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Farm Cut Defeat Expected In House
Around The World
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The House was expected to pass legislation today aimed at blocking plans of Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson to cut farm price supports and planting allotments.
Democratic leaders claimed the move would help in the fight against the recession. They said that Benson's scheduled price and planting reductions would cut farmers' income by a half-billion dollars this year.
The House has completed action on a $1,850,000,000 Democratic-sponsored housing bill designed to create 500,000 jobs by encouraging construction of 200,000 homes this year.
Labor department economists predicted today that unemployment will show another increase this month, setting a new postwar record.
They declined to forecast how much the March figures may exceed the February high of 5.173,000 jobless Americans, but they expected the increase to be slight.
In Washington, high administration officials said today that President Eisenhower would attend an east-west summit conference if the Russians will offer hope for a limited disarmament and will at least talk about Germany.
In New York, 24 persons died last night in one hour of screaming horror in a flame-swept garment factory.
The fire toll was the worst in the city in 12 years. City officials met today in an emergency session to determine whether tighter laws are
Symphony Concert At 3:30 Sunday
Eighty-one students of the University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Bustian, associate professor of orchestra, will present their annual spring concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the University Theatre.
The program includes:
The program includes:
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Britten); Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (Dvorak);
El Salon Mexico (Copland); Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Debussy), and Death and Transfiguration (Strauss).
The concert will feature soloist Alan Harris, Lawrence junior, playing the violincello.
The solo by Harris will be the Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra.
Soprano To Give Senior Recital
Mary Jo Woofter, Colby soprano,
will present her senior recital at 8
pm. Monday in Swarthout Recital
Hall.
Raymond Roberts, Kingman graduate student. will accompany Miss Woofter at the piano. She is a student of Miss Meribah Moore, associate professor of voice.
Miss Woofter has held major singing roles in the KU operas "The Saint of Bleecker Street," "Cosi fan Tutte," "Gianni Schicci" and "Hansel and Gretel."
Miss Woofter is a member of the University Chorus, the A Cappella Choir, and the KU Chorale. She is past president of Mu Phi Epsilon professional music fraternity for women.
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In Chicago, Vice-president Richard M. Nixon said in a speech to the 1958 National Nuclear Energy Congress that there was evidence that the recession is leveling off in some areas of the economy.
In Kansas, Richard Garrett, chief weather forecaster, said that a potential flood threat hovered over the deep snow belt area in the northwestern quarter of the state if the area should experience a quick thaw or if rain should fall.
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The 4th annual oratorical contest for Kansas colleges and junior colleges will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Strong Auditorium.
the speakers participating will represent Kansas State College, Manhattan, Tabor College in Hillsboro, Hutchinson Junior College, Washburn University, Topeka, the University of Wichita, and KU.
Lee Baird, Newton senior, will be the KU entry.
E. C. Buehler, professor of public speaking, said that trophies will be awarded the three top contestants. The speeches, he added, will be about 10 minutes in length and usually are based on some current public issue
Last year's winner was Washburn University.
The contest is sponsored by KU. and John Knightly, Hutchinson senior, is this year's contest chairman. It is judged by the coaches from the schools not entered in the particular speech being made, Prof. Buehler said.
There will be a dinner and business meeting for all coaches and orators at 6 that evening in the Faculty Club.
Items for the Official Bulletin must be brought to the public relations office, 222-A Strong, before 9:30 a.m. on the day of publication. Do not bring Bulletin items to work only Kansan. Notices should include name, place, date, and time of function.
Official Bulletin
The English Proficiency Examination for students standing in the College of Liberal Arts, the Schools of Education, Fine Arts, Journalism, and Medicine (Nursing) will be administered.
Speech I screening examination, 5 p.m.
Monday, 452 Music and Dramatic Arts
Building. Register with the secretary in
356 Music and Dramatic Arts Building.
TODAY
University Daily Kansan
Job interviews, Engineering School—Minneapolis, Honeywell Regulator Co. Minneapolis, Mint, Cessna Aircraft Co. Kanada, Kankan Aeronautics Administration, Kansas City, Mo.
Sociology Club, 4 p.m., 11 Strong Annex N ex Ethnological field work in a Syriac language Slides. Discussion led by Miss Lloyd Sweet, assistant professor Anthropology.
Le Cercle Franceis se reunitra jeudi la vingt mars a quatre heures dans la salle 11 Fraser Programme. Causerie avec projections nar Dr. Mahlieu
P诗词 hour, 4 p.m. Music and Browsing Room, Kansas Union, Jack Brooking, Assistant professor of speech instruction, Instructor in journalism will read a verse play.
Sigma XI-Kansas Chapter, 7:30 p.m.
124 Malott. Speaker, Dr. Peter J. Cawns visiting assistant professor of philosophy
"A Fragment of Philosophy."
*Museum of Art films*, 7.30 and 9 p.m.
*Gova", "Idea", "Color Lithargery*
Christian Science Organization, 7:30 pm
Danforth Chapel. Everyone welcome.
Job interviews, Engineering School—Halliburton Oil Well Cementing, Co Duncan, Okla; Civil Aeronautics Administration, Kansas City, Mo; Schlumberger, Houston, Tex; U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads, Topeka.
KU Jazz Club, 8 p.m., Trophy Room,
Union.
FRIDAY
Episcopal morning prayer, 6:45 a.m.
Episcopal Holy Eucharist, 7 a.m. St. Anselm's Chapel, Canterbury House.
Breakfast follows.
Actor's Workshop, 3:30 p.m., Experimental Theatre
International Club meeting. 8 p.m.
International Union. 'Iranian New Year'
Everyone has a seat.
Newman Club meeting, following 11 o'clock. Mass.
SUNDAY
Museum of Art record concert, 2 p.m.
Handel; Concerti Grossi.
**Gamma Delta** cost supper 5.30 p.m.
Immanuel Lutheran church Topic discussion and recitation
International Club meeting. 7:30 p.m.
Bailey auditioner "Pakistan Evening"
2:15 p.m.
Stan Kenton was born in Wichita in 1912.
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March Is Theater Month
Governor George Docking has declared March as International Theater Month in Kansas.
"The theater in all its professional and amateur phases is being challenged by our scientific and technological society to prove its worth and values as a vital part of our lives," he said.
Administrative Talk By Political Scientist
Kenneth E. Beasley, assistant professor of political science, will be one of three principal speakers at the national meeting of the American Public Administration Society which will be held Sunday through Wednesday in New York City.
Prof. Beasley will talk to the group on "Evaluating Administrative Performances." The group will discuss the effectiveness of public administration at various levels.
Printmaking Films Tonight
Films depicting three types of printmaking will be shown at 7:30 and 9 tonight in the Museum of Art lecture hall. The movies, "Goya," "Idea" and "Color Lithography" will supplement the museum's exhibit of midwestern university printmakers.
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Jack Brooking, assistant professor of speech and drama, said that the University has, during its 1957-58 season, presented a number of productions which prove the theater's worth by promoting international understanding.
Productions he included in this category are "Lute Song," a Chinese story; "Henry IV, Part I." by Shakespeare; "Judith" by a French playwright and "The Saint of Bleecker Street," a view of the Italian section of Greenwich Village.
The two final productions of the season by George Bernard Shaw, a Britisher, will be "Man and Superman" and "Don Juan in Hell."
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