Parties Discuss Political Policies
UP
A clearly defined disciplinary system for KU students and a raising of the 65c minimum wage for University employees were listed last night as major University Party campaign issues in the coming KU elections. Harry Bretschneider, Kansas City, Mo., senior and UP chairman, examined the issues at a UP meeting.
"We are fighting a bunch of windmills," Bretschneider said. "Vox candidates are refusing to campaign on the real issues at hand."
Bretschneider noted that one of the main objectives of UP was to clearly define the disciplinary system at KU. He said that at the present time, KU students have no right of counsel with the present disciplinary system and they are considered guilty until proven innocent.
"This clearly violates American principles." Bretschneider said.
KU STUDENTS also need to be informed of their basic rights and privileges, Bretschneider added. The Student Government Handbook offers a chance to inform the students of these rights
The 65c an hour minimum wage at KU needs to be changed according to Bretschneider.
"Most students working in the KU library are working for 65c and this is not enough for a student working his way through school." he said.
Pete Smith, Kansas City sophomore and UP treasurer, added that his party was still stressing a clean campaign.
"UP has urged their workers to follow a clean, positive campaign in the freshman women's dorms and we have been successful up to now," he said.
About 25 party members attended the meeting, which also featured a short party pep talk by Charles Whitman, Shawnee Mission senior and past UP president.
Vox
The strength of Vox Populi platform, the KU and Kansas program plank, was emphasized last night by Jim Frazier at the Vox meeting.
Frazier, Topeka fifth year pharmacy student, is president of Vox. He explained the work of the program.
"If anything comes up before the city of Lawrence or the state legislature which affects the KU campus, the State and Community Affairs Committee (SCAC) would take a survey for student opinion."
He said an accurate example of student opinion can be obtained with 300 or 400 students. The SCAC would work with the legislature. Each legislature committee holds open hearings at which the SCAC would represent KU. They would testify and recommend passage or refusal of the bill.
FRAZIER EMPHASIZED, "This party has new ideas for the campus like the KU-Kansas program, which has never been tried here before. It has been proven to work on other campuses."
Presidential candidate Leo Schrey, Leavenworth junior, and vice-presidential candidate Bill Robinson, Great Bend sophomore, spoke at the meeting.
"A week from tonight, a week from tomorrow night, a week from Friday night and a year from now, we will be an effective and worthwhile student government," said Robinson.
"Every vote we get counts as two votes," he said. "It's a vote we (Vox) get and a vote they (University Party) don't get. It makes a two point difference in the tally."
Frazier also remarked about the coming election. He said the way the election looks now it is split 50-50.
"THIS MEANS THE party that puts the most in the election now is going to win." Frazier said.
"A party either wins or loses and if you lose, you lose bad. There is no splitting or compromising in spring elections."
Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, April 15, 1965
Alleged Housing Abuses Target of CRC Campaign
The panel discussion was originally scheduled to be on a program called, "Freedom Day." However, this plan was abolished and plans made for a separate presentation.
"FREEDOM DAY." Sims said,
would be a recounting by CRC
Propsals for a "Freedom Day" on campus and a panel discussion on alleged housing discrimination were heard last night at the regular Civil Rights Council (CRC) meeting.
Plans to picket Park Plaza South on Saturday for alleged discriminatory practices were also announced.
Sims said the discussion would be well publicized and the public is invited. He said witnesses who felt they had been discriminated against will discuss this with the residence hall directors.
A group of about 30 students heard Nate Sims, Pasadena, Calif., senior and president of CRC, announce plans for a panel discussion Wednesday, April 21, at the CRC's regular meeting to discuss the question, "Is there discrimination in KU dorms?"
The panel will consist of residence hall directors and students who have lodged complaints of discriminatory practices in the choosing of roommates in KU residence halls.
SIMS SAID, "This is information a lot of people don't understand—how people are assigned to rooms and how discrimination can exist."
Mildred Dickeman, assistant professor of anthropology and a member of the University Human Rights Committee, said, "I myself don't know if this (discrimination) exists. I would like to find out."
members and interested students of their trips to Jonesboro and Bogalusa, La, over spring break.
The trips, in conjunction with local and Louisiana Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) groups, were to rebuild burned churches and to participate in voter registration drives.
Speaking about this phase of "Freedom Day," Sims said, "This would be a money-making affair for the CORE chapters in the South and the Lawrence branch of CORE."
Prof. Dickeman added, "We aren't going to speak without passing the hat." It was not made clear whether an admission charge would be collected or whether the money would be raised by donations.
"FREEDOM DAY" will also contain other phases. The suggestion was made to get Senator George Haley (R—Kansas City and strong proponent of the Kansas discriminatory housing bill) to speak.
