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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
56th Year, No. 74
Bus Firm Has No Restaurant Control
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1959
E. F. Freeman, president of the Greyhound Bus Lines, said today he has no control over restaurants operated in Greyhound Bus stations.
In a telephone conversation with the Daily Kansan this morning, Mr. Freeman said he had not received a letter from the KU International Club protesting segregation in a Dallas, Tex., restaurant. The letter was sent Friday.
"The eating facilities are leased to concession operators that have their own iurisdictions," he added.
The International Club letter which was sent to the Ft. Worth office was signed by 10 members of the Club in protest of discrimination against a Nigerian member of the group.
"The Greyhound Lines operates none of the restaurants in its bus stations." Mr. Freeman said.
He was refused service in the Dallas restaurant while the club was on a Greyhound-chartered trip to Mexico during Christmas vacation.
Earlier on the trip the student had been served at another Greyhound station in Laredo, Tex.
The club members' letter asked for an explanation of the distinction between the segregated and nonsegregated restaurants.
Cuban Rebels Halt Reprisals
HAVANA — (UPI) — Orders from the rebel army command in Havana called a sudden halt today to "war crimes" trials and executions in Colon, Matanzas Province. There was speculation the rebels might be slowing the pace of their bloody reprisal campaign against followers of ousted President Fulgencio Batista.
Reports reaching here said that 84 persons have been sentenced and executed in Santiago de Cuba alone.
Capt. Julio Chaviano, rebel army commander in Colon, said he had received the word halting further trials and executions there this morning in an order signed by Maj. Camilo Cienfuego, commandant of the army's Camp Columbia headquarters in Havana.
Lockless, Luckless Coeds Find a Way Out
By Carol Allen
It is said can openers have 101 uses, but four Sellards women stretched it to 102 last night. They used one to pry their way out of a second-floor study room.
The women discovered themselves locked in about midnight, when the doorknob failed to unlatch the door, which does not have a lock. They pounded long enough to arouse a dozen other late studiers.
Screwdrivers and fingernail files were put to work to remove the doorknob. But once it was off, the door still wouldn't open, so it was put back on. The house president was prepared to call the fire department.
But the women inside the room solved the problem themselves. They found the can opener and used it to pry the door hinges loose.
Jayhawker Edition Out Tomorrow
The second issue of the 1959 Jayhawker, KU's magazine yearbook will be distributed tomorrow through Saturday. It will contain pictures of organized houses, sports and parties.
The issue will be available in Strong Hall, the information booth, and several other campus buildings. Covers and tabs will also be sold. House representatives will not distribute this issue.
Seniors are reminded to make appointments with Estes Studio.
Students, Teachers Enter Art Exhibit
Art work by four students and three faculty members has been accepted for the 28th annual American Graphic Arts and Drawing Exhibition at Wichita.
Jerry Buchanan, Wichita graduate student, Judith T. Hood, Lawrence senior, Shirley H. Musgrave, and Edward E. Nichols, both Lawrence graduate students, are the students who will show their works.
The exhibit will show 112 art works chosen from 700 entries.
Hopson to Visit West Germany With Jurists
Dan Hopson Jr., assistant professor and assistant dean of the Law School, said today that preparations are about completed for the four-week tour he will make of West Germany.
Prof, Hopson said his itinerary would include Bonn, Karlsruhe, Munich, Kassel, Dusseldorf, West Berlin, Frankfurt, then back to New York.
Prof. Hopson is one of eight American jurists invited to make a tour as a guest of the German government.
"Mr. Fred Six, Lawrence attorney, will teach my Labor Law class and Prof. Oldfather (Charles H. Oldfather Jr., professor of law) will teach my Legislation class for the first two weeks of the second semester," he said.
Prof. Hopson, who will miss two days of this semester, gave his finals early. The Law School takes finals a week ahead of other schools anyway, he noted.
The group will fly to Bonn Sunday and will confer there with representatives of the Federal Ministries. They will also talk with officials of state and local governments
"This is the first time I have been invited as a guest of some government," he commented.
"I think it will be o good trip and a good opportunity to learn. The fact that we will be guided by a representative of the German State Department will provide more of an advantage to learn than just going as a tourist," he said.
"I hope to talk to lawyers in labor law, union officials and employers to learn more of German labor relations and legal control thereof," he added.
Prof. Hopson also hopes to enlarge his understanding of the international operation of the West German constitution.
Prof. Hopson is the only professor in the group who has been invited. The other members of the group consist of two judges and five lawvers.
"I just hope I do not become an international incident," he said jokinkly in regards to his entry into West Berlin, the current hot spot in the East-West cold war.
"I have quite an open mind on the subject, however," he laughed..
Senate Rule Seen Ineffective
A KU political science instructor predicts the changed filibuster rules in the U.S. Senate will have little effect on the success of civil rights and other legislation.
"The two-thirds vote of members present under the new rules to kill a filibuster will still require practically a two-thirds vote of all senators since almost all the senators will vote on any crucial legislation anyway."
The old filibuster rule required a vote of two-thirds of the total Senate membership, instead of two-thirds of the members present.
Earl A. Nehring, instructor of political science, said today:
"One change in the rules which may have some effect is that the two-thirds vote also applies to notions to change the rules," he added.
"Before, they could debate forever on a motion to consider a motion. There was no way to break the filibuster,' he said.
