Daily Hansan
Thursday, Oct. 25, 1956
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
54th Year, No. 32
Hungarian Riots Go On Despite Pleas For Peace
(Conniled From United Press by Daily Kansan Editors)
The "working people" of Buda- 6
Hungary's civil war, its dead already numbering in the hundreds and its wounded in the thousands, raged through its third day today despite new government promises of forgiveness and a pledge to negotiate withdrawal of all Soviet troops in Hungary.
The "working people" of Budapest fought Soviet troops and government forces through the broad streets and cobbled squares of that fabled city as the Hungarian Communists purged their top Stalinist leaders and made continued desperate pleas for an end to blood-shed.
The Communist leadership, meeting in emergency session, booted out Stalinist party boss Ernoe Geroe and named "Titoist" Janos Kardar as new first secretary. They had confirmed Mr. Geroe to that post only yesterday.
Asks For Withdrawal
Shortly afterwords, newly-restored "Titoist" Premier Imre Nagy promised in a radio broadcast to the nation that he would ask for the withdrawal of all Soviet troops from Hungarian soil.
He conceded that the fighting still raged on, despite earlier government claims that the rebellion had been chushed.
Polish newsmen reported to Warsaw that the Hungarian rebels still were fighting in Budapest at 8 a.m. CST and had occupied one of the main railroad stations.
Near U. S. Legation
The center of the revolt was reported only a few blocks from the U. S. Legation in Budapest. But the Legation told United Press in London by telephone the situation was "okay," that there had been no damage to the legation and no Americans reported hurt.
Meanwhile, in Poland, the revamped Polish Communist party and government moved today to patch up strained relations with the Soviet Union.
A United Press dispatch from Moscow said Wladyslaw Gomulka, the new "liberal" leader of the Polish United Workers (Communist) party, would head a delegation to Moscow today or Friday.
The situation in Poland was reported as "back to normal" following nearly a week of demonstration against Stalinist influences.
Spanish Poet Wins Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM—(UP) —Spanish-born poet Juan Ramon Jimenez today was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize for Literature for the "high spriti an dartistical purity" of his poetry.
Mr. Jimenez, 75, who now lives in Puerto Rico, published his first volume of poetry at 17 and went on to be acclaimed Spain's greatest poet.
The Swedish Academy of Literature made the selection and immediately cabled Jimenez that he won the tax-free Nobel price of $38,633.
Prof's Book At Watson
"Personality in a Communal" Society," a book written by Bert Kaplan, assistant professor of psychology, and Thomas F. A. Plaut of Harvard University, is available at Watson Library. The book is an analysis of the mental health of the Hutterites.
Weather
Fair west, clearing and turning cooler east portion this afternoon. Fair and colder tonight with freezing or near freezing temperatures most of west portion. Friday fair and warmer except extreme east portion. Low tonight 25-30 northwest to 45 southeast. High Friday 65-70.
Students Plan For Integration
Seventy-five University students met at Rochdale Co-op Wednesday night to organize against racial segregation and discriminatory practices in Lawrence.
George B. Michos, Brooklyn, N. Y. junior and Stanley A. Murrell, Lindsborg junior approved by the group as coordinators of the organization, said the frist aim of the group will be to "attempt to end segregation in Lawrence restaurants." The organization will be called "The Group for the Improvement of Human Relations."
A committee on University relations headed by Paul Ehrlich, Maplewood, N. J. graduate student, will inform University officials and faculty members of the group plans.
The committee will also draft a statement of policy for circulation in the student body and will present it as a petition to Lawrence restaurant owners some time in November.
Grant Gilderhur, a Lawrence resident, was appointed chairman of a committee to "solicit cooperation and active participation" of campus organizations. The committee will also investigate the possibility of affiliation with regional or national organizations for desegregation.
A committee headed by Murrell will "ascertain the present policy of restaurants and formulate plans for eliminating segregation in them.
18 Homecoming Queen Nominees Listed Today
The 1956 homecoming queen will be chosen from among 18 nominees announced today by Prof. George F. Jenks, chairman of the queen committee.
The queen and her two attendants will reign over the Homecoming celebration November 9-10. Gov Fred Hall will crown the queen during the halftime ceremonies of the KU-Nebraska football game.
The queen's identity will be revealed at a rally in front of Strong Hall, 12:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5.
