Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
56th Year, No. 25
Thursday, Oct. 16, 1958
90 KU Young Republicans Hear Dirksen at K.C. Rally
Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R-III) told Republicans attending a rally in Kansas City last night that they must present to the people the accomplishments of the Eisenhower administration and urge everyone to vote on Nov. 4, a "sacred day."
Among the 450 persons at Shawnee Mission East High School were 90 KU Collegiate Young Republicans. Some attended the $10-a-plate fund raising dinner before the rally.
Dirksen predicts a peaceful solution to the Quemoy situation.
"We got out of the trouble in Suez, in Guatemala and now we're bringing the boys back from Lebanon. Is there any reason why we can't do the same thing in Que-mov?" he asked.
The Illinois senator assailed the stand taken by the Democrats on the Sherman Adams controversy.
"It is a fact that Adams was imprudent although not criminal," Dirksen said. "Is this any reason to mark your ballot with the excuse you are voting against Sherman Adams?"
I can recite at least two score of persons who have been removed from office and are now in prison, not because of imprudence, but of criminal acts. If they (the Democrats) want to start, I'm ready and willing to go down the roll."
Dirksen quoted Lincoln as saying.
"A house divided cannot stand," and said it was too bad the people of the United States saw fit to elect President Eisenhower by a ten million majority but put in a Congress that would oppose him.
"It will be a shame if you let the Democrats bring about the defeat of Errett Scrivner after all the experience you have invested in him," Dirksen said. Representative Scrivner (R-Kan.) is opposed by Newell George.
Reporters Attend Kansas City Rally
Reporters from The Daily Kansan attended the Republican party rally in Kansas City, Kan., last night.
Additional rally pictures and stories appear on page seven.
Dirksen termed the elements needed for a political victory the "Four M's." They are:
1. Men. He said a party must have capable men to present to the public.
2. Machinery. He stressed the need for an "organization well oiled and efficient."
3. Money. Dirksen said he has never found a substitute for money in politics vet.
4. Merchandise. He said that to sell the party's merchandise or "table of performance" is the duty
of Republican party members
In presenting the administration's record, Dirksen said the Social Security rolls have been increased by twelve million through additional benefits in the last few years, the export business is as high as it has ever been and the farm income is 20 per cent higher than "during Harry's administration."
"I just can't understand Mr. Truman going around the country saying all these things. I guess he is operating on the principle that if you say anything long enough, no matter how much you deviate from the truth, you will get some people to believe you."
Dirksen said that "under every Democratic president in the past 40 years we have had war." The Illinois senator was interrupted several times by applause and was given a standing ovation at the end of his speech.
Phil Kline, chairman of the Johnson County Republican Central Committee, introduced gubernatorial candidate Clyde M. Reed Jr, by saying that the past three Democratic governors have been defeated for a second term by a Republican from the Third District, which is Reed's home district.
Reed complimented the showing made by the KU and Kansas State College delegates. He pledged to try to make George Docking the fourth Democratic governor to be defeated for re-election. Reed also received a standing ovation from the audience.
Political Writer Sees Trend To the Republicans in Kansas
The trend in Kansas politics is to Clyde Reed Jr. and the Republicans at the moment a veteran political writer said here.
Alvin S. McCoy chief of the Kansas bureau of the Kansas City Star, who spoke at the Faculty Forum luncheon at the Kansas Union yesterday, said:
ALVIN S. McCOY
"Not even the gamblers are betting on the governor's race. It is that close at the present time."
Mr. McCoy, who had just attended a southeast Kansas Republican rally, ventured the guess that Douglas county would go Republican this fall. Two years ago Gov George Docking, a Lawrence banker, and the Democrats carried this county.
In speaking about the governor's race between Docking and Reed,
McCoy said the voting picture is changing daily.
"Two months ago most people who studied the campaigns thought Docking would be elected, but the trend has changed," said the KU Alumnus. "This change might be the result of the Republicans burying their intra-party differences and working together to return a Republican governor to Topeka."