The proposal to let a bare majority, 50 of 98 senators, end debate was defeated 67-28. The liberals then sponsored the idea of lowering the majority to three-fifths of those voting. This would never require more than 59 votes, as opposed to the 66 maximum under the new rules. This proposal was defeated 58-36.
Mr. Nehring said he had expected the Senate liberals to get more votes on the stronger measures to limit filibustering. Two such measures were voted upon before the new rules were passed 72-22.
"I had not expected the liberals to win on either of the two measures, but I had expected them to come closer to the vote they needed," Mr. Nehring said.
"Mr. Johnson (Sen. Lyndon Johnson, (D-Tex), majority leader) seems to have very effective leadership in the Senate," he said.
Under the new rules, the number of senators who could end a filibuster varies from 34 to 66. The 34 is the two-thirds majority of the 50 senators required to do business.
The rule - changing resolution which finally passed bore Sen. Johnson's name.
Another provision of Sen. Johnson's resolution requires that the rules of the Senate be carried over from one Congress to the next. This represents another defeat for the liberals.
The Northern and Western members of both parties have maintained that each new Congress can adopt new rules for the Senate by majority vote.
Student Pleads Not Guilty to Larceny
Peter F. Jones, Kansas City, Mo., senior, entered a plea of not guilty in Douglas County Court yesterday to four charges of petty larceny in Battenfeld Hall Friday. Jones is a Battenfield resident.
Jones was relased under $1,500 bond set by Judge Charles C.
Jones was relased under Eric Rankin. The student is scheduled to appear before the court for preliminary hearing Jan. 22.
Jones was arrested by campus police yesterday and questioned about the thefts. Campus Police Chief Joe Skillman said Jones signed a confession. He was taken to the sheriff's office and charges were filed by the county attorney
Campus police were called to investigate the Battenfeld incident Saturday when three residents reported they were missing $40. Another $20 was missing from a cash drawer in the hall.
Those who had reported money missing were Ki Sung Kwak, Korea senior, Edwin Eubank, Pratt sophomore, and Tom Mason, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore.
Two Battenfeld residents told campus police they had heard someone going down the stairs at the hall. The two boys said they heard a window open or shut. They investigated, but found no one.
Hi-Los to Sing Here March 1
The Hi-Los, popular vocal group have been contracted to perform a concert on March 1.
"We plan to use the money for something the students want more," he said.
Wendell Koerner, Jefferson City, Mo., junior and chairman of the SUA dance program, said that the students' acceptance of the Night Club Party has declined during the past few years and it became a financial loss.
They will be a replacement for the Student Union Activities Night Club Party which will not be held this year.
SUA also plans to have a name band for the KU Relays dance, April 17 or 18. Previously, bands for Relays dances have been local groups.
Residential suburbs are overburdened with tax problems, because they have no industry to carry the tax load as the city does, Prof. Grumm said.
Cities and Suburbs Will Merge, Grumm Says
He said planned development by the cities can help suburbs which
Author of the article is John G. Grumm, assistant professor of political science. Prof. Grumm spent part of last summer in Toronto, Canada, studying the federation plan in effect there. Toronto federated 12 suburbs.
A plan for solving the problem of separately incorporated suburbs of large cities by uniting the cities and their suburbs into "metropolitan federations" will be published soon by the Governmental Research Center.
"The study is to see how federation worked in Toronto. It has been successful. In 10 years, some U.S. cities are going to have to consider the same thing because they will be snowed under with governmental problems." Prof. Grumm said.
can not raise enough taxes to build roads and schools and make other improvements.
The plan might be applicable to Kansas City, San Francisco, St. Louis and Chicago areas, he said. New York already has a similar system where there are six federated boroughs at the metropolitan level. London has a similar plan in effect, and Berlin had one before the war, he said.
"City-suburban government is uncoordinated in its present state and will take a lot of study. We can't just take a plan from another country and make it work here without some planning." Prof. Grumm said.
"Urban population has gone far beyond city limits into the suburbs and is a major problem in the United States. Suburbs incorporate separately with no control by the city. With a federation plan, suburbs retain many of their local governmental functions, but the burden is shifted to the city government," Prof. Grumm said.
DALLAS, Tex.—(UPI)—Evangelist Billy Graham said on cancelling a speech scheduled for last night to fly to Minnesota for treatment of an eye aliment;
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NY) said in introducing a joint resolution to repeal the constitutional amendment which limits presidents to two terms:
News Makers Speak Up
"After the luncheon speech today, I was greatly tired and felt it probably best to cancel the scheduled speech."
"Time has proven how sorry a mistake this amendment is. The country is living with a lame-duck president who—in his second term—has lost much of the political power essential to him for leadership."
LAKE FOREST, Ill.—(UPI) Adlai E. Stevenson chiding the United States for its complacency in the face of Soviet progress:
"In our fat, dumb, happy complacency, we assume we can't lose. We assume the right won't fail."
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—(UPI)
—Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan shaking hands with actor Marlon Brando on a movie set:
"You're a strong man. When I shake hands with you I feel like a movie star too."
Callery Men Released
Two Callery Chemical Company engineers who were injured when a homemade rocket exploded and killed three other engineers in Lawrence. Dec. 5 have been released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Richard Wright, 26, and Elmer Boyd have been released.
Weather
Continued mild this afternoon with partial clearing eastern portion, partly cloudy west. Fog and occasional drizzle extreme southeast tonight, otherwise partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight 20 to 25 northwest to upper 30s southeast.