KU
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years
WEATHER WARMER
77th Year, No.17
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
See Weather—Page 3.
Tuesday, October 11, 1966
DR. CARL CHRISTOPH SCHWEITZER
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Politicos begin rally of election support
By DAN AUSTIN
Two parties and an alliance are rallying their hard-core members to support of their respective causes as campus election time draws near.
However, the campus political scene is complicated this year with the appearance of the Kansas University Progressive Alliance (KUPA) which drew 20 All-Student Council (ASC) members from the two older parties, Vox Populi and University Party (UP).
Even the future of the election itself will remain unclear until it is discussed in ASC meeting tonight.
ANOTHER NEW twist in this campaign will be felt by the average voter as all three political organizations take their platform directly to the individual instead of his living group.
KUPA, headed by Bill Sampson, Topeka junior, will visit the three freshman women residence halls this week to explain functions of KU student government. The group will also answer questions about their own organization.
Later, the new alliance plans to visit KU Greeks with a similar program.
One KUPA innovation will be
NATO needs revising
Schweitzer addresses students
French Premier Charles de Gaulle's foreign policy is forcing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to do some thinking and reappraising of itself on how to adapt the alliance to the needs of the late '60's and early '70's.
This was the opinion expressed
Monday afternoon by Carl Christoph Schweitzer, professor of political science and education in citizenship at the Free University of Berlin. He spoke to about 100 students in Blake Hall.
Schweitzer, active in the Social Democratic party of Germany, believes the United States, France
Coffee will begin class activities
"Such a compact will stabilize the turbulent political situation presently existing in Western Europe," Schweitzer said.
and West Germany must someday join in a transcontinental alliance.
The three main objectives of the German foreign policy, as Schweitzer sees it, include:
The royal blue sweatshirts with white lettering proclaiming that "we shall inherit the earth" will be passed out before the coffee. Students are urged to come early, if possible, to receive their sweatshirts before the group begins discussing plans for the year's activities.
The senior class will kick off its activities for the year with a coffee at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
SENIORS WILL BE excused from their 9:30 classes. They must bring their senior identification cards to be admitted to the coffee and to receive their sweatshirts.
Plans will be made for Senior Day which is scheduled for Saturday, the day of the Oklahoma game.
The first senior party is planned for Nov. 11, the night before the Colorado game.
Ballots for the selection of a faculty member to receive the Honor for the Outstanding Progressive Educator, the HOPE Award, will be distributed. The ballots must be returned by Oct.26.
Yet he stressed that no one of these aims should be achieved at the expense of any other.
- The government of today should work for the complete European Economic Community.
ANY STUDENT interested in being a KUPA candidate may apply to this board. Candidates will be selected from the applicants.
- It should seek the re-unification of Germany.
the establishment of an executive board of party members to decide who will run on the alliance ticket.
- The renunciation of war as a method of diplomacy should be sought.
The Germans have a unique constitution. At any time the government in power may surrender the national sovereign rights to a European community.
Don Chubb, Topeka junior and president of UP, outlined his party's program.
"I see a remarkable change in the outlook of the German populace," he said. "We are looking toward an integrated Europe and have been since the catastrophe of World War II."
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Schweitzer regards de Gaulle as an "intellectually overrated man whose foreign policy is riddled with inconsistencies." Among these Schweitzer points out de Gaulle's building of a nuclear
"Going directly to the student is nothing new—we've done it in the past," Chubb said.
The UP president explained that UP representatives would go to the Gamma Phi Beta sorority house—now affiliated with Vox—and the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority—residence of KUPA organizer, Kay Orth, El Dorado senior.
Plans for the UP party platform include an appeal for fair campaign practices and a certified ASC budget, and a reaffirmation of last year's platform calling for the abolishment of the English proficiency and Western Civilization exams.
VOX POPULI, which almost dissolved after the formation of KUPA, has undergone considerable face-lifting with a new chairman and new constitution.
Attacking the programs of UP and KUPA, Ken North, Shawnee Mission sophomore and Vox chairman, said, "If the other two parties were serious about their intentions to go to the people, they would offer the people a decision-making role in their party in the first place."
North said that the Vox general assembly, consisting of representatives from affiliated groups, is "the sole decision-maker in the new Vox."
"With absence of information to the contrary, the other two
parties are apparently still working with the executive council arrangement or caucus system—both of which are conducive to back room manipulation," North added.
THE VOX CHAIRMAN was referring to KUPA's candidate-chosing executive board and the UP caucus committee.
North also stressed the degree of change in Vox and commented on the position of former Vox officers.
"The advice and suggestions of former executive officers and members of the old Vox Populi are readily welcome as are the advice and suggestions of any member of the student body," North said.
Prior to tonight's ASC meeting, rumors have circulated among all three parties that several members of KUPA may return to their original party affiliations.
Dick Darville, Shawnee Mission senior and one of the original members of KUPA, termed the reports "ridiculous."
However, UP chairman Chubb said, "I wouldn't be surprised if some KUPA members returned to their old affiliations."
SPU postpones year elections
The Student Peace Union (SPU) fell victim to apathy or other-engagement fever last night.
So few persons showed up at last night's meeting, that the planned agenda, including election of officers, will be carried over to next Monday night.
ASC charter is topic for meeting
By RUTH ROHRER
New business at the All Student Council (ASC) meeting tonight will be restricted to discussing constitutional structure, function and purpose of the ASC.
The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the Sunflower Room of the Kansas Union.
"There is one item of old business—a constitutional amendment dealing with elections—which will also be discussed tonight," Jim Prager, Fullerton, Calif., senior and chairman of the ASC, said.
IF THE COUNCIL decides to reconsider the tabled resolution supporting the case against the loyalty oath, it may also be discussed and voted on. Prager said.
Prager, with withdrew his affiliation with any political party or alliance at the last meeting, gave his reasons for doing so.
"I've become disenchanted with
their actual worth," he said. "I feel that as chairman of the council, I am in no position to become involved with political parties and their disputes."
WHAT'S INSIDE
EDITORIAL—KC teachers show militancy, see page 2.
SPORTS — Jim Ryun leads KU runners, see page 6.