University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 7. 1962
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CIA Hopes Flier Is Cleared
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Central Intelligence Agency Director John A. McCone today said he hoped the testimony of Francis Gary Powers "will clear up any cloud" over the U2 pilot.
As to the future, McCone told newsmen, Powers will work for CIA for "an indeterminate period." Although Powers wants to begin flying again, McCone said no formal decision had been reached on whether he will rejoin the Air Force.
The CIA director gave Congressional committees report yesterday stating that Powers carried out the terms of his contract, his CIA instructions and his "obligations as an American" during and after his ill-fated flight on May 1, 1960.
POWERS TOLD his own story to the Senate Armed Services Committee, and, while some lawmakers remained less than enthusiastic, it appeared certain that the U2 pilot has been cleared on any breach of faith or contract.
It appeared that the Congressional review of Powers' conduct and the U2 incident has also renewed an old Congressional controversy over the question of Congressional scrutiny of CIA operations.
After Powers' testimony, Chairman John C. Stennis, D-Miss., of the Preparedness subcommittee said he was satisfied with the testimony of Powers and McCone. He said he was particularly impressed by the finding of the CIA report that Powers' testimony on technical aspects of his flight and the downing of his plane agreed with the views of technical experts in the CIA interrogation.
HOWEVER, REP. Frank J. Becker, R-N.Y., a member of the House Armed Service Committee, called the CIA's report, "nothing but a whitewash."
He said Powers broke his contract when he failed to destroy his plane. "A lot of Powers' statements sound fantastic to me. There appears to be a lot of cover-up going on."
But Rep. Cornelius O. Gallagher, D-N.J., a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said it appeared that Powers is "absolutely in the clear."
The "great loss" in the case, he said, was the advanced photographic equipment aboard the U2, which he said the Russians recovered intact.
CHAIRMAN CARL Vinson, D-Ga., of the House Armed Services Committee said he agreed that Powers had lived up to his contract.
Fund Drive Hits Snag
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He continued:
"The best bet would be the 'mail your contributions to me' type of thing," he said.
"Jo (Snyder) could make a plea and make the campaign on her own. Voluntary donation wouldn't be a conflict with the ASC."
DEAN SALTER, Garden City junior and chairman of the ASC Committee on Committees and Legislation, called the possibility of an amendment to the ASC constitution "remote."
He agreed that the most likely means for conducting a campaign would be outside the Campus Chest since the resolution "will probably be held in violation of the bill."
"I don't know what will happen in the ASC meeting," Miss Snyder said. "A %3 vote is hard to get on anything. I can't see any objection to the idea on basic principles," she added. "The only objection that will come is that this problem doesn't concern KU or that the Emergency Fund shouldn't be used.
"This student group (SNVCC) is part of an organization which is trying to do something worthwhile. I believe in what they are trying to do and feel there is enough interest on campus to get a drive started," she said.
She added that she hoped that $1000, or about 10 cents per student, could be raised.
Mel Saferstein, St. Joseph, Mo., graduate student, who moved the resolution be tabled at the last ASC meeting, said last night he does not think the ASC is the proper group through which to conduct fund raising drives.
Library Council Has First Meeting
The Council's aim is to strive for closer cooperation between the state university libraries. Tentative suggestions are:
The Library Council composed of representatives from five Kansas state colleges and universities held its first meeting yesterday on the KU campus.
Those attending were Dr. Joe W. Kraus, Manhattan; Paul Friesner, Hays; Benjamin Richards, Emporia, and Floyd Meyer, Pittsburg. They met with Thomas Buckman, director of libraries at KU.
1. A station wagon service between schools for the transportation of borrowed books.
2. Development of a union list of periodical holdings kept by the five libraries for faculty use.
3. Closer ties with Linda Library, a large Kansas City science library.
4. Better connections with the Truman and Eisenhower historical libraries.
"IF WE (THE ASC) were to consider all of the very worthwhile organizations which could ask for funds, we would be spending all our time with the drives.
"This might be a good idea but what about the others, like the Heart Fund, KU-Y, and Red Cross? Regardless of what the cause is, it's not the ASC's right to back these drives," he said.
SNVCC began functioning unofficially in late 1960 when it tried to coordinate the sit-ins in the South. The committee was formally organized last year and has continued to carry out the same type of work.
Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D-Va. said he was also pleased with Powers' testimony and said he believed McCone's statement went even further toward vindicating the U2 pilot than the CIA director did in his appearance Monday before a special Senate CIA watchdog committee.
Affiliation with the National Student Association (NSA) was considered for SNVCC last summer at NSA's national meeting. However, NSA felt that SNVCC's connection with a national or Northern organization might interfere with its work because of criticism that "outside" pressures were being applied to solve the segregation problem in the South.
SNVCC IS AFFILIATED with several national organizations, including the Young Democrats, Students for Democratic Society, Young Men's Christian Association, World University Service, and NSA indirectly.
