Soviet Clean-up Under New Power
By Henry Shapiro
MOSCOW — (UPI) — A housecleaning of Nikita S. Khrushchev's top aides from the Soviet government was reported underway today.
Khrushchev himself was believed to be in total political disgrace or in completely broken health after being stripped of his posts as premier and chief of the Soviet Communist Party.
One by one his aides were being dismissed, informed sources said. Among the first reported to have been fired was his son-in-law, Alexei Adzhubei, who was editor of the government newspaper Izvestia.
OVERNIGHT the world's number one Communist faded into obscurity, and at least six other top government officials were reported to have been given the axe along with him.
the Communist Party newspaper Pravda, and Mikhail Kharlamov. chairman of the state television committee, were reported to be among them.
Editor Pavel Satyukov, editor of
The cleaning out of Khrushchev lieutenants was undertaken by the country's new leaders — Leonid I. Brezhnev, Communist Party chief, and Alexei N. Kosygin, premier.
The successors promised to continue Khrushchev's policies, including peaceful co-existence with the West, a hard line toward Peking, and a better life at home.
IN A CALL on the Japanese foreign minister in Tokyo, Soviet ambassador to Japan, Vladimir M. Vinogradov, gave assurances of a continuance of the peaceful co-existence program. A foreign office spokesman in Tokyo said Vinogradov emphasized that Russia would seek peaceful settlement of international disputes.
The aides being dismissed were paying the price for being too close to a Kremlin leader who lost his job for reasons of health and policies, the sources said. At 70, Khrushchev was considered an unsteady hand at the helm of power.
But in recent public appearance he displayed as much zest and bounce as ever.
The last westerner to see Khrushchev was French Minister of State Gaston Palewsky who talked with him two days ago at Khrushchev's Black Sea vacation retreat. Palewky said the former premier appeared to be in perfect health.
KHRUSHCHEV IS known to have adhered to a careful diet to keep
down his tendency to overweight and to drink alcoholic beverages sparingly. A liver ailment had given him trouble in the past but apparently had not bothered him of late.
The usually ebullient Khrushchev gave one of his best performances in June when he visited Scandinavia. He kept up a killing round of official engagements, receptions, speeches and public visits on a schedule that did in some of his younger followers. According to the sources, a key to the measure of Khrushchev's dramatic fall from power is his removal from the Presidium. Losing his Presidium seat meant he had been cut off from his last attachment to real power in Russia.
IN HIS NEW ROLE it appears that the hearty former Premier, who dearly loved the crowds and the
limelight, now will have to content himself with such pleasures as walking, reading, and fishing.
Western sources said it appears highly doubtful that Khrushchev ever again will be seen in a political forum.
Other Khrushchev cronies reported to have been fired included:
-OLEG TROYANOVSKY Khrushchev's private secretary and adviser on American affairs.
Vladimir Lebedev, a former journalist who was chief of the Premier's research staff.
Dmitry P. Goryunov, director general of the official Soviet Tass agency since 1960.
Alexander Shuisky, farm expert who accompanied his chief on a trip to the United States.
Daily hansan
Friday, Oct. 16, 1964
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
62nd Year, No. 21
Successful Atomic Blast Claimed by Red Chinese
TOKYO—(UPI)—Red China set off its first atomic bomb today. It then immediately proposed a world conference to ban the use of nuclear weapons.
The official New China News Agency (NCNA) said the blast was set off at 3 p.m. Peking time (1 a.m. CST)
(Official sources in Washington
confirmed at midday that the United States detected Red China's initial explosion of a nuclear device. No further details were immediately available.)
It said the bomb was exploded in the "western region of China," but did not pinpoint the location.
HOWEVER, observers believe it probably was detonated somewhere in the remote regions of Sinkiang province or Mongolia, both of which border on the Soviet Union.
Labor Party Victory But By Slim Margin
BULLETIN
Wilson was appointed by the Queen only minutes after Sir Alec Douglas-Home handed the British monarch his resignation as Prime Minister and that of his entire Conservative government.
Harold E. Wilson led the British Labor party to a razor-thin parliamentary election victory today over the conservatives of Sir Alec Douglas-home.
Douglas-Home drove immediately from his official residence at 10 Downing Street and submitted his resignation as Prime Minister to Queen Elizabeth II.
Wilson, a pipe-smoking economist, was to follow him to the palace to accept the Queen's summons to form a new government.
LABOR HAD TO win 316 of the 630 seats in the House of Commons to win. With the counting still incomplete, the Conservatives had won 301 seats and the liberals, 5. Thus Labor could not mathematically hope for a majority of more than nine, if that.
It was Labor's first return to power in 13 years. Wilson plans no basic changes in British foreign policy, which will continue to be based on friendship with the United States and adherence to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations.
He plans however, to junk Britain's independent supply of nuclear weapons. He will ask for more NATO say-so in U.S. nuclear strategy.
THE NEW HOUSE of Commons will convene Nov. 3. But Labor's margin was so thin that it was a question how long Wilson could remain in power before being forced to call another election.
Wilson had said earlier today it would be his "duty" to govern, no matter how small his majority.
He was simply citing a long-standing precedent in British parliamentary custom. When Sir Winston Churchhill, a conservative, won by a 17-seat margin in 1951, he said, "A majority of even one seat is enough."
Seismologist Dr. Charles Richter of the California Institute of Technology said today he recorded "a natural earthquake" at about the time Red China was reported to have detonated an atomic bomb.
Richter said he could not disclose whether his instruments also recorded a nuclear explosion in Red China. Cal Tech is equipped to detect nuclear blasts anywhere in the world but this is classified information to be released only by the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, he said.
