Draft Eyes College Call
WASHINGTON — UPI)— The Selective Service System will decide within the next 10 days whether to begin drafting college students to meet manpower needs of the war in Viet Nam.
The decision will be up to Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of the system. If he decides to tap the college manpower pool, the poorest students, scholastically, will get the first 1-A classifications and some will be drafted by next year.
HERSHEY TOLD A news conference Wednesday he will make up his mind sometime "in the next 10 days."
If the blanket deferment system for college students is ended, Hershey said it would be replaced by a class-standing test used during the Korean War.
Under this system, a college
student takes a test to see where he stands in comparison to the rest of his class. If he scores well, he is generally considered safe from a draft call. If he does poorly, he may be called up. The testing system also applies to graduate students.
IN THE CASE OF high school students who want to go to college, the system works basically the same. The high school student's test can determine whether he has the ability to do college work.
During the Korean War, class-standing tests usually gave deferments to:
- Freshmen in the upper half of the class.
- Sophomores in the upper two-thirds.
- JUNIORS IN THE upper three-fourths.
Birth Control Help Assured
INDEPENDENCE, Mo.—(UPI)—President Johnson today offered a renewed measure of American aid to nations seeking to control the size of their populations.
The Chief Executive presented an expanded but generalized view of birth control in heavily over-population countries during a prepared speech saluting former President Harry S. Truman.
THE OCCASION was a ceremony at the Truman Library here marking the establishment of a Harry S. Truman center for the advancement of peace in Israel and an annual $50,000 peace award named for the former President.
At the outset, Johnson praised Truman for being "one of the world's most persistent searchers for peace" and for pioneering American foreign aid with his "Point IV" program of 1949. Against this background, Johnson presented his own version of foreign assistance in 1966, based on his recent State of the Union message when he called for "a major new effort . . . to improve the life of man."
ONE OF Johnson's points of emphasis today was his pledge to "increase our efforts in the great field of human population."
"The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth in its resources and the growth in its population come into balance," he said. Each man and woman, and each nation, must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem.
"But the position of the United States is clear. We will give our help and support to nations which make their own decisions to insure an effective balance between the numbers of their people and the food they have to eat. And we will push forward the frontiers of research in this important field."
Johnson planned to fly back to Washington in the early afternoon.
-Staff photo by Bill Stephens
IT'S SNOWING IN KANSAS—"We're pumping white stuff," Jack Broach, manager of the Monte Bleu Ski Resort, said today. He reported that they had been manufacturing snow since 2 a.m., and would continue all day and
Staff photo by Bill Stephens all night. He said the hill would be opened to skiers as soon as possible, hopefully some time Friday. The ski resort is a new venture for Kansas and is located six miles southeast of Lawrence.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years
76th Year, No. 72
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, January 20, 1966
Officers Chosen
Stimley Heads CRC
Sherman Stimley, Jackson, Miss., senior, was elected president of KU's Civil Rights Council (SRC) last night. The mid-term elections were held in room 306 of the Kansas Union.
Stimley succeeds Sim Stokes, Mobile, Ala., senior. Stokes will be transferring to Northern Arizona University where he will continue his studies in history and language arts.
STOKES WAS elected to his post last spring, succeeding Nathaniel Sims, Pasadena, Calif., senior. Stokes said he had felt honored to serve as president for
the fall term and regretted leaving at this time.
Before resigning, Stokes announced tentative plans for a CRC newsletter next semester. Editor of the planned publication will be announced later, he said.
This year, Stokes said, the council has nearly 125 active members. Its regular meetings are the first Wednesday of each month in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
Weather
It will be mostly cloudy and colder tonight and Friday with occasional light snow, the U.S. Weather Bureau said. Easterly winds will be from 10 to 15 miles an hour. The low tonight from five to 10.
Other officers elected at last night's meeting are Neil Stone, Shawnee Mission sophomore, vice-president; Beth Cox, St. Louis, Mo., sophomore, treasurer; and Ned Johnson, secretary.
Stimley will serve as president until next year's officers are elected in May. He joined CRC this fall and is majoring in chemical engineering.
The CRC was most active last spring when it sponsored the sitin demonstrations outside Chancellor Wescoe's office in Strong Hall. Since the formation of the University Human Relations
Committee, the group has been less active, confining most of their activities to negotiations with the UHRC.
Sherman Stimley . . . new CRC president
Comments on Abortion
Schwegler Is Hill's Top Medic
By Jerry Kern
Abortion, when medically unnecessary, is murder, said the elderly man as he sat slightly forward in his chair behind his office desk.
HOWEVER, when this man speaks, all doubts about his alertness and awareness are erased. He gives the impression that he knows what he talks about and believes what he says.
His hands were folded comfortably before him on the desk top. He appeared to be a quiet, mild-mannered man — perhaps even a little tired because of his age and his busy schedule.
Dr. Raymond Schwegler, director of Watkins Hospital, presents a professional image. And the image he presents is suggested
He seems to be an intelligent and practical man with strong standards as he commented on the legality of abortion. "If medically necessary, certain abortions are already legal to some extent." Schwegler said. "The problem exists in the question of whether an abortion is done for social reasons or medical reasons."
even more by the full-length white laboratory coat and bow tie which he always wears while working in the hospital.
Schweegler pulled lightly at his ear while he formed his next thoughts. Then he continued.
"IN A CHRISTIAN country it is difficult to try to decide this question. We experience moral overtones apart from medical reasons," he said. "From an ob-
stetrician's point of view, very few cases can be treated by abortion to any great advantage unless medically necessary."
He picked up a pencil and began to roll it slowly, end-over-end, in his hands.
"To interrupt pregnancy is murder. It is the same as killing a 70-year-old man. I would favor some form of contraceptive program rather than legalizing murder. Abortion is dangerous. Half the women who die because of obstetrical reasons die from abortion," Schwegler said.
"POPULATION control is inevitable. Birth control is simply a matter of what type to use and when it should be used. No contraceptive program should be available for unmarried people.
This would not be good moral philosophy," he said.
Dr. Schwegler's background forces one to recognize his knowledge and capabilities. He began his college education almost 50 years ago at KU as an engineering student. However, he graduated with a degree in bacteriology. He then decided to become a doctor, and received his medical degrees from the University of Minnesota.
He practiced in Lawrence as an obstetrician before coming to KU's Health Center at Watkins. Illness forced him to make the move back to his alma mater. He explained he was not able to take the night work required of an obstetrician.
DR. SCHWEGLER has definite
opinions about the government's Medicare program, and did not hesitate to explain them.
"I can not support a federally controlled medical program," he said. "Medical care for the patient is mandatory, but we cannot meet this need without some kind of insurance program. Blue Cross-Blue Shield can accomplish much more at a much lower cost than can a public program.
"There are no political overtones in Blue Cross-Blue Shield. There would be in a public Medicare program," he explained.
"The most important question we must answer," he continued, "is which program is cheapest for the patient. The government's Medicare program would be like jumping into a river without knowing how deep it is."