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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
62nd Year, No.58
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1964
NATO Ministers Meet, Apprehensive of Future
PARIS—(UPI)—The NATO Council of Ministers opens its annual winter meeting today in an atmosphere of apprehension over the future course of the alliance.
The deadlock between France and her major allies over allied nuclear policy was expected to be considered only briefly and in passing by the council, to avoid the possibility of a major blow-up.
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The question of an allied nuclear defense force has been the focus of intensive behind-the-scenes talks among foreign ministers assembled here for the winter meeting.
NATO SECRETARY GENERAL
Manlio Brosio was to gavel the opening session to order with a declaration that the West must not lower its
Informed sources said that Canada would ask the council today to schedule a meeting of NATO defense ministers — probably in January — on the nuclear strategy impasse, to avert a clash between France and the U.S. here.
It was likely that West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder would be among the morning speakers. The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain and France were to take the floor this afternoon.
guard even though East-West tensions have abated.
Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker were reported prepared to tell the council in general terms the plans their nations are making, along with Italy, the Netherlands, and West Germany, for an allied Atlantic striking force.
U. S. SECRETARY OF STATE Dean Rusk planned an address reviewing major issues around the world, with particular emphasis on the recent upheaval in the Soviet leadership and Communist China's nuclear explosion.
Choral Clinic Carolers Sing Across Campus
Officials said yesterday that creation of such a force could lead to a similar project in the Pacific. President Johnson was reported to have promised to "consider" assuming Britain's commitments in that area in return for Britain's participation in the Atlantic force.
I hear singing and there's no one there.
by Suellen McKinley
But wait! Here comes a group of merry carolers led by a smiling man dressed in top coat, plaid muffler, and a gray Cossack hat.
This morning Clayton Krehbiel, professor of choral music and music education, ventured forth from Murphy Hall with his choral clinic classes to sing songs of Christmas in university buildings.
FRANCE'S UNYIELDING opposition to such forces and her determination to create her own nuclear deterrent remained unshaken yesterday after a 90-minute conference between President Charles de Gaulle and Rusk.
THEY MARCHED through Flint Hall, all but drowning out the sound of teletype machines and typewriters, stopping at the Dean's office to spread some musical Christmas cheer.
At Watson Library, the carolers circled in front of the main desk on second floor, sending holiday song through the usually quiet atmosphere.
From behind books and card catalogues, out of the stacks, and from upstairs, students peeked out and listened.
Even at Watkins Hospital, nurses stopped their quiet shuffling through the halls to listen and patients peered smiling from their rooms.
AFTER EACH stop, Prof. Kreh-
"On to the law barn," he would say, chuckling.
biel would take the lead and briskly set off for the next building.
It was at the "law barr" that the carolers got the biggest reception, however. At the end of the first song, a small group of aspiring lawyers had appeared and applaused came from a corner classroom.
As the second carol was begun, the "laws" sifted out of class to crowd onto the stairs and listen.
By this time, the choral clinic class period was over. Sheet music was returned and some of the singers scrumped off to their next class. Others stayed to join the next caroling group at Strong Hall.
"The choral clinic is a class in directing, and this gives the students a type of 'practical' in directing," Krehbiel said. "Besides, it's Christmas."
PROF. KREHBIEL'S three choral clinic classes made the caroling tour from 8:30 to 11:30 this morning.
Krehbiel said the caroling tour was an annual event. The group begins with Summerfield Hall and circles around the campus, ending with Murphy Hall.
Rusk had not entertained hopes of changing De Gaulle's position, but he assured the French president that U.S. efforts toward an allied nuclear force were not directed against France "in a political sense," as some French officials have charged.
The U.S. secretary sought to convince De Gaulle that Washington was not trying to "isolate" France but, on the contrary, would reserve a place for the French in any multination defense plan in case Paris changed its mind.
RUSK ALSO PLANNED today to touch on the situation in Southeast Asia, where the United States is backing a frustrating war against the Communist Viet Cong in South Vietnam.
De Gaulle believes the Indochinese peninsula should be neutralized. The United States sees such a solution as a step toward eventual Communist domination of the entire region.
Rusk described his conversation with De Gaulle as "a very friendly and frank discussion — the type of meeting that is extremely helpful among allies," but U.S. officials made it clear that De Gaulle gave no indication of changing any of his positions.
Partly cloudy and warmer weather is forecast through Wednesday. Today's high was in the 40's with southerly winds of 15 to 25 miles an hour. The low tonight will be in the lower 30's.
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Council Preparing For Long Session
All Student Council members are expected to vote at least 30 times tonight on a heavy load of legislation and election of two new council officers.
Most of the 30 votes are expected to come when 27 bills and amendments are presented to the council for discussion and final action.
The items were originally passed by the council between Oct. 6, 1963, and May 12, 1964, but were never presented to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe. Under the ASC constitution the chancellor must see each item passed by the Council. He may sign it, veto it, or approve it by pocket signature.
COUNCIL MEMBERS voted Dec. 1 to have copies of all items printed and distributed to them so they would know what they were voting on.
Mike Miner, Lawrence senior and ASC chairman, said last night the material has been printed. Members will receive copies at tonight's meeting.
The bills and amendments were to be discussed by the ASC Committee on Committees and Legislation last night. This is a required procedure in the passage of any ASC legislation. The Committee will recommend any changes and suggest passage or failure of any piece of legislation tonight.
SOME OF THE LEGISLATION to be acted upon involves programs already functioning, including the People-to-People Advisory Board, and the student opinion poll.