"We recorded it (earthquake) at 12:10 a.m. PDT (1:10 a.m. CST) as an earthquake with a reading of 6.7." Richter said. He said this could not have been a man-made detonation and that there was "all kinds of evidence" to back this up, including the magnitude of the reading.
Richter said he was unable to tell the direction of the quake but that it was "a large distance."
(A SPOKESMAN FOR Fordham University in New York City said the seismograph there registered what appeared to be a "very strong quake" at 1:13 a.m. CST between Mongolia and the Kurile Islands north of Japan.)
The Red Chinese announcement came 17 days after Secretary of State Dean Rusk said Peking would explode a nuclear device "at any time." But Rusk pointed out on Sept. 29 that it would be a long time between such a test explosion and Red China's possible possession of a stockpile of such weapons with a modern delivery system.
Pep Rally Set for This Afternoon
The first major KU pep rally in several years is scheduled for this afternoon at Allen Field House.
The large red-and-blue Jayhawk bus will lead the parade and will.
The rally will serve as a massive send-off for the team when they leave to spend the night in Topeka preparatory to the Kansas-Oklahoma clash tomorrow.
Vince Bilotta, field secretary of the Alumni Assn., said that any students with cars wishing to drive in the car parade should meet at O-zone parking lot at 3:45 this afternoon. From the parking area the cars will proceed to the freshman women's dorms at 4 p.m. where they will pick up women who need rides.
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The parade will proceed across campus to Allen Field House. The KU Marching Band and the team will meet the parade and all
The campus will be opened for the parade and the string of autos will be led by a police car. After the parade has passed, the campus will be re-closed until 4:45 p.m.
also pick up girls who need rides.
Weather
Mild, sunny fall weather is expected tomorrow for the KU-Okla-
loma football game with a possi-
bility of some unsettled weather either late tomorrow night or Sunday, the weather bureau predicted today.
the cheerleaders and the band will go to the practice field.
JACK MITCHELL, head football coach, and the two team captains for the Oklahoma game will speak. Wade Stinson, athletic director, will also speak.
The pep rally is one of severa events of the "Boomer Sooner" week declared by the All Student Council. The theme of the rally, entitled, "Bring a Friend," has encouraged the men of Templin and Ellsworth to invite the Lewis and Hashinger residents. Several fraternities have invite the Lewis and Hashinger The 35,000 pound bell known as the TKE bell will be included in the parade. The bell will ride on a flat-bed truck, as the procession proceeds across campus.
Campus Puzzled At K's Ouster
By Suzy Tichacek
Nikita Khrushchev's retirement from the position of premier and Communist Party leader yesterday, shocked and puzzled many KU faculty and students.
"Well, now it's happened," Roy Laird, associate professor of political science said. "I had wondered for a long time if he would live out his natural life as Premier or if his failures would result in his being displaced."
Although the reports stated Khrushchev resigned because of his age and health, few people seem to accept this theory.
"Khrushchev maybe voluntarily stepped down—but only because his arm was severely twisted," Prof. Laired said.
KLAUS PRINGSHEIM, acting assistant professor in the East Asian area, agreed with Laird. "I do not believe that Khrushchev resigned. I believe he was forced to resign by a meeting of the Central Committee which was held in his absence. It could have been done in a much nicer way."
Another instructor of political science, J. Piekalkiewicz, assistant professor, said, "I feel that he didn't resign but that he was asked to step down by a group of people in the Presidium."
When the news broke yesterday afternoon, KU students and faculty had various first reactions.
"My first reaction." Dan Hopson, professor of law, said, "was—what does this mean to the cold war? Will it mean a tougher line the Communists will follow?"
"IT WAS SHOCKING," Roger Worthington, New York City, N.Y., senior said, "because he's got the most humanist tendencies of anybody in the whole Soviet government."
"My first impression," Max Cawley, Sigonella, Sicily, freshman, said, "was that I thought it was good to get rid of the old boy but I'm concerned about his successor Brezhnev-I hope he will prove to be a better friend to the free world than Khrushchev."
Although many people criticized Khrushchev, some regretted the news of his resignation.
Brian Grace, Lawrence, first year law, said, "It seemed Khrushchev's attitude and policies were compatible towards the general Western philosophies desiring peace. He was a fat happy Russian in comparison to the lean hungry leaders of the past."
"I THINK KHRUSHCHEV was an improvement over Stalin," said Prof. Hopson. "He had some desire to reach a stalemate with the West—had a small desire to work out the test ban agreement."
John Augelli, professor of geology, said, "I don't think it's good to have Khrushchev out—he's been the easiest of the Communists to deal with—I don't like the idea of his resignation."
"He's proven himself to be a wise and diplomatic leader," Peggy Smith, Garden City junior, said. "This freightens me since there's no way of knowing what the attitude of the new leaders will be."
Although no one knows the reasons behind the resignation, there are many speculations.
Herbert J. Ellison, chairman of Slavic and Soviet Area Studies, said Khrushchev was nearly unseated in 1957.
"Khrushchev's policies have been running into hot water in at least two areas. The first is the Russian-China dispute for which Chinese critics blame Khrushchev personally. The second problem is agriculture. Last year was a catastrophe in Russia. Russians claim they had a good crop, but many western authorities say they did not."
PRINGSHEIM ATTRIBUTED THE Soviet Premier's resignation to his failures in his attempts to isolate the Chinese and other countries behind him. Also he felt the failure in the Virgin Lands Program to produce more grain was a major reason.
"He was sort of a clown and I think he embarrassed other Soviet leaders," Prof. Pringsheim said.
Prof, Laird added a third possible reason for the resignation. He felt the leadership struggle had a great deal to do with it.
"I AM CONVINCED NOW," Prof. Laird said, "that Khrushchev was in a bad situation in the collegium and the Party knew he didn't solve the problems of Russia but maybe made them worse."