The candidates, each of whom was placed in nomination by an organized house, are:
Judith Ballard, Newton junior,
Delta Delta Delta; Nancy Ellison,
Georgetown, Texas, sophomore,
Alpha Omicron Pi; Shari Hudson,
St. John junior, Alpha Chi Omega;
Gayle Kinemond, Bushton sophomore,
Douthart Hall; Tucker Lande-
topea senior, Beta Priphi;
and Martha Lawton, Bushong juni-
lor, Gertrude Sellards Pearl Hall.
Bobbie Mellinger, Milford senior,
Sigma Kappa; Sandra Muntzel,
Prairie Village sophomore, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; Mary Nason, Topeka
sophomore, Miller Hall; Judy Powell,
Bennington sophomore, Alpha Phi;
Marlingyn Rogge, Auburn, Neb.
sophomore, Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall, and Annette Sebron, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Nancy Squyres, WaKeeney senior,
Gamma Phi Beta; Sharon Stout,
Wichita sophomore, Kappa Alpha
Theta; Shirley Stout, Lombard III,
junior, Sellards Hall; Nell Switzer,
Mount Vernon, Ill., senior, Watkins hall;
Helen Walker, Leavenworth sophomore,
Delta Gamma; Nancy Walker, Wichita junior, Chi Omega,
and Carolyn Yates, Kansas City,
Mo. junior, Alpha Delta Pi.
Freshman Primary Draws Large Vote
A total of 679 freshmen voted in the primary election Tuesday, one of the largest number of votes cast in recent years, Tommy Griffith, All Student Council elections committee chairman, told the Daily Kansan today.
'Every Voter Is A Politician'
Because every voter is a politician, every voter should become an active member in the political party of his choice, Bob Docking, Douglas County Democratic chairman, and George Allen, Douglas County Republican chairman, told students Wednesday at a political coffee, sponsored by Student Union Activities.
Volunteer workers are more effective than workers who are hired. In Lawrence last month party volunteers took a door-to-door precinct poll to determine the number of people voting Republican and Democratic tickets. It was learned that only 60 per-cent of the Lawrence residents eligible to vote were registered, Mr. Allen added.
Politics has been considered a dirty word, Mr. Allen said. But all people who engage in politics have a sincere interest for good government. One can become a party worker by volunteering to help with campaigns during elections or by filing for precinct committeeman or committeewoman.
In the last decade women have begun to take a more active interest in politics. Women have become independent voters (independent from their husbands) and now run for political offices.
"Politics takes a lot of enthusiasm and hard work but nothing is more rewarding and satisfying than when it results in good government," he said.
Professors Discuss European Riots
By JOHN BATTIN and JIM SLEDD of The Daily Kansan Staff)
The root of the Hungarian revolt seems to lie in economic factors rather than political.
This, in brief, was the opinion of four University faculty, members shortly after Radio Moscow boasted last night that the revolt in ancient Budapest had been put down with Russian tanks, Russian steel and Russian iets.
The United Press reported that an Italian diplomat arriving in Yugoslavia said a group of young Hungarian army officers had engineered the entire uprising. Both Russian and Hungarian radios admit that a powerful, well-coordinated underground was at work.
Underground At Work
"I don't think there's enough distinction being made between what's going on in Poland and what's going on in Hungary. It would seem the press is trying to lump the reports together as a Titotype thing. I think both cases, the revolts in Hungary and Poland, have to be examined separately."
Asked if the press is overplaying the significance of the revolution, Oswald P. Backus, associate professor of history, an authority on Russian history, said:
Commenting on this, Prof. Backus said: "If we want to call it Titoism, we should apply it only to Poland,
Since the "bread and freedom" riot in Poland last July, many have assumed Titioism is at work behind the Iron Curtain.
because it could look bad if this fellow Gomulka is brought back into power. He was kicked out because he tried to follow a somewhat independent Polish line.
Raik In Hungary
"In Hungary it was Rajk. He was a counterpart of Gomulka in Poland. Rajk was thrown out not for being a Titoist, but for being a supporter of Malenkov.
"What he was doing was essentially following the same policy in Hungary as Malenkov was following in Russia. He was de-emphasizing heavy industry and emphasizing the dimension of controlled production."
"If the Russians don't want their satellite empire to crumble, and if they don't want the crumble of the world to look at them as an oppressor nation, they can't put down too many revolts with the use of military might." Dr. Backus said.
