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Opinion Split on Socialism Charge
By Bill Sheldon and Walt Blackledge
A wide range of opinion was expressed by students and faculty members last night regarding State Senator Ford Harbaugh's (R-Wellington) recent charge of socialism at KU.
HE SAID conservative thought is not receiving equal encouragement at KU.
Speaking on college appropriations on the floor of the Kansas Senate Jan. 23, Sen. Harbaugh said there is concern in the Senate about "encouragement of socialistic doctrine at Kansas University under the name of liberalism."
He referred his charges to statements made by two former KU students-Scott Stanley, Bethel, and Charles McIlwaine. Hutchinson—last summer that all KU political science and economics faculty members are liberal, welfare statist, and socialistic.
Leland Pritchard, professor of economics and past chairman of the department, said he feels all the members of the economics department are basically conservative.
"NO ONE IS challenging, in the classroom, the basic tenets of the private enterprise system," he said. "In fact, several might even advocate less government intervention."
Prof. Pritchard said he does not know how Sen. Harbaugh was classifying the members of the department because he does not know how the senator defined a conservative.
John Ise, professor emeritus of economics, said:
"I think there is one (conservative) in the political science department—I'd save about half the economists.
"I HAVE KIND of a permanent stomach-ache about that thing, but I don't know what can be done about it." Prof. Ise said of Sen. Harbaugh's statement.
"We try to develop liberalism," he continued. "Liberalism is the developing of an open mind, without any preconceptions. I've always been glad we've done it as well as we do. Now we get hell about it.
"There's too much expression on the conservative side. Nearly every source of opinion that the students have access to is conservative." Prof. Ise concluded.
WALTER SANDELIUS, professor of political science, said he believes
Marick Payton, Lawrence resident and chairman of the Young Americans for Freedom, said:
that "all viewpoints short of the extremes, both right and left," are represented at KU.
"Certainly there has been a propagation of socialistic doctrine at KU.
Prof. Leland Pritchard
"TM NOT concerned that there are professors here with welfare state socialist leanings so much as that there is no professorial opposition—there's no balance." Payton continued. "There is no really vocal conservative in the economics and political science departments."
Marick Payton
Prof. Walter Sandelius
"The present administration inherited this imbalance, but it has the responsibility to seek out at least one conservative teacher in economics or political science. I realize they are in the minority, but they can be found," Pavton said.
Prof. Sandelius took the opposite viewpoint concerning the administration.
"I THINK WE have wise and strong leadership at the University," he said. "Our institutions are strong enough. There is enough sensible opinion in the state that a statement such as Sen. Harbaugh's should not be taken too seriously.
"Saying that there are no conservatives in the named departments is an irresponsible and uninformed opinion." Prof. Sandelius said.
Prof. Pritchard made a similar comment. He said:
After the session. Stennis said an
"I am convinced fully that the executive plea applies and that it is valid here," he ruled.
"It is news to me that we don't give the conservative viewpoint a fair shake here."
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THURMOND SAID he would have more to say about the ruling later but declined to say whether he would appeal to the full Armed Services Committee or the Senate itself.
JERRY PALMER, El Dorado senior, an economics major, said he believes the economics department probably is conservative.
"I have never heard any instructor profess any system other than the American system," he said. "In fact,
Stennis said there was no choice but to accept the President's use of the power.
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JFK Uses Privilege To Stop Committee
THE PRESIDENT SAID he was acting in accordance with legal precedents set by his predecessors "from the first to the last." The privilege, first used by George Washington, authorizes a President to keep secret from Congress or the courts dealings within his own administration.
By John A. Goldsmith United Press International
Kennedy took his stand in a letter read to the subcommittee by Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, who previously had tried to avoid invoking the historic privilege.
WASHINGTON — (UPI)—President Kennedy used his power of executive privilege today to block a Senate subcommittee from obtaining the names of individual Defense and State Department officials who censored specific military speeches.
Thurmond, a prime mover in the inquiry, said the order would "greatly hamper" the investigation but that it should continue.
BUT SEN. STROM THURMOND (D-S.C.) who had sought the data, called the White House decision "one of the most dangerous acts" that any President has ever committed. He accused Kennedy of invoking "the executive fifth amendment."
His right to do this was promptly upheld by Sen. John C. Stennis (D-Miss.) chairman of the subcommittee investigating alleged military "muzzling." Kennedy said disclosing the information would be contrary to the public interest.
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appeal was still possible on his ruling. He said, however, that he knew of no plans for one. Thurmond said he would have no statement on that question now.
Stennis said the inquiry would go on.
HE SAID THAT, while the President said he was issuing parallel instruction to the State Department, a similar confrontation could result when the subcommittee questions State Department witnesses. Thurmond said he planned to press the issue with them.
After Stennis' ruling, a subordinate defense official, Willis D. Lawrence, was excused from further questioning.
In theory, at least, the subcommittee could have rejected the claim of privilege and forced a court test by asking the Senate to press contempt of Congress proceedings.
