Wescoe, CRC Accept UHRC Housing Plan
Leaders of the Civil Rights Council here today expressed approval of the steps taken by the KU Human Rights Commission on housing.
"The policy statement covers all of the CRC demands and the committee and the members of the CRC are quite satisfied with the statement." Pam Smith, Kansas City, sophomore, said.
Nate Sims, Pasadena, Calif,
senior and CRC co-chairman said,
"I am strongly in favor of the
recommendations. I do feel this
will help correct the problem we
are having.
"MANY MUST FIND it within themselves to keep their houses open to Negroes here at the University of Kansas," Sims continued.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe accepted the report prepared by the committee yesterday and indicated he is in agreement with it.
The report uses as its main basis the policies established by the University Housing Office in 1961. Modifications suggested included:
- The Human Relations Committee serve as a group to hear and adjudicate complaints relating to civil rights.
- A special form for reporting alleged violations be available in the Housing Office and the offices of the Dean of Men and Women.
- NOTICES OF these policies and procedures will be included
in the Student Handbook, in the Housing Booklet, and in the General Information Catalogue of the University.
- When it has been shown that a renter has discriminated in the offering of his facilities, a Housing Liaison Committee will attempt to persuade the landlord to change his practices. If this attempt is not successful, the UHRC shall authorize the removal of the name of the facilities from the housing file.
"I believe it wise to have a specific form for reporting alleged violations of our off-campus housing agreement," Chancellor Wescoe said.
"I am in favor, as well, of forming a housing liaison committee. I have spoken to William Binn, the chairman of the Human Relations Commission of Lawrence, and he has expressed his interest and pleasure in having his commission work with the University committee," the chancellor concluded.
THE UHRC WAS formed by the CRC and other interested students after two days of sit-in demonstrations, March 8,9, in the chancellor's office.
The CRC at that time had seven demands which they wanted to place into operation. The committee is negotiating with the CRC and other organizations involving these demands.
The UHRC is made up of students, faculty members and members of the administration to make recommendations to Chancellor Wescoe. Dean of Students Laurance C. Woodruff is chairman.
THE COMMITTEE first negotiated with the Kansan Board and established a policy against accepting advertising in the University Daily Kansan which is allegedly discriminatory.
The group will meet this afternoon to take up discussions with Kenneth E. Anderson, dean of the school of education, and other members of that school in relation to the policy in the placing of student teachers.
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Fair Housing Bill Revived in Senate
TOPEKA — (UPI)— A Senate subcommittee was operating at top speed today in an effort to draw up a fair housing law for Kansas to replace one killed in the parent committee.
The group went back to the drawing board yesterday under order from Senate leaders and Gov. William H. Avery.
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Avery met with Sen. Glee Smith, R-Larned, Senate president pro tem, and Sen. Keith Sebelius, R-Norton, chairman of the Federal and State Affairs Committee which tabled the original bill. Avery reportedly told the Senators that Kansas needed "some form" of fair housing legislation this session.
WITHIN A FEW hours, a fresh bill had been drawn up by the bill-drafting department. The subcommittee was working from the premise that if fair housing legislation was to be successful this session it would have to avoid giving the state Civil Rights Commission "too much power."
Avery told newsmen at his morning press conference today that he was unsure of what might finally emerge from the effort. But he indicated it might be simply a fair housing section added to the present civil rights law.
There was no immediate prospect that the committee would accept the bill, which was drafted within five hours after the Senate
leaders met with Avery. A spokesman said it would be impossible for the committee to get out an entirely new law this session or to rework the original bill.
MEMBERS OF the subcommittee are Senators Reynolds Schultz, R-Lawrence; Wade Ferguson, D-Parsons, and George Haley, R-Kansas City, the only Negro member of the senate affairs committee.
Haley said he was still hopeful that a good, fair housing bill could be passed during the current session.
"The need is unquestioned," Haley said. "The Republican party in Kansas, having a Republican governor and a sizeable majority in both houses, has an obligation to the citizens of Kansas to act and act swifty."
In a secret session Tuesday morning, the state affairs committee voted 6-5 to table the fair housing bill. Although this did not mean the measure was killed, it was for all practical purposes considered a dead issue for this session following the partliamentary move.
Weather
Skies will be partly cloudy tonight with a low overnight temperature in the mid-40's. Winds will be northerly five to ten miles per hour. Friday will be partly cloudy. High will be in the lower 60's.
Senior Chosen to Reign As 1965 Relays Queen
Miss Danielle Goering, Moundridge senior, has been named the 1965 KU Relays Queen. Miss Goering represented Miller Hall.
Miss Kay Willard, St. Louis, Mo., freshman, representing Carruth-O'Leary, and Miss Sibyl Brewster, Hutchinson sophomore, representing Chi Omega sorority, will be relays attendants. The three women were selected yesterday from 32 contestants.
Miss Goering, a five-foot, four inch brunette, was selected as Miss Wichita in 1962. She was also the runner-up to Miss Kansas of that year.
MISS GOERING is majoring in speech therapy and hopes to do graduate study. She is presently serving as president of Miller Hall. She has served on the Inter-Residence Council, the Homecoming Committee and she is a past SUA queen candidate.
Miss Willard, a five-foot, seven inch brunette, has been an SUA queen candidate. She said that she is majoring in apparel merchandising and hopes to be a buyer for a department store after graduation. She is currently participating in Vox Populi and the Newman Club.
