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78th Year, No.112
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, April 4, 1968
Flies to Hawaii Thursday
LBJ, U.S. officials will meet to prepare for Vietnam talks
UPI News Roundup
North Vietnam offered Wednesday to talk with the United States about arrangements for Vietnam peace negotiations and President Johnson accepted the offer.
The president announced the United States "will establish contact with the representatives of North Vietnam" and said he would fly to Honolulu, Hawaii, late Thursday for a long weekend of conferences with American officials who will fly there from Saigon.
"Consultations with the government of South Vietnam and other allies are now taking place," the president said.
The Pentagon said Defense Secretary Clark Clifford and Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will accompany the president to Hawaii.
White House Press Secretary George Christian said Secretary of State Dean Rusk, currently attending a conference of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEAO) in Wellington, New Zealand would probably be coming in from New Zealand in time to join the talks in Honolulu.
He said President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam was not expected to participate.
The announcements from Hanoi and Washington raised peace hopes everywhere. They were seen as a small but significant steps toward preliminary diplomatic discussions that could lead to an end of the war.
Americans in Saigon reflected cautious optimism Thursday about Hanoi's announced willingness to talk with the United States about possible negotiations.
A. K. Cotten of Sparta, Tenn., supervisor of a road construction crew, said it might be the start of the war's end.
"I think it's a good deal, but I don't think the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong will be allowed to have a say in the government," he said.
Sgt. Richard Henderson of Kapaa, Hawaii, felt negotiations would be good but doubted peace was on the way.
"I don't think the North Vietnamese want the war to end," he said, "I think they enjoy it."
"I would be glad to see negotiations, but I would not want us to give in to them," said seaman Bill Darnell of St. Petersburg, Fla. "We have too much at stake."
Dayton Maxwell of Tipton, Iowa, a U.S. AID official visiting from Laos, said Hanoi was forced to accept President Johnson's offer to keep world public opinion on its side.
"It was a very smart move on their (Hanoi's) part," he said.
Maxwell said he thought the success of any negotiations would depend greatly on the problems encountered by Hanoi leaders.
"If they have a lot of troubles, negotiations could produce peace for a few years," he said.
Larry Griswald of Savannah, Ga., said "There's only one way the South Vietnamese people are going to be happy, and that's with total peace. I've talked with a lot of South Vietnamese and they don't understand communism."
'Screw' folds, leaves campus
By Jerry Bean Kansan Staff Reporter
The Screw, local underground newspaper, is folding here because of lack of popular support, its editor said Wednesday.
After issue no. 14, the base of operations is being moved to Kansas City, said Kent Andrews, former KU student and Screw editor. "A professor at the University of Missouri at Kansas City will head the new organization," he said.
Many students thought the paper would continue because it
had lasted four months and seemed to be strengthening financially.
Publication is not ceasing because of bankruptcy or pressure from Lawrence police, the editor said.
Humphrey gaining support for bid
"It didn't grow big like we had hoped," Andrews said. "We got tired of the hassle of meeting deadlines and the same guys having to do all the work. We got tired of pushing. If the demand isn't there, it is not for us to push it."
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—VicePresident Hubert H. Humphrey, heartened by a long talk with President Johnson and by pledges of support from several powerful quarters, is moving closer to an expected open bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Support for Humphrey was picking up momentum with a big push coming Wednesday from AFL-CIO President George Meany, who urged him to run.
Humphrey speaks to the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO state convention in Pittsburgh today.
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts much cooler weather tonight with a low in the lower 20s. Friday should be generally fair and not so cold. Precipitation probabilities are 20 per cent tonight and Friday.
In the last issue of the Screw, Andrews explains why the paper is folding: "The people who have been doing most of the editorial and production work for the past four months have found that they are not the right individuals to be doing these things."
In the same article Andrews says he hopes the relocated Screw will supply an alternative press for the campuses of Missouri and eastern Kansas.
--the University Party (UP) cars transporting students to and from the polls and the posters, which had been in place since the campaign began.
Douglas County attorney Dan Young refused to comment on the Screw, "because the very nature of the thing is such that it will be under investigation."
