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By United Press International
ATLANTA—The Georgia General Assembly met in emergency session today to fight the nation's first reapportionment since the supreme court's ruling.
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Gov. Ernest Vandiver called the session in an attempt to modify Georgia's rural-dominated legislative apportionment, and the closely linked county unit from the federal courts.
TOKYO—The Foreign Office today instructed the Japanese embassy in Washington to request the U.S. State Department to investigate the seizure of a Japanese fishing boat by Alaskan state agents for alleged violation of Alaskan territorial waters.
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A spokesman for the Foreign Office said the government would protest to the U.S. should the investigation prove the boat did not intrude in American waters last Saturday.
GENEVA—The eight neutral members of the Disarmament Conference proposed today that a nuclear test ban treaty be policed by a commission of scientists from uncommitted countries.
The three nuclear powers promised to study the neutrals' plan. But the U.S. and Britain argued that the essential element of on-site inspection of suspicious events was passed over lightly and there was no provision for sanctions against the nation caught cheating.
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MOSCOW—The Soviet Communist Party published its May Day slogans yesterday, promoting Cuba to a place alongside the Soviet bloc nations.
The slogans' wording serves as a key to current Soviet attitudes on both state and party relations, as well as on international problems.
The slogans carefully called for eternal friendship and cooperation with the peoples of the two countries in the same wording used for greetings to all other members of the Soviet camp.
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CHICAGO—Joseph L. Block, board chairman of Inland Steel Co. was quoted today as saying an anti-trust investigation of big stee is unnecessary.
Block, whose decision not to raise Inland's steel prices is credited with starting the collapse of big steel's price rise order last week, was interviewed by foreign correspondent Keyes Beech of the Chicago Daily News.
"I'm sure there was no collusion." Block said of the decisions of major steel companies to raise their prices $6 a ton last week.
"Steel prices are inadequate, although we didn't feel that a price rise at this time was in the national interest."
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court issued a ruling today strengthening the federal government's hand in civil rights efforts to safeguard Negro voting.
It upheld a Mississippi ruling that federal courts may block a state prosecution if the government charges it was aimed at intimidating prospective voters.
The court action came a few minutes after Byron R. White was sworn in as an associate justice with President Kennedy and White's family among the onlookers. White took no part in today's court actions.
Red Congress Ends With Blast at U.S.
TOKYO — (UPI) — Communist China's People's Congress wound up a 20-day secret session today with a blast at the United States, a proclamation of friendship for Russia and admission that it was having troubles at home.
Peiping Radio broadcast a final congress communique outlining what it said were the main points of Chinese foreign policy as presented by Premier Chou En-Lai.
Although Chou was believed to have opened the congress with a speech March 27, this was the first word on what he had said.
THE COMMUNIQUE said Chou attacked "the seizure of Taiwan by U.S. imperialism and its creation of 'two Chinas'" a charge that Red China has made frequently for years.
Chou proclaimed "unswerving" friendship with the Soviet Union and the rest of the Communist bloc. He called on the Communist world to "unite all forces that can be united" against the United States and what it stands for.
THE COMMUNIQUE proclaimed Communist China:
- "Consistently pursued a foreign policy of peace."
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- "Strived for peaceful co-existence with countries having different social systems on the basis of the five principles of peaceful co-existence..."
- "Firmly and unswervingly developed its relations of friendship, mutual assistance and cooperation with the Soviet Union and the other fraternal Socialist countries."
- "Opposed the imperialist policies of war" and "supported" revolutionary struggles of the "oppressed" peoples and nations.
IN PAST YEARS the Chinese Communists issued sets of facts and figures about national production during the congress but they did not do so this year.
India's refusal to negotiate a new trade pact with Peiping apparently touched off the criticism.
Western diplomats believed that the recent record of agricultural and industrial production on the Chinese mainland has been so poor that Peiping was reluctant to give figures this year.
As if to take the country's mind off its domestic troubles, Peiping radio reported over the weekend that India had been criticized bitterly at the congress in connection with the Sino-Indian border dispute.
Past figures were open to suspicion anyway since there was no way of checking them independently.
Up to today this had bee, almost the only word of what had gone on behind the closed doors of the congress.
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59th Year, No. 118
Model U.N. Squelches Red China Membership
Western nations overwhelmingly defeated a bid for Red China's membership in the KU Model United Nations and its Security Council Saturday after a four hour and 35 minute fight.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
In a ten-minute roll call vote, the opposition to the India-sponsored resolution piled up 43 votes to 37 votes in favor. There were 13 abstentions.
The resolution provided that:
The vote was 25 short of the two-thirds majority of 62 required for General Assembly admittance of a new IJN. member
- The Republic of China (Nationalist China) would continue as the representative of "certain offshore islands."
Consideration of the Indian resolution came a full day after being tabled Friday morning.
Monday, April 16, 1962
- The Peoples' Republic of China would be admitted to the United Nations General Assembly.
- The permanent seat of China on the Security Council would be terminated leaving only four permanent members.
Speaking at the International Club meeting last Friday night, Muhammad Zafrulla Khan said that "many people seem to forget that the International Court of Justice is a part of the U.N., established under the U.N. Charter."
Mr. Zafrulla Khan served as judge on the Court from 1954 to 1961. He is now Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations, and was on campus last week to give the opening address at the Model U.N.
Khan Discusses World Court
ONE REASON that the International Court is not always thought of as being a part of the U.N., according to Mr. Zafrulla Khan, is because the principle seat of the court is in The Hague rather than at the U.N. headquarters in New York.
The Court is the principal judicial organ of the U.N., and is the successor of the Permanent Court of Justice which was established by the League of Nations. The Court handles only cases between sovereign states.
