Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday. Jan. 9, 1961
58th Year, No. 66
Nehring Chosen GOP Consultant
Earl Nehring, assistant professor of political science, was selected as the one political science professor in the nation to be a special consultant to Sen. Thurston B. Morton, Republican national chairman.
This announcement was made jointly by Sen. Morton and Rhoten A. Smith, director of the Citizenship Clearing House.
PROF. NEHIRING will serve as a consultant through a fellowship provided by the Clearing House.
The Citizenship Clearing House is a national organization established to help develop political leadership. Its primary focus is on college students and teachers.
Prof. Nehring said that he was selected from a group of three finalists.
"The purpose of this program is to select a political science or government professor who has been engaged in governmental research or some similar type of work, and then to give him a chance to learn about politics by working directly with the party chairman," he said.
He said that the fellowships are valuable to both the party and the professor involved.
"IN THE PAST, these fellowships have helped institute closer relations between political parties and universities." he said.
"The information I will gain will aid me in teaching my future classes. I also hope to help Sen. Morton by making my knowledge about politics available to him."
He said that this is the program's fourth year. $ ^{*} $
PROF. NEHIRING will take a year's leave of absence starting Feb. 1, when he is due in Washington. He has already rented his home and made arrangements for his wife and family.
Prof. Nehring is the campus representative for the Clearing House and the faculty adviser to the Young Republicans.
Alan Fiellin, professor of political science at Dartmouth College, was selected as the Democratic Party consultant.
Weather
Generally fair this afternoon, tonight and Tuesday. Warmer west and central this afternoon and over extreme east portion tonight. Low tonight near 20 northwest to 30 southeast. High Tuesday in the lower 50s.
BURGLAR'S KEY - Edward Julian, director of the KU photographic bureau, holds a rock similar to the one used by the burglar or burglars to smash the window of the bureau's door to gain admittance. The amount of photographic equipment stolen adds up to one of the largest burglaries in KU history.
GOP Takes State Reins
TOPEKA — (UPI) — John Anderson today became the 36th governor of Kansas.
Chief Justice Jay S. Parker swore the 43-year-old Anderson into office at noon.
An inaugural parade started the day's activities. It carried Anderson, the inaugural party, the wives and families of elected officials, party officials, and military aides from the state house to the municipal auditorium where the ceremony was held.
Guard rode in the first car of the 3-car parade, which will travel along Topeka's main thoroughfare.
Hotels and motels were packed as people from all over traditionally Republican Kansas came to see the Republicans take command of the statehouse for the first time in four years. Retiring Gov. George Docking, his wife, and Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell of the Kansas National
(See page 3 for Gov. Anderson's inauguration speech.)
Denver University Drops Football
DENVER — (UPI) — The University of Denver announced today it is quitting intercollegiate football participation immediately because of "the growing magnitude of cost" associated with the sport.
The announcement came from Chancellor Chester M. Alter, who said the decision was a unanimous one by the school's board of trustees.
The school will continue other fields of intercollegiate sports, the announcement said.
Photographic Lab Theft Nets $2,218
One of the largest burglaries in KU history struck the photographic laboratory in the basement of Watson Library early Saturday morning.
Cameras, lenses, and other photographic equipment valued at $2.218 was stolen from the photographic lab between 4:30 a.m. and 8:20 a.m.
A rock was used to smash through the glass in the front door to gain entrance. The lock was then opened from the inside. Campus police said fingerprints were taken from the cash drawer.
Items stolen included 17 Leica cameras, 11 screw mounts, 8 Leica mirrors, 9 magnifiers, 12 focusing devices, 14 viewfinders, 42 lenses, and other pieces of equipment.
PERRY RIDDLE, KU photographer, reported the theft upon entering the laboratory for work Saturday morning. The night watchman had last checked the laboratory at 4:30 a.m.
Campus and Lawrence police investigated the theft. Kansas City police have been notified. According to Joe Skillman, chief of Campus police, this is one of the largest burglaries since he has been chief.
Missing Student Returns to Class
Late last night Darrell Edward Myers, KU's missing student, called his home in Overland Park and informed his parents that he was back at school and all right.
