Ramparts takes KU professor as editor
Ramparts—the magazine that blew the cover on the CIA and now is recognized as a top muckraker—will soon take on a KU professor as an editor.
Frederick Mitchell, assistant professor of history, said he is not certain exactly what position he will have with Ramparts, but he will be concerned with "long-term projects which other people through their preoccupations can't get after."
An article in the New York Times said that Mitchell gave $200,000 to the magazine which is reportedly losing $350,000 a year.
Last week's issue of Time magazine reported that Ramparts editors "succeeded in selling stock to assorted wealthy sympathizers like Frederick C. Mitchell, a University of Kansas history professor, who has put $300,000 into the magazine."
Grandfather willed money
Mitchell refused to say exactly how much money he contributed and in what way he contributed it. The money was willed to Mitchell by his grandfather who died in 1962. Mitchell said he used part of the money to buy stock
and another part as a loan "which I'm damn well going to recover . . . someday.
"Whether I've done the right thing or not, I don't know. It was an instinctive move."
Mitchell was the first person other than Edward Keating, Ramparts' founder, to invest in the magazine.
Keating was removed from his position as publisher and president of Ramparts last week by the board of directors. Three other members of the staff were fired earlier for plotting against the magazine.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU For 77 of its 101 Years
77th Year, No.134
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Friday, May 12, 1967
Words make music as poet reads work
By JOHN GANGI
Poetry, even to a listener who doesn't understand the language, can be as international as music.
Take Russian.
Igor Chinnov, a Russian poet whose work is too "pessimistic" for the Russian government, read his own work in the Kansas Union last night.
Heinrich Stammler, professor of Slavic languages and literature, read the English translation.
Almost all of the poetry was untitled, but a kind of understanding existed.
The words themselves meant nothing. It was the sound and rhythm of the hard and clear language.
The sober audience was Russian oriented, and quietly took in the Russian and the English.
They listened intently and responded with an understanding applause.
Riots can occur again graduate tells faculty
Conditions which caused racial troubles in U.S. in past summers have not been remedied and there could be another repetition this summer.
This comment was made yesterday by Ben Holman, media relations director for the community relations service of the U.S. Justice Department and a K.U. journalism graduate, during a visit to KU.
"Band aid approaches have
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solved nothing," the Negro said. "In some areas conditions have actually worsened."
HOLMAN SAID it is difficult to predict where disturbances will occur. He said in some areas where there is a lot of tension, there are no disturbances while in relative quiet areas, a small incident can provoke a riot.
Holman said one overlooked but very important force acting on Negroes is the memory of "those dreadful years they lived under racial segregation."
He said he was shocked when he came to KU in 1950 from New Jersey and found racial segregation in restaurants, movie theaters and other establishments.
Holman spoke with the faculty members and staff of the journalism school about the possibility of sponsoring various programs to assist newsmen in coverage of civil rights problems.
"I ASSUME ALL segregation has faded and been forgotten in Lawrence now."
"This is something that is difficult for a lot of white people to understand," he said. "No laws or speeches can solve the problems.
Holman said it is not easy for Negroes to forget their heritage.
"You'd rebel too if you knew your grandchildren would live under similar conditions," he said.
AAUP investigates police shutterbugs
Reports that campus police have photographed demonstrators will be investigated by the KU chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
Howard Stettler, professor of business and president of the chapter, said, "If the facts should indicate some inappropriate action," the committee "could bring as much pressure to bear as necessary to get it corrected."
Stettler last night appointed faculty members to a committee on internal affairs after a regularly scheduled executive meeting of the chapter.
IN EXTREME CASES, the AAUP can censure a University
AAUP can censure a University. Stettler said the committee will "review the photography situation" because "it is definitely something we should look into."
The request for AAUP involvement was made by George Boehrner, professor of history and secretary of the chapter. Boehrner said he is concerned about the "ultimate use" of the photographs although he does not believe the administration is involved.
Marvin Hankin, chairman of the Lawrence affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said the affiliate might work with the AAUP in an investigation.
Prof harrassed
CAMPUS POLICE CHIEF E. P.
Moomau has admitted that patrolmen in the department have photographed students participating in demonstrations as a "matter of routine" until their identity was known. He said photophs were taken "a month or six weeks ago" but they were not developed and no others have been taken since.
However, Woodruff said, evaluation of work done in a course is not a matter for the disciplinary committee to decide. Academic decisions do not involve the disciplinary committee.
Robert E. Nunley, associate professor of geography, said he interviewed a Lawrence detective who said he had taken pictures of participants in a silent peace vigil in the city's South Park several times.
Robert Nunley, the professor who first told the Kansas about police photographing demonstrators, has been receiving anonymous telephone calls at his home. Nunley said the callers did not have anything to say. They probably called simply to harrass, he said. "It appears the opponents don't know how to articulate their thoughts," he said.
A KU student may not appeal any grade to the All Student Council Disciplinary Committee merely because he feels the grade is not "fair," said Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students.
Woodruff discusses grade appeal means
If there is a question of dishonesty in the classroom, and the student feels action taken by an instructor is unwarranted or unjust, he can appeal to the disciplinary committee for a ruling.
If a student has an academic misunderstanding with his instructor, Woodruff said, he can go to his instructor with the problem, he can discuss it with the departmental chairman, or he may talk to his academic advisor.
In a statement today, Provost James Surface said, "We did not ask for any pictures. We have no intention of asking for pictures like these."
Hankin said David Jones, assistant professor of philosophy and vice-chairman of the Lawrence affiliate of ACLU, and Walter Blackledge, past affiliate chairman and managing editor of the KU alumni association, interviewed Chief Moomau several weeks ago about the photographing.
Blackledge said he was "pretty well satisfied after talking with Moomau but later developments raise questions we were not aware of."
HE SAID "It is very possible" another investigation will be made.
Hankin said he hopes the practice of photographing demonstrators can be stopped through conferences. He said a law suit would be filed as a last resort if civil liberties were being challenged.
He said that the Lawyers Constitution Defense Committee has filed a suit in New Orleans to stop police from photographing demonstrators.
He also said the Lawrence affiliate is waiting to see what ruling is made in New Orleans.
Stettler said the AAUP committee will become effective immediately "because of current interest" in the photographing. Other committees will begin work next fall, he said.
Stettler said the executive meeting of the chapter last night represented a change to the new AAUP administration and that new members were selected for all standing committees.
Paul Wilson, professor of law, was named chairman of the affairs committee. Wilson will call a meeting of the committee early next week, Stettler said.
Members of the committee are David Paretsky, professor of microbiology and Joseph Pichler, assistant professor of business administration.
Boehrer and Jones were appointed as ad hoc members for the photography investigation only.
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