Increasing southerly winds, partly cloudy to cloudy skies and warmer temperatures today. Another cold front is expected to move across the state tonight, setting off showers over eastern Kansas. Highs today were predicted to range in the 69s and 79s and lows tonight in low 40s. The Weather Bureau's five-day outlook for this week called for temperatures to be near or a little above seasonal normal.
The 15 judges of the Court are elected by the U.N. In addition to acting in an international advisory capacity to sovereign states, the court settles contentious questions between the states.
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The reason for this, according to Mr. Zafrulla Khan, is because political means offer more chances for arbitration, bargaining, and pressure movements, whereas the decision of the Court has a finality about it which states are sometimes reluctant to commit themselves to accepting.
"The COURT is pretty much in the hands of the sovereign states." Mr. Zafrulla Khan said, "and naturally they must be accommodated. The jurisdiction of the court is based on consent."
Mr. Zafrulla Khan said that "sovereign states usually prefer to seek solutions through political rather than judicial means."
Immediately after the introduction of India's resolution, the Soviet Union introduced an amendment to it placing Red China on the Security Council in Nationalist China's place. It also listed the "certain off-shore islands."
For the next several hours, the General Assembly fought out the amendment proposal. First the amendment was divided into two sections, the first listing the offshore islands and the second providing for Red China's Security Council membership.
Eventually, the second section of the amendment was defeated and the first incorporated in the original resolution.
DURING THE BATTLE, at least five votes on different issues were taken, countless points of order, points of personal privilege and points of information were raised. Debate became heated and charges flew back and forth like shrapnel as the session progressed. Tempers began to fray, collars were loosened and there was a constant coming and going on the main floor as delegates conferred and bargained.
Informed sources in the Western bloc indicated their leaders were confident of defeating India's resolution. Several Communist bloc spokesmen were "cautiously optimistic" but preferred not to make any definite predictions.
rinally the Assembly President, Maurice Smith, Mission senior, banged his gavel and announced the clerk would read the roll for voting on the admittance of Red China, starting with New Zealand.
"New Zealand!"
"No!"
"Nicaragua!"
"No!"
"Niger Republic!"
"Abstain!"
"Nigeria!"
"No!"
"Norway!"
"Yes!"
AT THE END, the President announced the results which ended several months' work and more than four hours debate with defeat for some and victory for others.
At this point the President interrupted the action terming it "obstructionist tactics."
After a 15 minute recess, the Communist bloc initiated a series of parliamentary moves to delay debate. It started when the Soviet Union gained the floor and yielded to Poland. Poland yielded to Beylorussia SSR, Beylorussia yielded to the Ukrainian SSR.
Pat Piggott, Kansas City, Mo. senior, chairman of the Soviet delegation, then introduced a motion to censure the President, charging him with partiality and incompetence. The President turned over the chairmanship to Albert Palmerlee, Lawrence graduate and parliamentarian.
IN A HEATED exchange between Palmerlee and Piggot, Piggot amended his motion to include Palmerlee.
The censure motion was defeated and the entire Communist bloc resigned from the Model U.N. Upon
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Primary Election Set for Tomorrow
Primary elections for the All Student Council school district seats and Student Body President and Vice-President will be held tomorrow and Wednesday.
The voting booths will be in Strong Hall. Students desiring to vote must present their identification card in the basement of Strong Hall in order to get their dean's card. The voting booths will be upstairs on the first floor.
Three Teams Protest College Bowl Methods
Protests concerning the mechanics and procedure of the College Bowl contest were lodged yesterday by three teams that participated in the second round of competition.
Stephenson and Sigma Nu, in a joint protest, stated that interpretations of the contest's rules were inconsistent. In another protest, Foster Hall objected to the conditions under which its match was played. The three teams each requested a rematch.
The protests will be considered at the College Intermediary Board meeting today.
Competing against each other, both Stephenson and Sigma Nu stated that playing time had expired when Sigma Nu was permitted to answer a bonus question that decided the match in its favor.
ACCORDING TO the rules established by the Intermediary Board, which is sponsoring the contest, a team is allowed to answer a bonus question provided that it previously answers a 10-point tossup question correctly. The rule, however, does not consider the time element, and such decisions have been made by the moderators in previous matches.
David C. Scott, Jackson Heights. N. Y., junior and captain of the Stephenson team. said:
"We decided that since both sides would feel they had won on a technicality, we would rather have a rematch than accept the present score as a final one." (Sigma Nu 150, Stephenson 140.) "Nobody really seems to know what the rules are," he added.
THE FOSTER Hall protest was explained by team member. David Specht, Prairie Village freshman:
None of the Sigma Nu team members were available for comment.
"The moderator was sitting on the side of the Templin team and facing them at the beginning of the match. We were sitting next to an air conditioner which was making quite a bit of noise, and it was difficult to hear the moderator's questions, especially the bonus questions. By the time we got the situation righted, we were quite a ways behind."
Templin team members were not available for comment.
Foster lost its match to Templin, 205-185.
Charles Anderson, Osage City senior and College Intermediary Board chairman, said he did not know how the Board would rule on the protests.
HE SAID, however. "We will re-examine the rules at the Board meeting and make them much more explicit for the future rounds of competition. We will take all precautions that the weaknesses in the procedure do not re-occur in the future."
Other results of the second-round competition were:
Delta Tau Delta 240, Pi Beta Phi 50; Beta Theta Pi 230, Delta Upsilon 200; Phi Delta Theta 215, Gertrude Sellards Pearson 185; Gamma Phi Beta 260, Corbin-GSP Counsellors 170; Alpha Kappa Lambda 420, Alpha Tau Omega 155; and Joseph R. Pearson 270, Pearson 130.