KU Republicans Not to Sponsor Birch Speaker
The KU Young Republicans decided last night to drop sponsorship of the John Birch Society's speaker.
The decision was made at a special meeting of the executive board of the Young Republicans in the Kansas Union.
Charles McIlwaine, Wichita senior and president of the KU Young Republicans, also announced his candidacy for state chairman of the Collegiate Young Republicans at the meeting. The election of Young Republicans state officers will take place at their state convention March 25 and 26 in Wichita.
THE RESOLUTION of the executive board dropping the Society's speaker said that the Young Republicans would contact the minorities forum and see if it would sponsor
Charles B. McIlwaine
the speaker but that "under no conditions" would the KU Young Republicans sponsor the speaker.
The Young Republicans had scheduled the John Birch Society's speaker for April 11.
McIlwaine had expressed opposition earlier to Young Republicans sponsorship of the John Birch Society's speaker because of the "secretive and reactionary characteristics" of the society.
Jerry Dickson, Newton sophomore and special events chairman, said:
"There is too much of a chance of it (the John Birch Society) being associated with the Young Republicans."
McILWAINE COMMENTED in an interview after the meeting on the reason for his candidacy for state chairman of the Collegiate Young Republicans.
"I feel we can do quite a bit to build up the Republicans for the 1962 elections," McIlwaine said. He sketched the program he intended to use if he was elected.
"We would have mailings," he said. "We would have a staff of qualified and able speakers ready to go to Young Republicans college clubs and speak."
McIlwaine said the state chairman of the Collegiate Young Republicans had a seat on the executive committee of the senior party. He said he would try to use that post to give the college clubs a voice in party policy.
"IWOULDTRY to show the senior party the advantage of having an active talented group of young people to draw on," McLwaine said.
"The college members can help by informing themselves about the issues that face the state and nation and getting out and doing some good, old grass roots organizing," he said.
"I worked for the Sedgwick County central committee this summer and we could measure where the party workers had been by the increase in Republican votes," McIlwaine said.
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58th Year, No. 103
Balloting Low At AWS Polls
"Voting has been slow" was the report at noon today about the AWS senate elections.
Dorothy Lynch, Tulsa, Okla, senior and chairman of the AWS election committee, said she thought it would pick up this afternoon.
"The polls in Strong hall seem to be well attended," she said. "I hope more students will vote this afternoon when they finish their classes."
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The polls are located in Strong Hall, the Kansas Union, Fraser Hall and Murphy Hall. They will remain open until 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 15, 1961
Twelve women are running for the positions of president, secretary, treasurer, All Student Council Greek representative, and Independent representative. Two women will be elected to the new office of Cwens.
The six runners-up in the election will be chairmen of AWS committees on standards (regulations), publications, elections, roles of women, All Women's Day, Junior College Day, and High School Leadership Day. The Senate members will choose these chairmen.
All women students may vote, including seniors. No party card is necessary.
(See page 4 for picture of AWS senate candidates.)
Legislature Kills WU Studv Bill
TOPEKA — (UPI) - The proposal to incorporate Wichita University into the state school system was dead today, but its supporters could look forward to an expected $178,000 in state aid for the municipally owned school.
The House State Affairs Committee put the final coup de grace to the bill yesterday when a motion to move the legislation out of committee was defeated.
Instead, committee members voted out a resolution calling for an in-erim study of the proposal.
SPECIAL ASC MEETING—Lynn Anderson, (standing) Atwood senior and chairman of the All Student Council, presides. Janice Wise, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, secretary, sits beside him.
JFK Suggests August For Disarmament Talks
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— President Kennedy said today he has suggested to Russia that new East-West disarmament negotiations begin by "August at the latest."
The committee also approved an
Senate Passes Job Benefit Bill
The President spoke at a news conference this morning where he also outlined action and his ideas on aid to education, Soviet intervention in Laos, federal legislation and the short work week.
Kennedy said the United States first proposed September but later shifted to August for East-West disarmament talks.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The Senate Finance Committee today approved a sharply modified version of President Kennedy's emergency $1 billion program of extended jobless pay benefits.
The committee adopted four amendments to the House-passed bill.
The amendment also would require employers to start paying the increased payroll taxes—from 3.1 to 3.5 per cent—when the program goes into operation this year.
Committee-approved amendments included one to revise the method of distributing extra federal unemployment compensation payments to the states. It provided that each state could receive an amount equal to the funds it contributes through higher employer payroll taxes under the bill.
amendment to provide that a retired worker eligible for the extra jobless benefits could elect to take either the unemployment benefits or his pension benefits.
Under the bill, workers who have exhausted their regular state jobless benefits would be eligible for up to 13 extra weeks of unemployment compensation.
The University Daily Kansan forecast is for increasing cloudiness and cooler today followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. The high today will be in the 60's and the low tonight near 40. The highs Thursday will be from 55 to 60.
OTHER OFFICIALS said the matter was taken up with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev by U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson last Thursday and the Russian leader was opposed to waiting until September.
