Daily hansan
56th Year, No.92
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, Feb. 20, 1959
Docking Brands KU a 'Trouble Spot'
They Listened...
Docking Sidesteps Queries on Future
Gov. George Docking skillfully handled questions about his political future in his Daily Kansan press conference yesterday.
When the governor was asked about a prediction by Drew Pearson which said he would run for the U.S. Senate, he replied:
"Drew Pearson has me running for the Senate, Doris Fleeson has Georgia Gray running. I haven't said anything about this to anyone."
Gov. Docking said any one of ten or 12 Democrats would make a good president.
"I think the next Democratic nominee will be elected," he said.
When asked about rumors that he might be nominated for the vice presidency, especially if Sen. John Kennedy is nominated for president, the governor replied;
"The possibilities are so remote I don't even want to think about it."
Gov. Docking said he had made no statement that he would not run for governor again. He was asked it is not an old tradition for a Kansas governor to serve no more than two terms. He said:
"We've already broken one old tradition. That tradition was started by a Republican machine and we're not ruled by a Republican machine. All we're after from the Republicans are votes and we get enough of them."
on a report that he will move from Lawrence to Arkansas Ctiy at the end of his term as governor. He said:
The governor refused to comment
"I think that was a rumor put out by one of the Lawrence newspapers. I haven't spoken to them for about four years, so they can't possibly have much direct knowledge. I haven't discussed anything like this with anyone."
By Dick Crocker
Gov. George Docking yesterday called KU a "trouble spot" as far as the students and administration are concerned and wondered if it is not time for a "clean-up" here.
The governor left no doubts in the minds of Daily Kansan reporters, who held an exclusive press conference with him, that he is emphatically opposed to any budget increase or stepped-up building program.
"In 1947 and 1948 there were more students, fewer classrooms and fewer faculty and yet the schools were turning out better students," he said.
"We also intend to check on how any funds given to the schools are spent," he said. He then cited the financial troubles Michigan is having in providing funds for its state institutions.
"That's what comes from letting institutions, or whatever they call themselves, run wild without being checked by the people. We don't intend to let that happen here," said the governor.
He added that the school had "run wild for 20 years."
KU Needs Cleaning Up
"KU is a trouble spot in the state of Kansas and needs cleaning up." Gov. Docking continued. "If proper management was in effect at KU that incident over at Leavenworth would never have happened."
The governor was referring to the KU Young Republicans who demonstrated at a Democratic dinner for Sen. Paul Douglas (D-III) in Leavenworth last fall.
He accused a KU man, whom he identified as being the president of the KU Young Republicans, of spitting in the face of a crippled Democrat. (The president of the Young Republicans last semester was a woman, Joan Stafford, St. Joseph, Mo., senior.)
"This is about as low as you can get. They should have been put in jail or a psychopathic ward," he said.
He also mentioned that a Kansas State student driving home from the meeting had been killed in an automobile accident. He said he was sure none of the students had tampered with the car, but that it was something he always remembered. He also said the cars had been checked by Leavenworth police before the meeting adjourned.
"We know who the students from KU were because we had a professor, who happened to be a Democrat, take down their names as they got off the bus in Lawrence," added the governor.
"The lack of discipline and human dignity as evidenced by the group of Young Republicans and the incident in Leavenworth
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Hopson Says Germans Bothered, Not Panicked
A man who just returned to KU from Germany said today the people of West Berlin are very concerned but not panicky about the Berlin crisis.
Dan Hopson Jr., assistant dean of the School of Law, who just returned from a month's tour of Germany, said in an interview:
"The West Berliners have their emotions well under control because they have lived through this before. It is nothing new to them. They place great faith in the United States."
Foreign Office to study the German legal structure.
Dean Hopson made the tour with a group of eight lawyers and judges. They were invited by the German
The tour began in Bonn. From there the men went to Karlsruhe, where they studied the federal constitution and supreme courts. In Munich they studied the state court organization and visited the Munich law school.
