individual amendment.
Here is the text of Kurt's letter:
(The text of the resolution will be run tomorrow in the Kansan.)
be run tomorrow in the Kansan.) Kurt said, "I am not in favor of endorsing boycotts and selective buying at KU, because I do not think this the express opinion of the majority of students. . . Otherwise, I believe the resolution presents a conservative stand on racial issues."
KURT ACCUSED the Council of "cowardice and the inability to meet its responsibilities" following Tuesday night's tabling action. Today he said, "(Council) action on the issue has been painfully procrastinated."
There are many things about the Racial Justice Resolution pending before the ASC that have been misinterpreted or misunderstood. Many people have thought that I wrote the resolution in toto and endorsed it as such. I did write the resolution (more than three months ago) sans Amendment II. This amendment was introduced by Mr. Charles Menghini, Independent Co-Chairman of UP and a member of the NSA Committee. Amendment II endorses boycotts, selective buying, publication of the names of discriminating merchants and persons, etc. . . . and has aroused much recent controversy.
Kurt's Letter
Editor:
I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF ENDORSING BOYCOTTS AND selective buying at KU, because I do not think this the express opinion of the majority of students, nor do I think these could be effective if adopted. Otherwise, I believe the resolution presents a conservative stand on racial justice.
I would have liked to see the ASC pass the resolution without Amendment II. Instead, because of not voting on it at all, action on the issue has been painfully procrastinated.
NOW BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS ISSUE, I (Continued on page 8)
Petitions Call for Boycotts, Mandate
By Bryon Klapper
Forty student signatures were on petitions at 12:15 p.m. today supporting some boycotts and calling for an all-student referendum on the resolution tabled Tuesday by the All-Student Council.
A sign above the posted petitions at the booth in front of Flint Hall read:
"Show your disapproval of discrimination, sign petition here."
Two thousand students must sign the petition for the council to call a referendum.
AS STUDENTS passed the booth, some stopped to sign, others walked by, casting glances of curiosity, and others completely ignored the booth.
The Civil Rights Council, which printed and posted the petitions, voted last night to use the papers to determine student opinion on the ASC resolution on racial justice.
THE PETITION READS:
"We, the undersigned students of the University of Kansas, support boycott of any place of business which refuses service to any person on the basis of race, religion or national origin, and we also call for an all-student referendum on the resolution proposed by the NSA representative to the All-Student Council."
The petition was approved at a meeting of the CRC in the Kansas Union last night, after a discussion of the ASC action to table the resolution.
Stephen S. Baratz, Lawrence graduate student, stated that the
ASC tabled the resolution because it was unaware of the feeling of the student body on this issue. Circulating a petition among the student body would provide a clear statement of the feelings of the students, Baratz said.
ANOTHER MEMBER of the CRC said that because of ASC did not take a stand, it is not likely that it would put forth much effort to getting a petition to the student body.
The CRC was one of the organized bodies on campus fighting for civil rights. Therefore, members said they felt justified in circulating a petition.
The petitions were distributed to members of the CRC as well as being placed at the information booth.
After the meeting last night, CRC members visited a bowling alley on 9th St., the skating rink on 23rd St. and nine Lawrence taverns to determine whether these places discriminated.
BRUCE WRIGHT, Salina sophomore, told the Daily Kansan that the meeting broke up into three groups of four or more students, with Negro and white students in each group. The group which visited the bowling alley reported that the lanes were all in use, but they were told that, had there been room, the students would be permitted to bowl.
At the skating rink the mixed group, was told they could not skate except in private parties, and of the nine taverns visited, five refused to serve the Negro students, Wright reported.
New GI Bill May Mean Cash to KU Veterans
About 250-300 KU veterans may get hundreds of thousands of dollars from Uncle Sam if a new "Cold War" GI Bill, introduced in the U.S. Senate yesterday, is made law.
The bill would apply to men who served or will be serving in the armed forces between Jan. 31, 1955 and July 1, 1963. It would provide one and one-half days of schooling for every day in service. Translated into cash, this means that an unmarried veteran who has served for two years would receive $110 each month for 36 months, which is the time limit for benefits. This information was given by Edwin R. El-
ATHENS, Ga. — (UPI) — Two Negro students were suspended temporarily from the University of Georgia early today when police had to use tear gas to break up student rioting.
Georgia Suspends Negro Students
At Macon, Ga., Federal District Judge W. A. Bootle ruled that a state law of cutting off funds from any integrated school is "patently unconstitutional." The Judge said he would issue later today even a broader and much more sweeping injunction against the law than the one now in force.
The Negro students, Charlayne Hunter, 18, and Hamilton Holmes, 19, were taken from the campus early today. Gov. Ernest Vandiver said he had no immediate plans to return them, but Dean of Students, Joseph Williams said he, not Vandiver, removed them. He emphasized that the removal was temporary.
bel, professor of physical education and director of KU's Veterans Service.
A MARRIED VETERAN without children would receive $135 per month and a married veteran with children $160 per month, said Prof. Elbel. He said that "a conservative estimate" of those entitled to benefits would be 250-300. KU now has 671 veterans who are not drawing money from the old GI Bill.
The benefits are to be given only to help veterans who are planning college careers or who are interested in graduate study.
Prof. Elbel said that only those who are in the early stages of their college work or who are anticipating advanced study in the future would be benefited.
"IF A VETERAN has already completed his schooling on his own, he gets nothing. Of course, if he is interested in further study, this bill would help him out," he said. The bill must be passed by the Senate or it dies. If it passes the Senate, it will be referred to the powerful House Rules Committee, which in the past has smothered money measured by voting not to place a given bill on the House calendar. This means that the bill dies when the session is over and must be re-introduced during the next session.
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