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Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAN
Friday, March 24, 1961
58th Year, No.110
Candidates Differ OnProcedure,NSA
In their first political meeting, the presidential candidates, Allen Reed (UP) and Max Eberhart (Vox), agreed substantially last night on most campaign issues, but clashed over NSA representation and methods for increasing of ASC efficiency.
PACING THE FLOOR in Lewis Hall lounge, Reed said, "the ASC president should not be involved in committee work to the point that he heads each one." He suggested that an executive council, comprised of executive secretaries, report on committee work to the president, a procedure which he said is not being done at present.
"The committee situation is particularly bad," he said. "We don't know what the labor, social, and housing committees are doing." He suggested that a newsletter, which would cost about $40 to produce, be established to inform students and to keep committees alert.
Candidates to Debate At Union Monday
Eberhart then outlined ASC procedure. He also said that the vice president should be the coordinator of committee work and suggested that he should report regularly to
A public debate between Max Eberhart, Great Bend junior and Vox Populi candidate for student body president, and Alan Reed, Leavenworth junior and University Party candidate for that office, will be held at 8 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
The candidates will each make a 10-minute opening statement, answer questions from the floor, and conclude with another 10-minute statement. The debate is sponsored by the KU-Y.
the president on this. He said that there also should be an all-committee convocation to discuss ASC problems. He said that the executive secretaries are already in use, interviewing and checking the qualifications of students on ASC committees.
"Another problem confronting us is that we don't know the feelings of our constituents," said Eberhart. "I think that we can determine student opinion by having students fill out ballots printed in the UDK and turning these in to their house representatives or the UDK office."
Reed spoke on NSA. He said, "It is a common opinion that students are not capable of commenting on national and international events. We feel that the full range of our intelligence can cover more than local problems. KU has been lax in doing this."
"KU IS NOT being fully represented at NSA conventions," he added. "We are permitted seven delegates at NSA conventions. KU has never sent more than four."
"We only sent four people to the last NSA convention," Eberhart said, "because of the high cost-$240 per person. If we send seven students to this, it would take nearly 10% of our budget."
Eberhart replied that Vox feels that student government is for local representation of the student. He said, "It is good to take interest in non-local affairs but we feel that the ASC's chief purpose is to represent students' interests on the campus.
DURING A SUBSEQUENT question-and-answer session, both candidates agreed on the civil rights issue. "I think that everyone should work for equality," said Reed. "I endorse peaceful resistance, but I
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By United Press International
The Laotian crisis worsened today with the Laotian government reporting in Vientiane that nine "new" battalions of Communist Vietnamese troops had entered Laos. Meanwhile, SEATO military leaders in Bangkok, Thailand, drew up new defense plans against Red aggression.
By United Press International
JFK Sees $1.8 Billion Budget Deficit for 1962
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — President Kennedy told Congress today that the 1962 budget would run $1.8 billion in the red and the deficit would be even bigger when he unveils extra defense spending next week.
Excluding additional defense outlays, Kennedy estimated that spending for the fiscal year starting July 1 would set a peacetime record of $83.2 billion. He forecast revenue would reach an all-time high of $81.4 billion.
Laos Crisis Worsens
(For background story, see p. 6)
White House sources said $300 million would be added to the $42.9 billion defense program recommended by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower merely to compensate for low estimates by Eisenhower.
THAT WOULD make the 1962 budget deficit $2.1 billion. Expected
White House officials said Kennedy had added $1.3 billion to 1961 spending—$400 million in farm supports, $550 million for temporary unemployment benefits and $250 million under revised rules on Air Force contract payments.
proposals for additional military procurement and readiness are likely to increase the deficit still more.
He estimated a $2.2 billion deficit for fiscal 1961, which ends June 30, with revenue at $78.5 billion and spending at $80.7 billion. Eisenhower had forecast a $79 million surplus for 1961 and a $1.5 billion surplus for 1962.
LOOK OUT. IT SMEARS—Charles Boomer, North Kansas City, Mo., senior and master of ceremonies at last night's Greek Week Sing, perfunctorily plants the Greek Week Queen's reward on Heather Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., senior. Though unhesitating with the kiss, Boomer appears reluctant to give up the cup to the "most beautiful Greek."
Greeks Warble, Pick Their Queen
By Ron Gallagher
The Kansas Union reverberated with the sound of song last night as Greeks gathered to stretch their tonsils for the annual Greek Week Sing.
