Tuesday, May 1. 1962 University Daily Kansan
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Ideas Here Vary on 'Freedom Buses'
Seven KU students and professors voiced various reactions in Kansan telephone interviews concerning the New Orleans Citizens Council's campaign to send Negroes north in buses.
Richard P. Guthrie, Leon senior, said "I do not feel that it is for the people in the North to judge whether it is right or wrong. It's strictly a problem that the people in New Orleans must face."
Nolen Ellison, Kansas City junior, said, "I cannot see what objective the council has in sending Negroes north. The one-way tickets throw a bad light on the situation."
Patricia A. Grubbs, Wichita sophomore, said, "I read another article last weekend about a couple that rode a freedom bus. From reading this article and also learning of the recent developments, I would say that it is an improper way that has been used to give the Negro an opportunity."
CORDELL MEEKS. Kansas City sophomore, said, "I think it is ridiculous. I feel that it is a backward step for the Negro."
Roy Laird, assistant professor of political science, said, "I think it's deplorable. It appears they are exploiting the tragedy of the least adjusted Negroes in the South by sending them to the North with no provisions to secure them a means of livelihood. It would be different
if they had jobs waiting for them." Robert Barker, Leawood sophomore, said, "I think it is more or less a scheme to try and get Negroes in the South to go North. They are trying to get rid of as many Negroes from the South as they can." He cited President Kennedy as saying that he will not do anything but will give solid approval to the whole thing.
Harry Shaffer, assistant professor of economics, believes what the Southern white is saying in part is this. "Either you are willing to accept the rating of citizens, second class, or we will give you the money to leave the place where you were born and raised. In any case we down here refuse to extend to you the rights and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution."
Elsewhere in the U.S. opinions have varied.
At Durham, N.C., author-editor Harry Golden told a Council of Human Relations meeting that he has a counter-plan — to raise money so that Negroes who accept citizen council tickets can return home "after their vacation." He said he already had at least 610 return tickets pledged.
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Booth Will Address YAF on Propaganda
Arden Booth, owner and operator of radio station KLWN, will speak tonight to members of the Young Americans for Freedom on how Communist propagandists twist words to their own advantage.
Mr. Booth will present his speech, "The War of the Words," at 7:30 p.m. in the Pan American Room of the Kansas Union.
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He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information in 1957. He was a reporter-photographer for the Kansas City Star for two and one-half years before he edited the KU Alumni Magazine and the KU Today Newsletter. He has been doing graduate work in English both at KU and the University of Kansas City and expects to complete his M.A. at KCU soon.
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U. S. Research Grant To Roofe Renewed
Paul G. Roofe, professor of anatomy, has been awarded a renewal grant of $9,539 for his research, which is supported by the U.S. Public Health Service.
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