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NeutralAdmitsViet Minh Are in Laos
LUANG PRABANG, Laos — (UPI) A highly-placed official of neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma's rebel government conceded today that Communist North Vietnamese troops "probably" were serving in Laos.
The official flatly denied that Souvanna's own small army was infiltrated with North Vietnamese troops (Communist Vietnam), but said there were some parts of Laos controlled by the pro-Communist
Faculty Opinion Poll to Be Halted
The faculty opinion poll, designed to determine if there are any conservatives in the KU economics and political science departments has been temporarily dropped by the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF).
Marick Payton, Lawrence resident and YAF chairman, said today. "People have been using irrational criticism of the poll to detract from the main issue of whether or not there should be a broader spectrum of political philosophies among the faculty members."
APPROXIMATELY 10 members of the political science and economics departments were interviewed, according to Payton. He said most of them maintained that: (1) they (the faculty) did not express personal opinions in class, (2) their political philosophies did not hinder them in presenting all sides objectively, and (3) that it makes no difference what they say in class because students do not listen to their professors anyway.
Contrary to the YAF statement that the economics and political science departments are not giving enough consideration to conservative thought, Leland Pritchard, professor of economics and past chairman of the department said that he feels all the members of the economics department are basically conservative. "It is news to me that we don't give the conservative viewpoint a fair shake here," he said.
Walter Sandelius, professor of political science, said, "all view-points short of the extremes, both right and left," are represented at KU. He said the charge that there are no conservatives in the two departments is "an irresponsible and uninformed opinion."
PAYTON SAID that the YAF had not dropped the poll permanently as yet. "If we discontinue the poll, it will have to be done at the meeting because that's where the ideas for it originated," he said. "We still want some discussion of the basic issue," he concluded.
Pathet Lao rebels "where we (neutralists) cannot go."
The twin statements were the first admissions from rebel sources that Red Viet Minh forces probably were serving in Laos and that Souvanna does not exercise complete control over his Marxist half-brother and Communist-backed Pathet Lao leader, Prince Souphanoumong.
THE OFFICIAL, who is said to enjoy the full confidence of Souvanna, asked that he not be named for his own safety.
He discussed the likelihood of North Vietnamese intervention in Laos with reporters today following Souvanna's arrival here for an audience with King Savang Vathana.
Souvanna refused to comment on his 90-minute meeting with the king, but told reporters that he would "continue conversations" with right-wing strongman Gen. Phoumi Nosovan.
SOUVANNA MUST win Phoumi's agreement before he can unite the country into a coalition government of neutralists, rightwengers and pro-Communist Pathet Lao rebels.
Eight foreign ambassadors to Laos, including U.S. envoy Winthrop Brown and Soviet Ambassador Alexandre Abramov, also arrived in Luang Prabang today to attempt to map out a new basis for negotiations between the opposing factions.
The neutralist official also admitted indirectly in the private conversation that the North Vietnamese are using rebel-held areas in Laos to supply Viet Cong Communist guerillas in neighboring South Viet Nam.
"NOBODY CONTROLS the borders," he said, and added that "South Viet Nam could be lost if there is no solution in Laos."
He said that the Laotian town of Tchepone near the Vietnamese border, which is believed to be one of the major stepping stones along Viet Cong's "Ho Chi Minh Trail" into South Viet Nam, is one of the towns from which the neutralists are barred.
He added that the northeastern provincial capital of Sam Neua near North Viet Nam was another area forbidden to the neutralists.
His remarks bore out previous private statements by another high-ranking neutralist who said that North Vietnamese Communist Party cadres dominated Sam Neua province.
This earlier informant also told UPI that the North Vietnamese had mobilized the "worst elements and hoodlums" in the province to spread Communist doctrines and bar the region to organizers from Souvanna's neutralist party.
Rep. Walter Says Powers Not Spy
DETROIT — (UPI) — Eighteen members of the 1961 Detroit Lions pro football team will make the motor city their off-season headquarters this year.
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WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Chairman Francis E. Walter of the House Committee on Un-American Activities said yesterday that U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was not a spy.
In a House speech, the Pennsylvania Democrat criticized the press for lending credence to Russian charges that the United States had been caught in a "flagrant case of espionage."
He said numerous headlines and stories in newspapers since Powers was released from a Russian prison have referred to the pilot as a "spy pilot" and called his exchange for Col. Rudolf Abel a "spy trade."