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The President said that now that Arthur Dean, chief U.S. delegate to the nuclear test ban talks in Geneva, has left for the discussions which resume next week, the administration is "going to concentrate our attention" on general disarmament and "we hope progress can be made."
KENNEDY did not answer a question as to whether he would "be willing to meet with Mr. Khrushchev face-to-face if you felt this was necessary to reach a truly genuine agreement."
He said that John J. McCloy, his special adviser "is working full time on developing an American position" but added that "we may not have completed our analysis until this summer." That, the President indicated, was the reason why he had suggested to Khrushchev postponing a resumption of disarmament talks until September or August.
Kennedy appealed to all sides in the dispute over aid to parochial schools to discuss the issue "in such a way as to maintain the strength of the country and not divide it."
(See more on religion and education in the text of Kennedy's press conference remarks on page 8.)
Time is Running Out for Andrews
By Ralph Wilson
The habeas corpus hearing which resulted in his second stay of execution is scheduled for tomorrow morning in the Kansas City, Kan. Federal Building at 9:30. Arguments will be heard by Judge Arthur J. Stanley, Jr. Should the motion fail a new execution date will be set.
Time is running out for Lowell Lee Andrews. He has been on death row for over a year.
YESTERDAY A MOTION asking for dismissal of the action was filed by William M. Ferguson, attorney general, Robert E. Hoffman and J. Richard Foth, assistant attorneys general, and Robert J. Foster and
The move by the former KU student's attorney, gained a stay of execution on the grounds that Andrews was not given a fair trial before an impartial jury; that his lawyers were not permitted to be present at all proceedings in the case; and that he was insane at the time of the trial and at this time is incurably insane.
Samuel J. Wells, special assistant attorneys general.
Since the case has been taken into the federal system, Andrews' attorneys can possibly push the case up to the United States Supreme Court.
Andrews, convicted of the murder of his parents and sister, will be
brought from the State penitentiary at Lansing for the hearing.
DR. SATTEN, a psychiatrist at the Meninger Foundation in Topeka, will be present at the hearing to testify on Andrews' mental condition. At the trial, Dr. Satten said that Andrews knew what he was doing before he pulled the trigger and after he pulled the trigger. The defense contended that it was at the instant he pulled the trigger that he was insane.
Throughout the entire ordeal, the 20-year-old youth has had very little to say and has yet to display any emotion.
Dalby Urges High-Level KU Campaigning
The student body president last night told candidates for student body president to keep their campaigning on a high level.
Ron Dalby, Joplin, Mo., senior, made the statement at a special ASC meeting in the Kansas Union.
- Waive primary elections set for March 21-22.
In other action at the meeting ASC members voted to:
DALBY, in reference to campaigning for the coming election and to student government, said:
- Refer study of the KU-Missouri U situation to a committee which would draft a letter to the Missouri school.
"Do not forfeit student government for politics. The ASC has made progress in past years, and if that government is torn down, it must be rebuilt next year. That takes time and effort. Politics is here because student government is here, not vice versa."
Dalby told the candidates to be cautious in making statements that could hurt the student council and the campus parties.
Richard Harper, Prairie Village junior and chairman of the elections committee, reported that the primary election could be canceled this semester because the parties have only one candidate for each office.
THE SPECIAL MEETING was called primarily to consider waiving the primary elections March 21-22.
"And when there are three or fewer candidates for class offices, the names go directly on the general ballot." Harper said.
JACK ROBERTS, Kansas City junior and Vox Populi president, and Paul Cacioppo, Overland Park senior, UP president, agreed to waive the closed party primary and the ASC voted unanimously in favor of the cancellation.
Alan Reed, Leavenworth junior, introduced a resolution to send a letter to MU "informing them of our concern over the hostility and rivalry between the two institutions."
Dalby said the situation was similar to the rivalry between KU and Kansas State in the 1950's and that a pact similar to that used with K-State is needed in the MU situation now.
"There was a lot of rivalry and riots and statue-painting and wildcat stealing in the K-State situation, so in 1956 a peace treaty was drawn between the two colleges," he said.
"FRANKLIN MURPHY (former chancellor of KU) and James McCain, president of K-State, made the statement jointly. Punishment was expulsion from either school if any student was caught participating in such an incident."
He said he thought the KU administration should be consulted and action should be planned for a similar pact with MU.
"The letter alone is not enough," he said. "We need to work with the administration and form a concrete plan before we do anything else."
The problem was referred to a committee for study and the drafting of a letter to be sent to MU soon.
Tom Kurt, Pratt first year medical student, introduced a student bill of rights. It was referred to the committee on committees for study after the first reading, the usual procedure for bills.
US Nazis Unaware
ARLINGTON, Va. — George Lincoln Rockwell, whose American Nazi Party was granted a state charter of incorporation yesterday, said:
"I believe that right now we represent the majority of the people in the United States. The only rouble is that most of them don't realize it."
(See story on page 4)