Another vote facing council members tonight involves a bill proposing KU join the Associated Student Governments of the USA. The bill was submitted at the last meeting by Lee Ayres, Park Ridge, Ill., graduate student. Ayres is a University Party representative from the unmarried-unorganized district.
Bob Stewart, Vancouver, B.C., senior and student body president, attended the first national convention of ASG-USA and has recommended KU affiliate with the organization.
Less than a year old, the ASG-USA is primarily an organization for the exchange of ideas and projects by member student governments. It is not a political organization.
Passage of the bill tonight would include ratification of the ASG-USA Constitution, making KU a member of the organization.
ASC members will also elect two officers tonight, a vice-chairman and a secretary.
LBJ Pruning Budget
WASHINGTON — (UPI) President Johnson is wielding a "fairly sharp pruning knife" on proposed spending in the federal budget he will send to Congress next month.
That was the word yesterday from White House Press Secretary George E. Reedy who said that Johnson planned to spend most of the week hard at work on the budget.
The President scheduled an 11 a.m. CST meeting today with Dr. Donald Hornig, his special assistant for science and technology, and other scientists who recently visited the Soviet Union.
HE ALSO planned to meet with a group of foreign ambassadors (9:30 p.m. CST) to receive their credentials. The group included envoys from Mali, Panama, Tanzania, Ecuador, Zambia, Korea and South Viet Nam.
Johnson spent most of yesterday closeted with budget director Kermit Gordon and other staff advisers in an effort to pare down spending requests that now total close to $110 billion.
Memorial Corporation OK's Union Addition
by Susan Hartley
The University of Kansas Memorial Corporation, originally established in 1920 to manage a fund drive for a memorial stadium, a union building, and a statue of Jimmy Green, authorized an addition to the southwest corner of the Kansas Union at their annual meeting here Saturday.
This addition, named the "blister" by Frank Burge, director of the Union, because of its size in relation to
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the building as a whole, is scheduled to be completed by the fall of 1965. It will be financed from internal funds of the Union and a short term loan from the Endowment Association.
"The "blister" will add 800 square feet to three floors in the Union. On the two floors below ground level, this space will be used for expansion of the bookstore facilities. The floor above ground level will provide additional office space for student organizations.
BURGE SAID the "blister" will tide the bookstore over for a year or two, but if major enlargement measures are not taken soon, the bookstore might have to temporarily replace the Hawks Nest, or split its service areas into two different parts of the Union to be able to fulfill student need and trade.
All the correspondence work in the state of Kansas will soon be supplied through the Union Bookstore, Burge said, and when the 9,000 people who participate in this program start writing in for packets, more space will be required than ever.
"At present we are storing materials in rooms under the stadium and in warehouses downtown," he said. "The bookstore really needs a room twice the size of the Union ballroom."
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES of the bookstore will move into the new facilities, leaving the space they formerly occupied to be used for displaying merchandise, Burge said.
The addition to the Union was approved by the Board of Regents on
Oct. 24, and further approved by the Memorial Board during the meeting.
The bookstore was also remodeled during July and August of this year giving it an additional 600 square feet of space.
Burge emphasized that in future plans for Union expansion, while "we don't want to wind up with a building any less efficient than at the present, we must still give the student an opportunity for the enjoyment of leisure moments of life within the building."
"WE WANT it to be a situation where you come to the Union for one thing, while you're here you do other things, and you leave with a feeling that you are gaining something," Burge said.
He also reported that the operation of the Union Building involved a gross operating income of $2,273,542. -64 and total expenses of $2,273,183.07, leaving a difference of $359.57.
In the treasurer's report, Keith Nitcher, comptroller of the University, explained that each full time
student pays a Student Union fee of $7.50 and a Student Union Annex fee of $2.50 per semester.
FIVE DOLLARS of the student union fee is pledged to the payment of principal and interest on the Student Union Building Revenue Bonds of 1950 for expansion at that time.
The other $2.50 of the Student Union Fee is transferred to the Kansas Union for operating purposes.
Revenue from the Student Union Annex fee of $2.50 per semester can be used only for payment towards loans for the 1958 expansion of the building.
"The 1950 loan was due to be paid off in 1980, but it now appears that it will be paid off in 1969. 11 years ahead of schedule." Nitcher said. "We are presently $233,000 ahead of schedule due to increased enrollment and a policy of purchasing
Summer session students pay a $3.50 Union fee and a $1.50 Union Annex fee. Of the $3.50 Union fee, $2 goes for debt service and $1.50 for Kansas Union operations.
bonds as money grew in the fund, then retiring them."
"No projection has been made for the 1958 bonds," Nitcher said. "A pretty narrow margin was allowed with only $2.50 per student per semester being applied to the payment of the $1,100,000.00 loan."
Officers of the Corporation for 1965 were elected. They are: President, John H. Kreamer, Kansas City, Mo., Class of '46; 1st vice-president, Laurence C. Woodruff, Dean of Students; 2nd Vice-President, Fren N. Six, Lawrence, Class of '51; Treasurer, Keith Nitcher, Comptroller; Secretary, Dick Wintermote, Alumni Secretary.
Elected to the Board of Directors to serve until Dec. 31, 1968, are: John C. "Jack" Dick, Topeka, class of '55; Dr. Glen A. Lessennd, Lawrence; a.d William C. Salome III, Wichita.
Donald K. Alderson, Dean of Men, and Calder Pickett, professor of journalism, were elected to the Executive Committee for a one year term.