Party Leaders Look at Action
By Mike Miller
The elections for this school year are over, but campus political leaders are already thinking of future elections and the effect that this spring's results will have.
The most popular topic of discussion among the leaders is the effect which Action, the proposed third political party, had on the outcome of the elections. The consensus was that the group hurt the University Party in the elections, but ideas on the degree of injury differed.
TED CHILDERS, WAMEGO SENIOR AND president of Vox Populi, said, "They picked up quite a few votes from UP in the college men's race, but they (Action) got a lot of their votes from people who do not normally vote. The vote would have been closer without Action."
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Jim Anderson, Lawrence senior and co-chairman of the University Party, said, "Action may have affected our vote in a couple of instances, College men specifically."
Brian O'Heron, Lawrence senior and president of Action, said, "we definitely took votes from UP. They would have won those districts in which we ran against them had it not been for us."
In commenting on the strength which the Action-backed candidates showed, Tom Hardy, Hoisington junior, and co-chairman of UP, said the group was a little stronger than he had expected.
JERRY PALMER, EL DOrado senior and chairman of the ASC, said that he had expected Action to be a little stronger.
O'Heron said in discussing the two ASC seats which UP won, College women and School of Pharmacy, "We feel if we had run candidates from these districts, they wouldn't have taken these seats. In the future we will make sure we have candidates in all the schools that UP does."
In discussing the possibility of Action and UP merging into one party, Anderson said. "Nothing like a merger has been mentioned."
Childers said, "Action would have to give up too much of the things that they are basing their pressure on."
MIKE HARRIS, SHAWNEE MISSION JUNIOR and executive vice president of Vox, said, "I doubt it very seriously considering the stand that UP took on Action earlier this year. Also their ideals and goals are different."
When asked their views on the possible UP-Action merger, three members of the Action parliament went into consultation and returned with this statement, "At this particular time, we have not discussed any such merger."
O'Heron added, "To me, it seems highly improbable because UP was definitely hurt by Action's participation."
Asked if UP would continue to function as a political party next fall, Anderson said, "There is no definite reason to believe we won't be around.
O'HERON SAID THAT HE THOUGHT that the same splitting of UP votes by Action would take place in next fall's elections. "If this does happen, I can see little hope for UP in the future," he added.
When asked if Action would participate in next fall's elections, O'Heron said that they definitely would.
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Anderson said "Action might be around next fall, but I can't imagine them having much strength."
O'Heron said, "There is no room for three parties on this campus so we will have to work on UP first."
Returning to discussing the recent election, Palmer said that he thought Vox was stronger than ever.
"THE ELECTION WAS ONE IN WHICH very few people were in doubt about who to vote for. They decided before the elections."
Jim Anderson said UP's presidential vote total was up from last year's election, and that the College vote was about the same.
'OHERON SAID THAT HE SAW LITTLE possibility for change in the efficiency of campus politics in the next year as a result of the elections.
When asked his comments on the election, Hardy, who was defeated in the race for student body vice president, said, "Vox has a very effective machine."
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Topeka Man Asks $50,000 Damages From Regents
TOPEKA — (UPI) — Atty. Gen William Ferguson today reported that a Topeka man has filed a $50,-000 personal injury suit against the state Board of Regents and a doctor at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
The Board of Regents and Dr. Samuel Kantor were named defendants in the action.
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Ferguson said the suit was filed in Johnson County District Court by Edward O. Hahn.
Hahn seeks $50,000 to compensate for the loss of sight in one eye after an operation performed by Dr. Kantor at the Medical Center in Kansas City.
His petition alleges that after the operation while he was in the process of being transferred from the operating table to a portable cart he was mishandled by an unknown intern, causing loss of sight in the eve.
Hahn alleged that Dr. Kantor held one end of the blanket and the intern the other end. He charged that the intern lost his grip on the blanket and caused unnecessary movement that resulted in loss of the eye.
As attorney general, Ferguson will defend the Board of Regents.
No Mail, Phone Service as OAS Strikes Algiers
ALGIERS — (UPI) — Postal and telephone workers in Algiers went on strike today in protest against the shooting and arrest of a group of youths caught posting signs for the outlawed Secret Army Organization (OAS).
The youths were sons of employees of the post and tele-communications ministry.
THE WALKOUT CUT all phone service within the city and closed post office operations. A number of banking employees walked out in sympathy and several banks were forced to shut down.
An army patrol caught the youths last week while they were posting pro-OAS signs. The youths opened fire on the patrol and attempted to escape. But the soldiers fired back, killing one and wounding another. The others were captured and jailed.
French authorities banned all street demonstrations in Algiers yesterday and ordered troops and riot police to shoot if necessary to enforce the prohibition.
The ban was imposed following a call by the OAS for mass demonstrations in memory of the 50 Europeans killed by French security forces during a pro-OAS rally in Algerias on March 26.
A POLICE COMMUNIQUE said that troops had been told to use "any means" to enforce the ban. Observers said the authorities were concerned over the possibility of clashes between mosques and Europeans if street demonstrations were held.