The issue arose last week when Lawrence, assistant director of the Pentagon's directorate of security review, declined to identify the individual who had censored a speech.
BEFORE OFFICIALLY directing that Lawrence answer the question,
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Panic!! Utilities But No Facilities
Speeding to keep an appointment, a late-rising KU student stopped goggle-eyed at the door to his bathroom.
No tub, no sink. Even the "essential" accessory was gone.
He found them arranged neatly in the middle of his kitchen floor.
"I tried calling you," his landlord apologized, "but I couldn't get an answer." An early-bird handyman had removed the accessories to install a new floor, he explained.
Gracious friends in a neighboring apartment offered their facilities to the bewildered student.
There will be little change in Kansas. The sky should remain partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Friday. The low tonight is expected to be in the 20s and the high Friday in the 40s through most of the state.
Recent conditions in the Lawrence area are being repeated in Indiana, where it is feared that sudden breakup of ice jams could bring floods to the Wabash Valley.
Weather
Frigid temperatures retreated over most of the nation today, with wintry conditions expected to remain only in a narrow band in the north and mild temperatures elsewhere.
KU to Go Ahead On Traffic Program
The proposed traffic control program scheduled to begin after July 15 will be enacted although state funds were not allocated for the project.
Monies for building the five traffic
French Crack Down On Rightest Group
PARIS — (UPI)—French police today arrested 10 suspected members of the terrorist secret army organization (OAS) in a pre-dawn raid in the southern French city of Avignon.
The round-up in Avignon, said to be one of the southern French headquarters of the OAS, came as armored cars mounted with cannon patrolled the streets of Paris' left bank Latin Quarter following a rash of 11 bomb attacks in the capital yesterday.
Among those arrested in Avignon was Henri Vignau, 30, prominent wine producer and son of a member of parliament for the Algerian town of Medea.
Tiros Maps Clouds for Glenn
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The United States today successfully orbited a TIROS weather satellite to help scientists make worldwide weather forecasts for Astronaut John Glenn's scheduled space flight next Wednesday.
TIROS IV was launched at Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 6:43 a.m. CST. It completed its first orbit about 100 minutes later.
Even better results were obtained the next circuit. Ground stations at Wallops Island, Va. and Princeton, N.J., both reported "pictures of excellent quality."
The new satellite took some cloud pictures from an altitude of more than 450 miles during its first trip around the earth. These were described as "quite good."
DR. MORRIS TEPPER of NASA said weather information from TIROS IV would be particularly useful to forecasters for areas of the world not well covered by other means, such as remote ocean stretches.
Tepper said the three recovery areas in the Atlantic where Glenn's space cabin will come down, depending on the number of orbits he makes, already are well covered by standard weather observation methods.
BOTH SPACE AND weather scientists were elated by the fourth successful TIROS launching in a row. A report at 10:21 a.m. CST after TIROS had made its second pass said the satellite obtained excellent pictures of an area covering the northern and midwestern United States, Southern Canada, Nova Scotia and the North Atlantic.
Tepper said it was "quite possible" that information from TIROS about remote areas would be of vital importance if something went wrong and the astronaut had to come down outside the three planned recovery zones.
These particular pictures were taken with a new lens being tested for the first time aboard TIROS IV. The new camera takes photographs of an area 450 miles on a side and achieves more detail and less distortion.
The satellite was launched aboard a 90-foot, three-stage Thor-Delta rocket.
control stations will be diverted from parking lot funds, Keith Lawton, administrative assistant to the chancellor, said.
"EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC and the simultaneous collision of students and automobiles as classes change has brought about an untenable situation." Mr. Lawton said.
Parking lot construction in the former Sunnyside housing area will be delayed at least a year because of the diversion of funds, he added.
- On Jayhawk Boulevard east of the Chi Omega fountain, allowing off-campus traffic to circle the fountain.
Parking lot finances have been accumulated from parking fines from campus traffic violators.
The location of the stations will be*
THE FIVE STATIONS, which will cost about $30,000, will be manned by campus police from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on school days.
- On Mississippi Street south of the Memorial Drive intersection, permitting the drive to serve as a relief route for traffic.
- On Sunflower Road north of its intersection with Sunnyside Avenue making Sunnyside Avenue, Edgehill Road and Indiana St. relief routes.
- On Jayhawk Boulevard and 13th St., northeast of the Kansas Union, allowing 13th St. Oread Avenue and Baumgartner Drive to relieve diverted traffic.
- On 14th St. west of Douthart Hall service drive, making Louisiana St. another diversionary route.
The traffic control stations will be permanent and will be located in the center of the streets.
Present parking facilities outside the "trapped" area will be unaffected by the new system. The north side of Jayhawk Boulevard will be available for guest parking.
According to Mr. Lawton, the momentary traffic snarls caused by students leaving and entering cars on campus will be eliminated.
"The reason," Mr. Lawton said, "is that drivers in non-essential vehicles will be admitted to the campus streets only by permission of traffic officers at the stations."