AT TIMES THE sounds were more like noises, perhaps from frogs hollow. Some deserved the prizes they won with lyrics polished to the point of excellence.
The show started slowly with holes appearing in the program when some of the groups failed to appear. Interest built up and the crowd had doubled by the time Heather Jo Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., senior (Kappa Kappa Gamma) was crowned Greek Week Queen during the intermission.
After the last note had been sung it took only a few seconds of deliberation for judges to proclaim Beta Theta Pi winner in the large men's ensemble. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was awarded second and third place went to Sigma Chi.
Gamma Phi Beta sang a sorority song and a Rogers and Hammerstein tune to top the Women's large ensemble competition. Delta Delta Delta took the second place trophy and Alpha Omicron Pi was awarded third.
WINNERS IN THE men's small ensemble are: first, Alpha Tau Omega; second, Delta Tau Delta; third, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Winners in the women's small ensemble: first, Delta Gamma; second. Alpha Chi Omega.
Glenda Price, Topea senior, (Delta Gamma) and Nancy Kinter, St. Louis, Mo., senior, (Gamma Phi Beta) are attendants to the Greek Week Queen.
Kennedy Signs Billion-Dollar Jobless Aid Bill
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— President Kennedy signed into law today the first of his major anti-recession bills passed by Congress, setting in motion a billion dollar program for extending jobless pay benefits to the unemployed.
Under the program, an estimated 700,000 unemployed workers were expected to begin receiving the extra help within two weeks.
Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg planned to put the new program into operation immediately by signing agreements with representatives from 20 to 25 states.
Skies were sunny across the state and temperatures were on the rise. The weather bureau said high temperatures today would likely hit 70 in western Kansas and get into the 60s elsewhere.
THE PROGRAM, which is on a temporary basis, calls for up to 13 weeks of additional benefits to the jobless who have exhausted their regular unemployment compensation since last June 30 or will do so before April 1, 1962.
However, no idle worker would be allowed to receive more than 39 weeks of the combined federal-state benefits. An estimated 3,125,-000 of the unemployed are expected to receive the added money during the life of the law.
Some changes in the administration bill were made. The major change was in financing. The program will be paid for by an increase in the federal payroll tax on employers. The rate will be hiked from 3.1 to 3.5 per cent beginning next year.
CONGRESS also ruled out full benefits for persons who retire under federal employee or company pension plans, then file for jobless pay benefits. Unless they have worked for someone else in the interim, their benefits would be reduced by the other amounts they receive.
The legislation also contained $63 million for extended jobless pay to unemployed federal workers and ex-servicemen unable to find civilian jobs.
The labor department estimated a few days ago that as many as 40 states may have run out of funds for such purposes.
Weather
Overnight lows were forecast around 40.
Weathermen said the pleasant weather would continue through Saturday, but some rain or snow could be expected later from a new cold front moving across the plains.
KU Presidential Candidates Air Views
By Alan Reed (UP)
The philosophy of the University Party can be summarized in a short phrase — active, well-organized student government covering the real range of student interest. The ways by which we intend to accomplish this can be found in our selection of candidates, our platform and other suggestions, and our general goals.
To improve student government a party must have good leadership ability. I think those UP representatives already on the ASC have proven that we have plenty of ability. But we have only tapped our talent reserve, as a close look
at our candidates and their qualifications show.
Max Eberhart (Vox)
The major difference between the two parties is in their concept of the role of student government. University Party feels that student government should be just as broad in activity as the interests of the students. In an age when the enormous complexity of the world is somewhat disconcerting, many people contend the student should remain cloistered in his books, his libraries and his social life. We reject this theory. We feel that most college students are mature and intelligent enough to at
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Student government at the University of Kansas is an all-encompassing organization with unlimited potential. It is the only student organization that is recognized by the University Senate which means, in effect, that all other student organizations are subordinate to it. Few students are actually aware of the power and scope of this organization and the fact that over two hundred students actively participate in its many facets. One of the major areas in which I would want to work aside from performing the executive coordinating functions and accomplishing the planks in
our platform and policy statements would be in the area of communication and public relations
Only when students become more informed about student government will they become interested in it. Only when students show interest and the eagerness to participate can we lay the groundwork for more progress. The decisions student government makes affect all of us. I think that it is necessary for the executive heads and the public relations committee to inform the student body about student government in general and to specifically point out the actual
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