Moslem tempers already were running high over the continued campaign of terrorism by the OAS.
Terrorist attacks across Algeria yesterday killed 24 persons and wounded another 33, raising the casualty toll since Jan. 1, to 3,968 dead and 8,307 injured.
French security forces in Algeria already have been ordered to shoot on sight OAS terrorists. Troops in Algiers and Oran—the two major OAS strongholds—also have been told to fire immediately at persons on balconies and roofs of buildings, favorite posts for OAS snipers.
Lawmaker Scores KU Professors
A Kansas legislator charged last night that certain members of the KU faculty are jeopardizing academic freedom by refusing to answer questions about conservative thought.
State Rep. John D. Bower, R-McLouth, chairman of the Kansas House Education Committee, told members of the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) that academic freedom is based on the student's right to ask and receive answers to questions.
He referred specifically to the YAF poll conducted in the economics and political science departments earlier this semester to determine the validity of charges made by two former KU students that there are no conservatives in these departments.
The poll failed because the faculty in these two departments refused to answer the questions.
"THE ONES who are jeopardizing academic freedom," Rep. Bower said, "are the ones who are treating conservative thought with ridicule and abuse, rather than trying to refute the conservative ideas."
He said that those who refused to answer the questions are opposing the YAF by "under-the-table resistance."
Rep. Bower said:
"Why should they take an academic Fifth Amendment? They say it makes no difference what they personally believe because they don't teach their perosnal beliefs in class.
"Anyone who makes an excuse
like that is insulting cur intelligence," he added.
Rep. Bower said he thought that these members of the faculty would not deviate from majority opinion for fear of losing academic status in economic terms.
"IN ECONOMICS or sociology, teachers' views are important," he said, "but if they cannot stand on them, then they should find some new ones."
Roy D. Laird, assistant professor of political science, and Harry G. Shaffer, assistant professor of economics, refuted Rep. Bower's charges.
Prof. Laird said, "There is no one who is unwilling to discuss any of the issues that confront man in the proper forum."
However, he said the charge, which referred to the lack of asserted cooperation in the YAF poll, "was hardly a matter of refusing to discuss issues but rather a case of individuals not wanting to participate in a poorly-constructed poll that was obviously designed to come up with a pre-conceived answer."
Prof. Shaffer said that he could not think of anyone in the economics department that would refuse to answer a student's question.
"However," Prof. Shaffer added, "if a student asks a chemistry professor what he thinks about President Kennedy's action against the steel industry, he should not be required to answer because he is probably not well-qualified."
Second Nuclear Blast Fired in Mid-Pacific
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The United States fired a second nuclear shot in the atmosphere over the mid-Pacific today, apparently duplicating the first test earlier this week.
As in the Wednesday test, the device exploded today was dropped by an airplane and was of intermediate power. British-controlled Christmas island again was the test site.
A SPOKESMAN for the Atomic Energy Commission said the device had an explosive power of less than one million tons of TNT (one megan) but more than 20,000 tons (20 kilotons)). This was the same description given of Wednesday's blast.
The second test of the current U.S. series came as anti-bomb demonstrations were conducted by leftist Japanese students before the U.S. embassy in Tokyo. Communist and pacifist ban-the-bomb groups staged milder protests in other countries.
Reaction from most neutral nations was mild in tone and the free world allies in Europe strongly backed the U.S. decision to resume atmospheric testing.
The shot today was the 187th nuclear device exploded by the United States, with 64 of them detonated in the Pacific.
THE TEST SERIES, dubbed "Operation Dominic", is being carried
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Partly cloudy this afternoon and generally fair tonight and tomorrow. Cooler in the west and central this afternoon and over the state tonight. Increasingly southerly winds tomorrow becoming 30 to 40 miles per hour tomorrow afternoon. The low tonight will be in the middle 50s and the highs toorrow in the upper 70s.
out by a huge Navy task force under the joint direction of the Defense Department and the Atomic Energy Commission.
The tests are expected to continue for two to three months with between 24 and 36 explosions anticipated either at Christmas island or Johnston island, the U.S. Pacific testing site.
President Kennedy's decision to resume above ground testing was defended today by Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield. The Montanan said Kennedy's hand had been forced by the previous unannounced tests of the Soviet Union and the need for national security.
AN AEC ANNOUNCEMENT said:
"A nuclear test detonation took place at about 11 a.m. EST today in the vicinity of Christmas Island. The detonation was in the intermediate yield range. The device was dropped from an airplane. The test was part of Operation Dominic now underway in the Pacific.
Kansas PTA OK's Govt. Aid
TOPEKA — (UPI) — Approval was given yesterday by the Kansas Parent-Teacher Association to federal aid to education.
The approved resolution states, "We favor federal support to public elementary and secondary schools with administrative control retained at the state and local levels."
The expected friction between the two camps in the group began in earnest yesterday morning at a presession meeting of delegates interested in the legislative program.
The opposition gathered early in a small section of the auditorium and only a few "yes" votes came from that direction during the proceedings.