Daily hansan
62nd Year, No.75
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1965
ASC Human Rights Bill Yet Unsigned by Wescoe
Bv Rosalie Jenkins
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe has withheld his signature from the human rights bill sent to him by the All Student Council (ASC) until certain changes are made in its provisions, Mike Miner, Lawrence senior and ASC chairman, said last night.
Miner said the Chancellor believes the bill should have a longer deadline for compliance with the provisions concerning racial discrimination.
The bill was one of six which awaited Chancellor Wescoe's signature at the semester's end.
In a letter of explanation which accompanied the bill, the Chancellor
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also said that he did not sign the bill because of some grammatical errors. His main objection to the bill, as stated in the letter, was that he thought the deadline for compliance with the bill's measures should be longer.
Miner said that the present bill is now dead but that the ASC wil probably write a similar bill including the changes suggested by Chancellor Wescoe and resubmit this bill to him.
BOB STEWART, Vancouver, B. C. senior and student body president.
THE PRESENT DEADLINE, before disciplinary measures would be taken against student organizations, is in the fall of 1965. Chancellor Wescoe said he believed the deadline should be set for a year from this February.
Reached for additional comment this morning, Chancellor Wescoe said the reasons he had given in his letter to Mike Miner as to why he did not sign the human rights bill were correct and held true now. "I believe in the provisions of the bill and I would have signed it if it had not been improperly drawn up." Chancellor Wescoe stated.
also said he thought the council would quickly develop a similar bill in compliance with Chancellor Wescoe's suggestions on changes. "I don't want to prophesy, but I would certainly expect the ASC to respect the Chancellor's wishes...We certainly appreciate his advice in this area," he said.
Pam Smith, secretary of the Civil Rights Council, which has been a strong supporter of the human rights bill, said the Executive Council of the CRC must meet before any new action.
"I can imagine that they will take some action to see what the problem was with the bill and then make a definite statement as to what they should do." she said.
JIM ROEBERTS, CHANUTE junior and Sigma Nu president, also had some comments to make on the bill. He said that his fraternity is just interested in getting a waiver from their national organization on who they may pledge. He said that some officials from the high council of the fraternity were at the Sigma Nu house yesterday and also talked with University officials about the conditions at the University.
New Vice President Selected by Stewart
Bette Harrison, Upland, Calif. junior, will be appointed by Bob Stewart, student body president, to be the new student body vice president.
Stewart, Vancouver, B.C., senior said last night Miss Harrison would replace Kaye Whitaker, former Wichita senior, who resigned her position and left KU to attend school in Chicago.
Miss Harrison is presently serving as a representative to the All Student Council from the women's large residence halls district. She is a member of University Party.
UNDER CONSTITUTIONAL procedure two-thirds of the 40 members of the ASC must ratify this appointment.
Miss Whitaker and Stewart were elected to their offices last spring
She originated plans for a mock presidential election held at KU the day before the national election. Another project involved sending letters describing the benefits of KU to high school seniors in Kansas.
This is the second time Miss Harrison has replaced Miss Whitaker in a position. Miss Whitaker was a representative from women's large residence halls in 1963-64. She resigned the position to become student body vice president, and personally selected Miss Harrison to replace her.
in the first UP capture of KU's two highest offices. As vice president, Miss Whitaker was in charge of the ASC committees, worked on the freshman leadership program, and undertook improvements in the ASC office in the Kansas Union.
Banquet Tomorrow
Peace Corps Defined
This week is Peace Corps Week and the KU student Peace Corps, first such college group in the nation, has planned an agenda for those interested in learning about or being active in its projects abroad.
Peace Corps staff members from Washington, D.C., including returned volunteers, yesterday began explaining to students the purpose, programs and future plans of the Peace Corps.
APPLICATIONS ARE BEING accepted from interested junior, senior and graduate students. An exhibition of Peace Corps literature has been set up in the Kansas Union information booth. Staff members also have an information center to answer the questions of prospective volunteers.
The week's highlight will be a banquet at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Union. Featured speaker is Thomas M. Gale, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and project director of KU peace corps training in Costa Rica.
Donna Hanneman, Junction City junior and KU Peace Corps chairman, said Dean Gale and four KU graduate students holding Peace Corps fellowships will be honored at the banquet.
CLARK COAN, ASSISTANT dean of men and faculty adviser for the group, said the students, all returned volunteers, will receive special scholarships from the Graduate School.
From Feb. 10-16, non-competitive aptitude tests will be given daily at 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. in room 305 in the Union.
Following the banquet there will be an open discussion with the Washington staff members and KU volunteers. The discussion forum is titled "Peace Corps: a Fellowship in the Humanities."
Students thinking of applying should first fill out a questionnaire, then submit it to one of the Peace Corps members. Questionnaires can be obtained at most post offices and from Dean Coan.
"I don't know what they were told by the officials but our chapter has now taken the last major step in getting a waiver. It is now up to the vote of the High Council," he said. Roberts added that he thought the waiver had a good chance of being voted in even if the human rights bill does not go into effect.
Chancellor Wescoe took action on five other bills. He passed three of them and referred two back to the ASC for further clarification. The three signed bills are;
- Bill No. 26, establishing a student opinion poll;
- Bill No. 28, establishing a student leadership program;
- Bill No. 29, ratifying the constitution of the Associated Student Governments of the U.S.A.
