Page 8 University Daily Kansan Tuesday, April 25. 1961
Eichmann Called Spineless Coward
By Harry Ferguson United Press International
JERUSALEM — The words of a dead man accused A dolf Eichmann today of being a "coward"—fanatic in his desire to kill Jews but so spineless that he never took action without getting confirmation from his superior officers.
Eichmann hit back at the charge with a document.
IT WAS HIS OWN life story written after he had been kidnapped in Argentina and brought to Israel for trial on charges of exterminating 6 million European Jews. He said that after the war his world of Nazi order and rules collapsed around him. He fell into a high fever and got religion. The "four horsemen of the Apocalypse" were riding through his brain, he said. Eichmann's memoirs were placed in the court record here as an exhibit.
The Eichmann memoirs run 127 pages in his own handwriting.
THE ACCUSATION from the grave came from a former friend and comrade in arms in Adolph Hitler's SS elite corps — Dieter Wislicen. He was hanged as a war criminal in 1947 and made his statement against Eichmann on the promise that his family would be protected.
"... He is a coward who never did anything without written confirmation from above," Wisliceny wrote. "He was not immoral, because
Russians Ship Oil, Trucks to Cubans
MIAMI — (UPI) — The Russians poured thousands of tons of goods into Cuba today to meet growing shortages.
An official broadcast monitored in Miami said at least three Communist shipments to their Cuban allies have reached Havana docks in the past 24 hours.
No war material was mentioned—presumably any mention of such would be censored—but the broadcast referred to oil, trucks, tractors, jeeps and "industrial equipment" among the items received in quantity.
Largest of the three shipments was 30,000 tons landed at Havana today from the "Socialist countries," the government broadcast said. The cargo ranged from foodstuffs to raw materials to textiles.
Prof. Logan to Teach Law at Harvard
James K. Logan, assistant professor of law, will instruct courses in property and estate planning next year at Harvard University.
Prof. Logan has accepted an appointment to the Era Ripley Thayer teaching fellowship there. He plans to complete course work for the degree of doctor of judicial science. His required dissertation will be a book on federal farm policy and regulatory laws pertaining to agriculture.
Ohio Reps Call for Study Of Teaching Communism
COLUMBUS, Ohio —(UPI)—Five members of the Ohio House of Representatives have called for a study of the teaching of Communism in Ohio's schools.
The resolution was prompted by demonstrations last week on state house grounds by students from Ohio State and Antioch College against U.S. intervention in Cuba.
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he was completely devoid of morality. He was adamant with regard to the Jews. He said: 'I will jump into my grave laughing because the fact that I have five million Jews on my conscience gives me extraordinary satisfaction.'"
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Eichmann listened to the words of his former friend impassively. The small table in his bullet-proof glass box was stacked with documents from which orange index slips protruded. Robert Servatius, Eichmann's counsel, told UPI yesterday that his client was spending long hours in his cell helping with the defense and that his contributions were valuable.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The White House said today it is considering a total embargo on U.S. shipments to Cuba, but that no decision has been made yet.
Embargo on Exports To Cuba Considered
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Most American shipments to Cuba, except for certain foods and medicines, were curbed early last fall. Imports from Cuba, largely in tobacco, have continued at an annual rate of about $70 million.
Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said the idea of a total embargo on U.S. trade with Cuba has been under discussion for some time.
The failure of anti-Castro elements to mount a successful invasion of Cuba last week has sharpened consideration of the embargo, Salinger said in response to questions.
Salinger made it clear he was referring only to shipments between the United States and Cuba and was not talking in terms of a blockade which would impede shipments to Cuba from other countries.
Rocket Speed Set
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — (UPI) — The X15 rocket plane's world speed record set Friday by Maj. Robert White of the Air Force has been revised down to 3,074 miles per hour.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration made the announcement yesterday and said the first 3,140 mph figure had been based on preliminary figures.
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— President Kennedy pulled out all the ceremonial stops today to welcome and meet with Indonesia's president Sukarno, a key judge of U. S. influence in neutral countries and Asia.
JFK, Sukarno Warn New Nations
Kennedy personally greeted Sukarno at the airport. There was a red carpet, a 21-gun salute and an honor guard, followed by an hour and a half meeting at the White House and a stag lunch.
President Sukarno joined President Kennedy today in a warning to new nations to be alert against subversion and imperialism. The two men issued a joint statement shortly after Sukarno paid a call on Kennedy and flew in a helicopter from the White House lawn to his waiting jet transport plane at nearby Andrews Air Force Base. His next stop is Mexico.