"My guess is that the right to work amendment will carry." This amendment is controversial as far as the participants are concerned, but the general public has not gotten worked up about it."
In forecasting the outcome of the three amendments Kansans will vote on, the Kansas City Star reporter said:
In answer to the charge made by labor unions that this amendment will destroy unions, Mr. McCoy said, "It might mean weaker unions. By that I mean not so many union members and not so much money from dues. But it won't bust up the unions.
The reporter also predicted that the 600,000 voters expected to turn out Nov.4 will approve Amendment No.2. This has been called the water amendment and if adopted would allow the state to join in flood control projects.
Passage of the amendment would mean that Kansas would have open shoes only.
"Labor leaders tell me privately, they are having an uphill fight to put this amendment down."
McCoy said Reed has not made it a campagin issue. He said Reed has stated he personally opposes the amendment.
"Amendment No. 1, the court amendment designed to take Supreme Court justices out of politics, will probably be defeated," said McCoy. He said this would be unfortunate.
"I would like to see a non-partisan court as they have in Missouri because I believe that politics should
have nothing to do with the appointment of Supreme Court justices," he said.
The proposed amendment calls for the appointment of Supreme Court justices by the governor from a list furnished by the legal profession of the state.
REPUBLICAN PARTY RALLY—Everett M. Dirksen (R-III) is shown delivering the main address at a Republican party rally last night at Shawnee Mission East High School. Behind him, Errett P. Scrivner, 5th District Congressman running for reelection, notes the highlights of the speech.
The early morning stillness of Strong Hall was broken this morning when Louis Goolsbay, a janitor in the administration building, found what was believed to be a time bomb.
Goolsby called the Lawrence police who immediately called the Douglas County Sheriff's office, who called Army experts at Fort Leavenworth.
Three bomb demolition men were rushed to Lawrence while police doused the "bomb" in oil and took it downtown.
Strong Hall 'Bomb' Considered Hoax
COULD IT BE THE NAME?—Seniors took a liking to three sweet Sues yesterday in the selection of the Senior Calendar Queen finalists. The three lucky Sues are, from left, Mary Sue Poppe, Kansas City, Kan., Pi Beta Phi; Susan Lowry, Aurora, Mo., Alpha Chi Omega, and Sharon Sue Stout, Wichita, Kappa Alpha Theta. An estimated 1,200 seniors, a record crowd, voted for their favorite candidate at a Senior Coffee in the Kansas Union Ballroom. The Queen will be announced at the Senior Picnic at Heck's farm Saturday morning before the KU-Oklahoma game. Seniors will ride special buses to and from the picnic. The buses will deliver them inside the stadium before the kickoff.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation took the dirt to their laboratory in Topeka to see if there might be any powder mixed in.
The demolition crew surveyed the maze of wires, the alarm clock, the batteries and metal tube—then decided the contraption was a fake. Upon dismantling the "bomb" they found the pipe filled with dirt. The ends had been closed with paraffin.
The "bomb" was found in room 13A of Strong. The alarm was set for 10:20 a.m.
Joe Skillman, campus police chief, said he thought the bomb was a hoax, but there would be no way of telling for sure "until the examination is completed and the contents of the pipe have been examined."
The only clue to the hoax was a crumpled piece of scratch paper with beginning algebra problems on it. The paper is also being analyzed by the KBI.
Weather
Mostly fair through Friday. Continued warm through Friday. Low tonight, 40 northwest to upper 50's southeast. High Friday 75 to 85.
Attempt to Molest 2 KU Women Fails
A man attempted to molest two KU women last night as they walked down the sidewalk behind Green Hall. He ran after the women screamed.
The man was not found.
Peoce Talks Are Postponed
LONDON —(UPI)— U.S.-Communist Chinese peace talks scheduled for next Thursday in Warsaw have been postponed until the following day, Peiping radio reported today.