Miss Brewer is a five foot, eight inch blond. She is a Spanish major
McGrath added that Saturday, April 17, the queen will ride in the Relays parade through downtown Lawrence. During the Relays in the afternoon, the queen and her attendants will be presented flowers and bracelets by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe. The queen will also reign over the Relays dance Saturday night.
and plans to go into foreign service after graduation. She is currently active in the University Party, and she is also serving as intramural chairman of her sorority.
Judges for the contest were Raymond Nichols, vice-Chancellor of finance, Larry Flannery, manager of a local department store, and Jim Ellis, local manager of the Bell Telephone Company.
PHILLIP P. "Pat" McGrath, Prairie Village junior and Kansas Relays Queen chairman, said the queen will open the Engineering Exposition Friday, April 16.
"The relays' committee received tremendous cooperation from all of the contestants. We were fortunate in that every living group had a contestant entered in the event." McGrath said.
McGrath said the contestants were judged on beauty, personality and poise.
62nd Year, No.112
Daily hansan
LAWRENCF, KANSAS
New Colony Joins Vox; UP Talks on UDK Policy
Thursday, April 1, 1965
By Jim Sullinger
Vox Populi announced the change of affiliation by Beta Sigma Psi Colony, a Lutheran men's fraternity, at a meeting last night in Dyche Auditorium.
Beta Sigma Psi is a colony of a national Lutheran fraternity begun at KU this year. It has 10 members this year.
Concerning its disaffiliation from the University Party, Dwight Hiesterman, Linn junior and Beta Sigma Psi president, said, "We had fully supported the University Party with our votes on election day, but when policy decisions were to be made in UP, we were not consulted."
Hiesterman also said he felt the Vox candidates were better qualified and Vox would represent the fraternity more effectively when it becomes active.
"We feel that our voice can best be heard and represented by Vox." he said.
JIM FRAZIER, Topeka fifth-year pharmacy student and Vox president, said, "We welcome the Beta Sigma Psi colony into the party and appreciate its support. We feel that their thinking is a trend on campus. In future weeks you'll see more of this."
Vox also announced the names of two other candidates not previously given. They are Martha Stout, LaGrange, Ill., junior and candidate for School of Education representative, and Jeffrey Irving, Leonia, N.J., graduate student and candidate for graduate school representative.
Jon Alexiou, Mission senior and Vox vicepresident, said the reason for the late announcement of these two candidates was due to interview problems. He said a decision had to be held until the party could talk with all prospective candidates.
Vox officials also said the party platforms had
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By Rosalie Jenkins
"I WOULD LIKE to see the Kansan as a forum for public opinion and not as a mouthpiece of the administration." Miss Jarvis said. "I think the paper should be left up to journalists to run and not the administration or the ASC."
The role of the University Daily Kansan as an instrument for informing students of the controversial issues so they will take a more active interest in KU political parties and student government legislation was discussed at the University Party meeting last night.
Miss Jarvis said she was speaking for only herself, but, "I'd like to see it run by journalists. I don't like any political body, no matter how sound it may be now, having the right to say 'you do this or don't do that.'
Harry Bretschneider, Kansas City, Mo., senior and UP secretary-general asked Kay Jarvis, Kansas City senior and member of the Kansan Board, governing board of the UDK, what she thought the ASC policy toward the Kansan should be.
Miss Jarvis explained after the meeting that it is her understanding that the UDK is a student workshop paper which is under the direction of both faculty and student staff members.
Bretschneider said that he has been hearing complaints and criticism from students that the parties are not taking any definite stands on issues like the UDK position.
He said the "biggest single gripe he hears" is that a political party consists of status-seeking individuals who "don't care if they do anything for the student body."
"PEOPLE OUGHT to quit criticizing parties for not doing anything," Bretschneider said. "If they don't it is because of a lack of backing from students who don't take active interest in what is going on around campus," he said.
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Youth Hurt As Bombs Reappear
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —(UPI)—A dynamite bomb exploded in the Negro section of the city early today injuring a 13-year-old boy. Other unexploded bombs were found at the homes of the mayor and the city's only councilwoman.
Police said a bomb consisting of about 15 sticks of dynamite exploded in a concrete block garage at the home of T. R. Crowell, a Negro public accountant.
Bombs were found at the home of Mayor Albert Boutwell and city Councilwoman Nina Miglianico, both considered moderates in their view toward the racial issue.
The bomb found at the side of Boutwell's home was made of nearly 45 sticks of dynamite. It was primed with timing mechanism attached to a clock but was dismantled before it could expl.
Crowell's 13-year-old son, Weymouth was taken to a hospital and treated for a hand cut and later released when examination showed no other injuries.
A similar bomb device was found at the home of Mrs. Moglianico who lives almost one-half mile from the home of the mayor in a neighborhood located about seven miles from the Negro neighborhood where the bomb exploded.
The bomb was discovered by her 80-year-old father-in-law, M. J. Miglianico, when he went out for the morning paper. He personally disarmed it.
Boutwell was in Washington, D.C., attending the national mayors' conference. The bomb at his home was discovered by his son, Albert Jr.
Crowell told authorities he had not been active in the civil rights movement and had received no threatening telephone calls or letters.
The bomb consisted of a case of dynamite with enough sticks removed to make room for the timing device.
Police said it was possible that the explosion in the Negro neighborhood was set to divert attention away from the bombs set at the mayor and councilwoman's homes.
The University Daily Kansan will not publish editions tomorrow or Monday, April 12, because of spring vacation.