After it left Dusseldorf the group went to West Berlin for a five-day sightseeing tour.
"Newspapers have not exaggerated the marked contrast between East and West Berlin. They are two entirely different worlds. While there are still some destroyed buildings remaining in West Berlin, for all purposes it is a capital city in the nature of London, Paris and Rome.
AWS 'Pennies for a Purpose' Plan to Finance Scholarship
The AWS will sponsor a "Pennies for a Purpose" program March 6 and 7, following Rock Chalk Revue to raise money for the KU Women's Memorial Scholarship fund.
Closing hours in all women's houses will be extended on these two evenings until 1:30 a.m. and a minimum charge of one cent per minute late after 1 a.m. will be made.
Most houses will also have a party after the 1:30 closing to obtain more donations to the scholarship fund.
Applicants for the scholarship are selected by a committee on the basis of need, scholarship, and leadership.
All funds raised to support this scholarship are turned over to the KU Endowment association for investment and handling.
The applicant must have been in residence at KU for at least one semester at the time of selection.
Dean Hopson said that while the group was in Berlin it studied the refugee problem. It visited several refugee camps and attended some interrogation sessions. The group also met with city officials on the political problem of West Berlin.
"In East Berlin few buildings have been rebuilt, there are mounds of rubble, almost no automobiles, and no people on the streets. Except for Stalinallee, the Communists' showplace, the city would give the appearance of a ghost town," he said.
Creta R. Carter, Jennings senior, and Janet L. Cameron, Topeka junior, were awarded the scholarship for this semester.
Weather
Temperatures tomorrow through Wednesday will average 5 to 10 degrees below seasonal normal. Cooler Sunday and warmer Monday and Tuesday.
Car Strikes 2 KU Women
Two freshman women suffered injuries when struck by a car at 7:41 this morning while on the way to classes.
Mary Helen Parker, Oklahoma City, and Trendle Shellner, Kansas City, Mo., were both taken to Watkins Memorial Hospital.
Ronald E. Gast, Kansas City, Kansenior, told campus police he was making a right turn from 12th Street onto Oread Avenue when he struck the two women who were crossing the intersection from northeast to southwest.
Gast was issued a citation for failure to yield the right of way to pedestrians.
Miss Parker was released from Watkins with a sprained ankle. Miss Shellner sustained bruises and contusions of the right hip and leg. She is being kept at the hospital.
He Talked...
Docking Favors Censor Board
Gov. George Docking told the Daily Kansan press conference yesterday that he was in favor of keeping the Kansas State Board of Motion Picture Review because it does more good than many people imagine.
But, he added, he would not use his veto powers on a bill to abolish the Board, if it passed both the House and Senate.
He would not speculate on whether the bill would pass.
Gov. Docking said he had seen only one film in the past two years and that the film should have been banned both for moral reasons and because it was a poor technical job of movie-making. He could not remember the name of the show or who was in it.
Burglars Tap Dorm Machines
Two vending machines in the laundry room of No. 1 Stouffer Place were pried open and emptied of money sometime Wednesday night.
Entrance was made by forcing open the laundry room door. Campus police, who investigated, said an attempt was also made to gain entrance to the maintenance supply room.
This is the second time in two weeks that vending machines at Stouffer Place have been burglarized.
No Word From Cell Block 7 On Refund of $375 Payment
KU pep clubs are listening to an unpleasant tune after the Cell Block 7 cancelled an engagement here for the all-school dance Saturday night.
Michael Smith, Mission junior, said the $375 down payment to the group has not been returned.
Four hours before the dance, a telegram from the wife of the group's leader, Rusty Brown, said he had become ill at the Dallas airport and
would have to cancel the engagement. She said the money and a letter would follow the next day.
So far, no word has been received from the group. The $375 down payment, half the cost of the band, has not arrived in Lawrence. Neither has the letter.
Smith said the pep clubs are having the incident investigated. Results of the investigation will be known within a few days, Smith said.