Funds for SNVCC have been raised through contributions on college campuses. The initial operating costs were covered by contributions from a half dozen eastern colleges.
The money which has been collected is used primarily to pay for travel costs. The members of the committee travel to contact prospective voters throughout the South and help coordinate the sit-in movements.
Sen. Francis Case, R-S.D., said no one can take issue with the CIA finding that Powers carried out his contract. Case said, however, that he wishes Powers had not said at his trial that he was sorry he had flown over Russia.
The only other source which has donated money to SNVCC has been the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) which has provided money to cover expenses for lawyer's fees.
The money also goes to help in the education of people so they may pass tests required for registration in many counties. Money also is needed to pay bail when members of the committee or persons in whom they are interested are jailed because of the nature of the work.
CASE SAID he understands that Powers made that statement on the advice of his defense attorney to improve his own legal situation. He commented, however, that "some of us did not commend him nor did we condemn him."
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Powers said in his testimony yesterday that he tried to destroy the plane. He said he had planned to get ready to crawl out and then throw the destruct switches, which had a 70-second delay.
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But he said that when he opened the canopy and removed his seat belt, he was blown out onto the front of the plane, hanging by his oxygen hose, and could not get back inside the cockpit to throw the switches.
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WHILE FLYING over Russia, he said, he felt an explosion which seemed to be outside the plane, and "everywhere I looked it was orange." But he couldn't tell what had brought his U2 down.
When he reached the ground with his parachute, he told of seeing another parachute in the air. He said it could not have come from his U2, and we could not see what was at the end of it.
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YAF Backs Events Bill
He said he decided to follow his instructions to "adopt a cooperative attitude" toward the Russians if captured because they knew from the maps, Russian rubles and other things he was carrying what he had been doing.
The Young Americans for Freedom, at a brief meeting last night, resolved to support a bill proposing a KU Current Events Committee that is currently before the All Student Council.
A copy of the bill, which was introduced at the Feb. 27 ASC meeting was read at the meeting. The bill calls for the establishment of a committee which would bring speakers and films to KU. The committee also would have the power to form a speaker's bureau to aid living groups in obtaining speakers.
P-T-P Sets K.C. Trip For Foreign Students
The People-to-People committee will sponsor a bus trip to Kansas City for foreign students Friday.
The trip will begin at 1 p.m. in front of the Kansas Union and will include a tour of a vending machine manufacturing company. Interested students are asked to sign up at the office of the foreign students adviser or the P-T-P office.
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Panel Discussion Set for Tomorrow
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The panel discussion of the aims and objectives of the School of Business which will be held Thursday is for freshman and sophomore students. Bob Fitzsimmons, St. Joseph, Mo., senior and chairman of the Business School Council, said today.
Students in other divisions of the University who are interested in taking business courses are invited.
The discussion, which will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union, will center around the topic, "How a Business School Education Can Prepare You for a Career in Business."
Charles Gudger, manager of manufacturing engineering at the Ford Motor Co. in Kansas City, Mo., will be present at the discussion, in addition to Dean James R. Surface of the School of Business and six other business faculty members.
KU Chemists Get $60,000 in Grants
The KU chemistry department has received two grants totaling more than $60,000 for chemical research on free radical reactions.
Free radical reactions are chemical species that have one or more unpaired electrons.
EARL S. HUYSER, assistant professor of chemistry, received a grant of $32,483 for a three-year study of the mechanisms of free radical reactions. The grant was made by the United States Public Health Service.
Two chemistry graduate students, Douglas C. Neckers, Clymer, N. Y., and John Jeffrey, Bartlesville, Okla., will work as project assistants.
The organic and inorganic disciplines of the chemistry department received an additional grant from the National Science Foundation of $28,900 for a three-year exploratory study of free radicals.
Programa brasileño. El conferenciante sera el Sr. Esmeraldino (Aldo) Oliveira, estudiante graduado de Recife, quien nos hablará en portugueses sobre el tema, "Educacao no Brasil." Se servirán refrescados. Todos invitados.
SUA Bridge Lessons: 7 p.m. 306 Kansas Union. Instructor, Larry Bodie.
CQ CQ CQ DEWOAH BT Meeting 080130 ZULU (This is Wednesday, March 9 non-hams.) Ec Lab. Bill McCaan will speak on SSB operation BCNU SK.
THURSDAY
Episcopal Holy Communion & Lunch:
12 noon, Canterbury House.
Organic Chemistry Colloquium: 4 p.m.
233 Malott. Charles Barknecht. "Interpretation on Spin-Spin Splitting in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance."
Baptist Student Union Devotional: 5 p.m., Southern Baptist Activities Building, 1221 Oread. Bible study and devotional.
Christian Science Organization: 7:30 p.m., Danforth Chapel.
Episcopal Evening Prayer: 9:30 p.m., Danforth Chapel.
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International Club: Following film in Hoch, Jawkah Room. Kansas Union. Dance competition followed by refreshments and dancing.
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