A committee was appointed to develop the plans for "Freedom Day." The committee members are: Sims; Prof. Dickeman; David Thompson, Topeka senior; Marjorie French, St. Louis, Mo., senior and secretary of CRC; Tom Switlik, Parsons sophomore; and John G. Jewell, Broomall, Pa., freshman.
There was also a suggestion that a display of books be set up in the library about the Negro in America.
Prof. Dickeman announced the plans by the local CORE chapter to picket the Park Plaza South apartments Saturday because of alleged discriminatory policies there.
She said the local chapters of CORE and the NAACP had met with the owner of the apartments and asked him about alleged refusals to rent apartments to Negro students.
Prof. Dickeman said the owner, Jim Vestering, Burns, had asked for some time to think the discussion over.
"WE INFORMED him we couldn't wait that long and would take action," Prof. Dickeman said.
Vestering, contacted at his home in Burns, said, "Well, I think they're probably singling me out. I met with these people last Friday and I told them we were having some personnel problems and would like some time to consider their proposals."
"I do have a situation whereby the people who finance me would probably not rent to colored people."
Asked if he had a rule forbidding Negroes to rent apartments there, Vestering said, "Certainly not. I fact, I have in the past had colored people, Spanish people, and foreign students who have spent weekends in my own home here."
THE APARTMENTS have 165 separate units. Vesting said if the pickets appeared, then he "probably wouldn't rent to them."
In announcing the proposed picket of the apartments, Prof. Dickeman asked for volunteers from the CRC who would like to take part. She said the picketing would begin Saturday morning and continue all week with smaller groups during the weekdays and then "massive groups" on the weekends.
Eight Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Peter H. Argersinger, Lawrence,
a history major; Henry F. Bisbee,
Toledo, O., a quadruple major in
chemistry, mathematics, psychology,
and zoology; Lawrie K. Cena,
Newton, majoring in French and
German; Daniel F. Housholder,
Wichita, majoring in chemistry
and mathematics; Neil E. Johnson,
Kansas City, Mo., a German major;
Eight juniors have been elected to membership in the Kansas chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, national honor society in the liberal arts.
Stephen H. Klemp, Lawrence. He is earning four majors: French, International relations, Russian, and the Slavic and Soviet Area; Stephen R. Munzer, Salina, majoring in English and philosophy; Letha M. Schwiesow, Shawnee Mission, majoring in the humanities, Russian, and the Slavic and Soviet area.
Students with exceptionally high academic achievement are honored by election to Phi Beta Kappa after five semesters, rather than normal election in the senior year.
The eight have grade point averages of from 2.83 to 2.91 on a scale of 3 for A and 2 for B. In the two and one-half years since graduation from high school they have earned from 87 to 119 semester credit hours; 124 hours are needed for graduation.
The KU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary, was the first chapter west of the Mississippi River when established in 1890. Senior members of the society will be announced Monday.
Massive Air Raid Smashes Viet Cong Forest Stronghold
SAIGON — (UPI)— A force of 230 aircraft from all four U.S. services today carried out a dawn to dusk bombing of an almost impenetrable forest sheltering the Viet Cong Supreme headquarters in South Viet Nam.
In the first saturation bombing ever carried out against a Communist hideout, the American planes rained more than 1,000 tons of bombs on an eight-square mile area 65 miles northwest of the capital.
OTHER American and Vietnamese planes attacked Communist North Viet Nam in their first night raid and a force of half a dozen F 105 Thunderchief jet fighter-bombers, protected by an anti-Mig screen of 15 other jets roamed over the Communist north
U. S. Marine combat troops were disclosed to have been in action Tuesday for the first time since they landed at Da Nang. They joined Vietnamese forces in a bitter day-long battle against a Communist battalion in Thua Thien Province 380 miles northeast of Saigon. The Reds escaped
today striking at targets of opportunity.
Weather
Cooler temperatures are expected tonight and tomorrow. Winds will decrease tonight and tomorrow. The low overnight temperature will be in the lower 40's. Tomorrow skies will be fair with a high temperature in the lower 60's.
encirclement and fled into the bush.
Today's saturation bombing was the biggest assault of the war against Communist positions in South Viet Nam and was the first time the U.S. Navy and Marine jets have been in combat in the south.
In the raids against the north today the handful of planes followed national highways 7 and 8 which cut across the narrow, southern portion of the Communist country.
NORTH Viet Nam reacted sharply to the night attacks, filing an "emergency note of protest today with the International Control Commission. The note said the raids "have no other purpose than to massacre civilian people."
—Photo by Harry Krause
WHEN?—Figaro, played by Norman Abelson, entices Susanna, played by Martha Randall, in the University Theatre production of Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro," which opens Friday night in Murphy Hall.