Sam F. Anderson, instructor of German, who returned in September from a trip to Russia, told of an American friend who went to the Polish legation about the first of September and talked with a Polish official there. Just as the American was about to leave, the official took him by the arm.
"In the name of God, America,
help us" the Pole said.
"America, Help Us"
"Ive often wondered if maybe he was referring to something coming in Poland." Mr. Anderson said.
"I think there's more chance of revolt in Czechoslovakia than in Romania or Culgaria, if these revolts indicate a trend of satellite uprisings," he said.
Francis H. Heller, professor of political science and director of the Western Civilization program, was extremely cautious. Concerning the question of a possible coalition between Tito forces and the reported Polish and Hungarian underground movements, Dr. Heller said:
"I don't know. Frankly, I'm very much puzzled by developments in the entire area."
Reports in newspapers have repeated the possibility that Khrushchev's experiment of relaxing controls over the satellite nations may be backfiring, and that the revolts in Poland and Budapest can be traced to his policy.
Dr. Heller said he could conceive that this apparent breaking up of Soviet satellite nations would seem to justify the American foreign policy followed toward communist nations the past several years.
Economy Didn't Work
In answer to this possibility, Walter M. Kollmorgen, professor of geography, said "I would suspect that, as close as I was to that Iron Curtain, the ingredients of this revolt have been building up for a long time. The economy just didn't work."
"The whole order was disrupted. There wasn't work, and the products weren't fortincoming. Some of the people I saw coming over from East Germany couldn't even get the parts to fix the chain on a bicycle. They even carried back old files to regrind them. They didn't have anything."
The general election for class officers and ASC senators and representatives will be held Wednesday.
Candidates nominated for president are Sam Elliott, Dodge City; Glenn Hedquist, Mission, and Tom Jones, Merriam.
Secretary candidates will be Ruth Milam, Overland Park; Jim Austin, Topeka, and John C. Kennedy, Kansas City, Kans.
Candidates for treasurer are Joe Reitz, Kansas City, Mo.; John Baird, Wichita, and Dick Pollard, Topeka.
No contest was needed for the vice presidency since only three candidates are running. They are Bill James, Kansas City, Mo.; Charles Hydeman, Kansas City, Kans., and Don McNichols (home town unavailable).
Party of Greek Organization (POGO) candidates for the Senate are George Epps, Topeka, and Suzann Smith, Arkansas City. Allied Greek-Independent (AGI) candidates for the Senate are Mark Knapp, Kansas City, Mo., and Judy Clark, Topeka. One man and one woman senator will be elected.
AGI House of Representative candidates are Tom Van Dyke, Kansas City, Mo.; Jerry T. Elliott, Hutchinson; Marilyn Myers, Kansas City, Kan.; Louise Tomlinson, Wichita; Janet Atchison, Kansas City, Kan., and Elaine Piper, Columbus.
POGO candidates for the House are Leonard Johnson, Talihina, Okla.; Jim Hoffman, Independence, Mo.; Sharon Edgar, Mission; Jan Garrison, LaGrange, Ill., and Annette Willis, Wichita.
Two men representatives, and a proportional number of women representatives to the number voting, will be chosen.
Migration Set For MU Game
The final KU football game of the season against Missouri's Tigers may or may not determine the Big Seven representative to the Orange Bowl, but at any rate it will be a game of special interest to Jayhawk fans. As decided at a meeting of the KuKu's Wednesday night, the official football migration will be Dec. 1 to Missouri University, Columbia.
The club voted to have slogan stickers for the three final games. The slogan for the K-State game, Nov. 3 at Manhattan, is "Clean the Aggie Plow."
Breyfogle also said that a bus will be available for the K-State game. Round-trip tickets will cost $2.08. Game tickets are available at Allen Field House at the price of $3.50.
Bill Breyfogle, Olathe senior and KuKu president, said that roundtrip bus tickets to Columbia will cost $4.54. The bus will return to Lawrence Saturday night.
Baptists Buy Land For Student Center
Land has been purchased for the building of an American Baptist Student Center at 1100 Indiana St., according to the Rev. Ernst Klein, Baptist student pastor.
The decision was made by the Baptist student work committee which includes representatives from the Kansas Baptist Convention, American Baptist Convention and the First Baptist Church.