The detectives also took a copy of the newspaper to the Lawrence postmaster because the publication is being sent through the mails. Federal statutes prohibiting the mailing of obscene materials would be violated if the Screw were found to be obscene.
The four-month life span did not escape the attention of local law enforcement officials.
Young first saw copies of the Screw when Lawrence detectives brought them to him for interpretation. The detectives paid students to obtain copies for them.
Local police also pointed out a Lawrence Indecent Material Ordinance, which prohibits the sale of pornography to minors. It would be up to a court to determine if the Screw violates this ordinance.
Kansas photo by Moe Behraveah
HE ALSO MAKES FILMS
Snow's lecture Wednesday night in Hoch Auditorium followed the premiere of his documentary film, "One-Fourth of Humanity," which he filmed during his visits to China. His KU visit was sponsored by People-to-People.
Speaking to more than 750 persons, Snow said China always makes war-like statements, yet always keeps her troops at home. However, he said, the United States, in contrast, usually makes peaceful statements and at the same time keeps her troops stationed all over the world.
Only 1,125 vote here first dav
Edgar Snow, who has visited China several times and knows Mao Tse-tung, told an audience in Hoch Auditorium Wednesday America's foreign policy is "misleading" and said the United States has failed in Asia.
Snow spoke about America's misleading foreign policy, "at least until last weekend." He said, "If there is a universal belief in Vietnam it is that the American military stationed there are in preparation for a great war with China."
Expert says China won't start a war
Polling places were never "really" busy and election officials expressed concern over the poor turnout with a total of 1,125 persons voting in the All-Student Council (ASC) elections Wednesday.
He said America was "hand-
All was quiet on the KU election front Wednesday.
An expert on China, Edgar Snow, who is a personal acquaintance of Mao Tse-tung and last interviewed him in 1965, said he predicts China will not initiate a war.
Susan Trottman, Kirkwood, Mo., junior and a member of the ASC election board said 550 persons had voted Wednesday at Strong Hall, 400 at the Kansas Union and 175 at Murphy Hall.
Away from the polls, the only indications of an election were
Today is the final day to vote.
Polls close at 6 p.m.
"Our (UP) campaigning lost its significance because ISP (Independent Student Party) did none. It hurt the election because the student body wasn't aware an election campaign was going on," he said.
Scott Brown, Wichita sophomore and UP president, blamed the poor turnout on lack of campaigning.
Clif Conrad, Bismark, N.D. junior and UP candidate for student body president, thinks Wednesday was a pretty normal day, "considering the circumstances."
"I think ISP will make a significant showing, just because they are running against the establishment." Conrad said.
Lyle "Buzz" Fisher, Bird City junior and ISP president, was unavailable for comment, but ISP's write-in candidate for student body president, Peter Monge, Wichita junior, said lack of funds had prevented the party from planning any large scale campaign. Any campaigns were paid for by the individual running, he said.
played by Nikita Khrushchev," who convinced Mao Tse-tung the Russians could not be trusted, but at the same time believed the United States would invade China. Some opposed Mao, he said, but the U.S. escalation seems to support Mao's theory.
Snow said Mao told him the presence of the United States in Asia is building a national movement which will destroy the United States Snow said, "As long as America's troops are in Asia, China will never resume her normal intercourse."
He said the United States has failed in Asia, First, Snow said, America is not fighting a real national war. The success of America's foreign policy, he said, depends upon her current domestic policy at home.
Snow discussed the cultural revolution in China and said that American protectorates in Southeast Asia are stepping stones for an invasion of China. "The timing of this cultural revolution is closely associated with the war in Vietnam," he said.
Snow said the people in Asia, whom he visited with during his 12,000 mile trip in 1960, wonder why the United States maintains an imperialistic outlook. "We must remember," he said, "that before the United States went in-
See Expert, page 12
Last Kansan
Except for a single-sheet "extra" Friday summarizing All-Student Council election results, today's Daily Kansan is the last until April 16.
Starting April 16 the Kansan will be printed on a new offset press. This will mean sharper pictures, the capacity to print in full color, and pages two inches longer than in the past.