- The two bills sent back to the council were:
- An amendment to Bill No. 9 concerning student involvement in the World University Service;
- Amendments to Bill No. 3 concerning standing committees and executive appointments.
Earl J. Johnson, KU alumnus and vice president and editor of United Press International (UPI) will receive the William Allen White Foundation's eight annual national citation tomorrow.
UPI Head to Get White Day Citation
As part of William Allen White Day activities, Johnson will deliver the 16th annual William Allen White lecture. "The Realities of World News Editing."
The citation, which is awarded every year to someone who has achieved distinction in journalism, is being conferred on Johnson in recognition of his 30 years of service with UPI.
wutiam Allen White Day is celebrated annually on the birthday of the famous Emporia Gazette editor who died in 1944.
The presentation will be at 2:30 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union Building. The admission is open to all.
At 6 p.m., Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, the men's and women's journalistic societies will co-sponsor a dinner in the Big Eight Room in honor of Mr. Johnson.
Army Copters Hit Near Saigon
SAIGON—(UPI)—Communist gunfire shot down three U.S. Army helicopters 30 miles east of Saigon today, killing an American crewman and wounding eight. To the north U.S. jet fighter-bombers roared off the Da Nang airfield, possibly to attack targets in Laos.
Communist North Viet Nam claimed in a broadcast that 12 U.S. aircraft were shot down by Communist groundfire during bombing raids on North Vietnamese territory Sunday and Monday.U.S. and South Vietnamese authorities said only two planes were lost.
RED CHINA WARNED that its army is "in battle array" waiting for the United States to invade North Viet Nam. It said in a broadcast it would consider such an attack an invasion of the Chinese mainland itself. Another broadcast said more than one million persons had participated in anti-American demonstrations in China.
The war in Viet Nam also had repercussions in Moscow where a mob of 3,000 Asian and Russian students attacked the U.S. embassy with stones and ink bottles to protest the American retaliatory attacks on North Vietnamese targets.
AS TENSION mounted, the first 78 American dependents of the 1,819 in Viet Nam left the country. One group of 22 flew from Saigon to Manila and another group of 56 flew from Da Nang to Hong Kong.
As they left Da Nang in a big transport plane, U.S. jet fighter-bombers were roaring off the runway to hit unannounced targets. Two F100 Supersabres were followed by a pair of F105 Thunderjets and then a pair of F100s.
The American helicopters shot down today were among 51 flying government troops into action against a guerrilla force operating 30 miles east of Saigon.
HEAVY GROUND fighting was reported. Vietnamese paratroops lost nine men killed and 38 wounded. Eighteen enemy bodies were counted and military authorities estimated 42 others were killed.
The fighting broke out soon after the United States brought in a battery of deadly Hawk anti-aircraft missiles at Danang, 350 miles north of Saigon, and declared them ready for use against possible air attacks by communist pilots.
The rockets were placed around the Danang base on orders of President Johnson. Military officials anticipated possible communist reprisals following two days of U.S. and Vietnamese air strikes against North Vietnamese bases.
The battle in which the American helicopters were hit was in the Binh Gia region where more than a thousand Viet Cong rebels battled government troops for a week earlier this year and dealt them their worst defeat of the war.
Maj. Robert W. Heubner, 34, said the first helicopter crashed and burned early in the attack, killing a crewman and injuring two. Other helicopters rescued the wounded men. Six more Americans were wounded when two other helicopters were hit. They also were rescued under the protection of rocket and machinegun-equipped "gunships."
THE VIETNAMESE fighter pilots who carried out yesterday's air strike against North Viet Nam were given a heroes' welcome in Saigon.
They received South Viet Nam's highest combat medal at one end of Ton Son Nhut airport while U.S. military officials held a memorial service at the other for the eight American soldiers killed Sunday in the communist attack at the Pleiku helicopter base. Around the world:
Peking—Communist China said the United States would suffer "A heavy blow" by continuing "aggression" against North Viet Nam. The Peking statement said the Chinese army is waiting for the United States "in battle array."
MOSCOW—The Soviet Union stepped up its propaganda attack on the United States and said it would be forced "to take further measures to safeguard the security and to strengthen the defense capability" of North Viet Nam.
Hanoi—North Viet Nam protested the air strikes as "serious acts of war" and sent a protest to the International Control Commission, the agency responsible for policing the neutrality of Indochina. The political arm of the guerrilla movement promised more attacks on U.S. bases.
WASHINGTON—President Johnson warned the communist world that it should not miscalculate American determination in South Viet Nam. He said the United States was prepared to "pay any price" to preserve freedom.
The Communist New China news agency said 500,000 persons marched through the streets of Peking last night and today to protest the air attacks.
Today's departing group of wives and children and U.S. military and civilian personnel numbered 22 persons. They stepped aboard a commercial airliner (Pan American) bound for the United States via the Philippines.
Another group of 40 dependents, all from the northernmost provinces of South Viet Nam, were aboard a second airliner at Danang.
The Saigon flight made a brief stopover in Manila.
THE SAIGON WIVES kissed their husbands goodbye, but few shed any tears and most of the women boarded the plane with waves and smiles. One wife, Mrs. Phyllis Knox of Richmond, Va., cried when a group of Vietnamese children she instructed in English showed up at the airport to see her off.
Johnson's order calls for the departure of all 1,819 dependents on an orderly basis by next Sunday. A spokesman said dependents will be given a choice of returning to the United States via the Pacific or through Europe.