Myers had been missing since last Tuesday when he failed to return to his classes after the Christmas vacation. Prior to the Christmas vacation he had been attending his ROTC classes only, and had seemed disturbed about his classes. During his disappearance police bulletins had been issued and his description had been given to local and area authorities.
In a telephone interview this morning with his mother, it was learned that Darrell had been in New Orleans, La. When asked why her son had not informed her as to his whereabouts she said that she didn't think that Darrell realized how worried they would be.
"The less said the better," said Mrs. Myers. "We are happy that he is back and wish to thank all of his friends for their interest."
ASC Resolution Backs Boycott
A resolution on racial justice will come before the All Student Council tomorrow night for final approval. The resolution backs student boycotts of discriminating merchants.
Tom Kurt, Pratt medical student, read the resolution before the National Student Association Committee on Dec. 12.
THE RESOLUTION recognizes "that racial discrimination exists in both the North and South" and condemns any such violations of human dignity.
The resolution urges state and national legislators to initiate strong measures which will lead to racial justice.
Several sections of the resolution closely relate to the action taken by the Civil Rights Council last week against two local tavernas. The taverns refused to serve Negro students. The council asks students not to patronize the establishments.
The resolution reads in part:
"WE BELIEVE that persons and merchants open to the public operate in the public domain, and can be justifiably enforced to obey public laws and ethics.
"However, we believe that the private domain (country clubs, brotherhoods and fraternities) is separate from the public domain and here racial justice can be enforced by superb good example, but cannot be mandated by sheer force.
"We encourage action in the form of selective buying and through the use of boycotts by students who are interested in the equality of all races and creeds.
"We commit ourselves, as students, to attack discrimination and to work toward establishing social justice."
'They Refused Me Because I Am Black'
(Editor's note—This is the first in a series about discrimination in Lawrence involving KU students and townpeople, and exploring action by student groups.)
By Byron Klapper
There are deep human feelings involved when a dark skinned person who is clean and well dressed goes into a public place to be served and is told:
A graduate student from India,
P. Gangdhara Roa, who recently left KU to return to India, put his feelings on paper and published them in a book called, "Roa's Poems." One poem, which had no title read in part:
"TM SORRY but we don't serve Negroes here."
"I never told you before I went to down-town
At some places to eat
They refused me to serve
Because I was black.
I don't want
To sell myself
By telling them
That I am from India
I am a human first
And an Indian next
Is it not the truth?"
Roa said that this was the first time in his life he found that skin color was a factor which determined human preference.
ROA IS NOW BACK in India telling people about the United States.
Since Roa left there have been improvements. Some attribute this to the Civil Rights act passed by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, which makes it a misdemeanor for a restaurant to refuse service to anyone because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry.
BUT THERE appear to be some lingering problems.
The Civil Rights Council at KU recently discovered that two Lawrence taverns refused service to Negroes. The council sent students to these taverns, and although the white students were served, the Negroes were not.
Telephone calls to other taverns in the city have indicated that there are at least two or three others which also support policies of discrimination.
ONE TAVERN manager said he would not serve Negroes because he was afraid he would have trouble which would lead to fights. If the police were called in
The management of three other taverns claimed in telephone interviews that integration on their part would hurt their business.
to break up fights it would be difficult to get his beer license renewed, the tavern owner said.
Many of their white customers would not patronize their place if Negroes were served, they said. Some tavern managers said they had no personal objections against Negroes, but just could not take the chance.
IT SHOULD BE POINTED out that not all Lawrence taverns practice discrimination. During a telephone conversation with one of the non-discriminating beer parlors, the manager said that since he began serving Negroes he never experienced any trouble, police were never called in, and he suffered no loss of business.
He said his clientele consisted of both college students and townspeople, and he could not see why the other taverns do not have completely open places.
SHOULD THE PERSONAL feelings of some tavern owners, or the feelings of customers, be the controlling factor in whether Negroes should be served ?
Has one the right to refuse for others what he demands for himself?
In other states, the problems which could not be solved on a local level by the people, because of their personal feelings, were solved by the state in the form of laws.
(The next article will discuss some of the legal aspects of the discrimination situation in taverns.)