Odd Williams to Talk
Representative Odd Williams, speaker pro-tem of the Kansas House of Representatives, will discuss "The 1961 Legislature" at the Faculty Forum at noon tomorrow in the English Room of the Kansas Union.
Anti-Discrimination Head Speaks Tonight
Carl W. Glatt, director of the Kansas anti-discrimination commission, will speak at a public meeting at 8 tonight in the Community building, 11th and Vermont.
Mr. Glatt will discuss the new Kansas Fair Employment Practices Law, how it will work and what it means for Lawrence.
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Selective Service Exam Thursday
The annual Selective Service College Qualification Test will be offered to KU students Thursday. Students should pick up applications in 122 Strong.
The score made on the test is a help to local boards in considering students for deferment from induction for study as undergraduate or graduate students.
James K. Hitt, director of admissions and registrar, urged all KU students who are registered for selective service to take the test.
Will and intellect are one and the same thing.—Benedict Spinoza
Jealously, the jaunce of the soul.
—Dryden
A ROBE BY ANY OTHER NAME
This, I must say, is not the usual question asked by collegians who grab my elbow. Usually they say, "Hey, Shorty, got a Marlboro?" And this is right and proper. After all, are they not collegians, and, therefore, the nation's leaders in intelligence and discernment? And do not intelligence and discernment demand the tastiest in tobacco flavor and smoking pleasure? And does not Marlboro deliver a flavor that is uniquely mellow, a selectrate filter that is easy drawing, a pack that is soft, a box that is hard! You know it!
As Commandment Day draws near, the question on everyone's lips is: "How did the different disciplines come to be marked by academic robes with hoods of different colors?" Everybody—but everybody—is asking it. I mean I haven't been able to walk ten feet on any campus in America without somebody grabs my elbow and says, "How did the different disciplines come to be marked by academic robes with hoods of different colors. hey?!"
Mr. Todhunter had hated Mr. Sigafoos since 1822 when both men had wooed the beauteous Melanie Zitt and Melanie had chosen Mr. Sigafoos because she was mad for dancing and Mr. Sigafoos knew all the latest steps, like the Missouri Compromise Mambo, the Shay's Rebellion Schottische, and the James K. Polk Polka, while Mr. Todhunter, alas, could not dance at all owing to a wound he had received at the Battle of New Orleans. (He was struck by a falling praline.)
But I digress. Back to the colored hoods of academic robes. A doctor of philosophy wears blue, a doctor of medicine wears green, a master of arts wears white, a doctor of humanities wears crimson, a master of library science wears lemon yellow. Why? Why, for example, should a master of library science wear lemon yellow?
So Mr. Todhunter stocked his library with lots of dandy books and soon he was doing more business than his hated rival. But Mr. Sigafoos struck back. To regain his clientele, he began serving tea free of charge at his library every afternoon. Thereupon, Mr. Todhunter, not to be outdone, began serving tea with sugar. Thereupon, Mr. Sigafoos began serving tea with sugar and cream. Thereupon, Mr. Todhunter began serving tea with sugar and cream and lemon.
Well sir, to answer this vexing question, we must go back to March 29, 1844. On that date the first public library in the United States was established by Ulric Sigafoos. All of Mr. Sigafoos's neighbors were of course wildly grateful—all, that is, except Wrex Toddhunter.
Consumed with jealousy at the success of Mr. Sigafoos's library, Mr. Todhunter resolved to open a competing library. This he did, but he lured not a single patron away from Mr. Sigafoos. "What has Mr. Sigafoos got that I haven't got?" Mr. Todhunter kept asking himself, and finally the answer came to him: books.
(Incidentally, the defeated Mr. Sigafoas packed up his library and moved to California where, alas, he failed once more. There were, to be sure, plenty of lemons to serve with his tea, but, alas, there was no cream because the cow was not introduced to California until 1931 by John Wayne.) © 1981 Max Stuhlman
This, of course, clinched the victory for Mr. Todhunter because he had the only lemon tree in town—in fact, in the entire state of North Dakota—and since that day lemon yellow has of course been the color on the academic robes of library science.
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And today Californians, happy among their Guernseys and Holsteins, are discovering a great new cigarette—the unfiltered, king-size Philip Morris Commander—and so are Americans in all fifty states. Welcome aboard!