Espionage, Walter said, was secret and covert.
K-State Celebrates 99th Birthday Today
MANHATTAN — (UPI)— Kansas State University today marked its 99th birthday as a land-grant institution.
No Need for 'Witch Hunt'
Kansas accepted provisions of the Morrill Land Grant Act on Feb. 3, 1863, and the University was officially located at Manhattan on Feb. 16, 1863, when the Legislature accepted an offer of Bluemont Central College building and 100 acres of land as a site.
Kansas State Agriculture College opened its doors Sept. 2, 1863, with a single building and 52 students. Today an enrollment of more than 7,000 students uses a campus with about 125 buildings.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The Navy's Judge Advocate General has told a Senate subcommittee that there is "no need for space age witch hunters" in the struggle against Communism.
Rear Adm, William C. Mott testified yesterday that "amateur anti-Communists" are about as useful as "amateur brain surgeons" when they are allowed to participate in public affairs seminars and forums.
Mott presented his views before the Senate subcommittee studying the alleged "muzzling" of military leaders. The subcommittee was taking testimony on professional journals of the armed services when it heard some unscheduled testimony on a subject still to be covered in its hearings—anti-communist forums and seminars.
Mott stressed the need for "quality control" in the personnel used for such meetings. He said he was a frequent participant in this type of program and a member of the American Bar Association committee that sponsors such events.
Because of a "bad experience" in one program, Mott said, he now does not accept an invitation without knowing exactly who else will be speaking. He said one fellow participant at a particular session tried to use a forum on Communism to air partisan views on a local issue. Mott said he had to publicly disassociate himself from the comments.
Model UN Interest Greater This Year
The mock U.N. is ahead of last year's registration and it is an indication of increased student interest, Alan Reed, secretary general of the Model United Nations, said yesterday.
"THE MAIN OBJECTIVES of the Model U.N. are to arouse interest in world affairs and to get American students on delegations representing different countries in order to present the views of that country on world issues." Reed said.
Delegations from 82 nations have now signed up for the Model U.N., but delegations from some African, Asian and Latin American countries are still needed.
The Model U.N. is a working copy of the General Assembly of the U.N. It is composed of four-student delegations, representing individual countries that are members of the U.N.
Delegations from each of the nations are given resolution areas which are important current problems of the U.N. The delegations then have to formulate resolutions to be presented at the Model U.N. Assembly.
Possible OAS Bomb Is Exploded in Paris
THE QUESTIONS OF admitting Communist China to the U.N., and how to finance the U.N. will be the first two of four resolution areas given to the delegations. Two other resolution areas will be given later.
French officials said a cease-fire agreement ending more than seven years of bloodshed may be signed by Feb. 25.
It was the first time a booby-trap has gone off in a car in Paris, although such incidents have been common in Algeria.
THIS LATEST TERRORIST act shook Parisians as Premier Michel Debre and key members of his government reviewed plans for tightening security precautions amid mounting prospects of an early cease-fire in Algeria.
PARIS — (UPI) — A plastic bomb exploded in a parked automobile in the heart of Paris today, gravely wounding the driver. Police it may have been a new terrorist blow by the outlawed secret army organization (OAS).
THE GOVERNMENT feared this may touch off new violence by the
The booby-trap attack in Paris and the slaying of a European school principal by an Algerian terrorist in Algeria came as informed sources said Algerian Affairs Minister Louis Joxe was expected to report momentarily to President Charles de Gaulle on the progress of secret negotiations for a cease-fire.
Police and republican security guards (CRS) this morning set up road blocks in Paris and spot checked cars for arms or explosives for the first time in daylight.
In the past 24 hours 10,000 cars were searched and 22,000 persons checked for their identity.
OAS which is fighting to keep Algeria under French control.
A life spent worthy should be measured by deeds, not years.— Richard Sheridan
The officials of the Model U.N. are Alan Reed, secretary general; Maurice Smith, president; Al Palmerlee, parliamentarian; and a clerk that has not been chosen yet.
At the same time, police disclosed they carried out a nationwide offensive against the OAS in recent weeks. In the first half of February, 53 houses in different parts of the country were searched, 13 persons were arrested and charged, and 28 others detained as suspected OAS members or active terrorists.
The KU-Y sponsored Model U.N.
Assembly will be April 13-14.
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