Local YAF May Poll Two Departments
By Karl Koch
A telephone poll is in the offing to check on a state senator's charge that there are "no conservatives" in the political science and economics departments at KU.
The Senator, Ford Harbaugh (R-Wellington) made the charges in a recent Senate meeting. He referred his charges to statements made by two KU students last summer that the entire staff of the political science and economics departments at KU are liberal, welfare statistics, and socialistic. Scott Stanley, Bethel, a former student, and Charles Mellwaine, Hutchinson senior, were the two students.
Marick Payton, Lawrence resident and chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, said he will present the idea for the poll at the YAF meeting at 7:30 tomorrow night.
Sen. Harbaugh made the statement that there is concern in the Senate about the "encouragement of socialistic doctrines at Kansas University under the name of liberalism." He said in effect KU students are not being exposed to objective presentations of the whole political spectrum.
PAYTON SAID he thinks the poll is of interest "because liberals and conservatives view the workings of an economic system decidedly different. A professor is of course morally obligated to present what he thinks the right view."
PAYTON SAID the poll would be taken by asking questions on "policies on which there is a distinct liberal and conservative view." This way, he said, confusion over what is liberal and what is conservative would be avoided.
He said the chances of the poll being approved by the YAF members are uncertain.
"I have talked to some people who are in favor of the poll, but some will be against 'stirring up trouble,'" he said.
HE ADDED that he "suspected" it would be approved.
The results of the poll will be tabulated, given to the press, and sent to Sen. Harbaugh, Payton said.
When asked about his personal feelings on the validity of Sena. Harbaugh's charge. Pavton replied:
"I suspect that there are no conservatives (in the departments) I imagine that will be the result of our poll."
He added that he is "eager" to see the results.
Sec. McNamara to Be Forced Into 'Muzzling' Showdown
WASHINGTON — (UPI) The Defense department said today that someone connected with the Senate "muzzling" investigation had questioned a group of Marines about their knowledge of communism, apparently to check the Corps' indoctrination system.
The incident was reported as the special armed services subcommittee voted unanimously to force a showdown with Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara over the identity of Pentagon reviewers who censored specific military speeches.
Sec. McNamara raised the issue of the quizzing of the Marines when he appeared before the subcommittee yesterday. Marine Corps Commandant David Shoup was said to have complained of the manner in which the group of 33 Marines had been questioned.
Among other questions, the Marines were asked to list the populations of Russia, China, Cuba, France and the United States. They also were asked to describe dialectical materialism (the system of logic adopted by Karl Marx), and to name three organizations listed by the attorney general as subversive.
Some reports indicated the questionaire was submitted to the Marines by staff members assigned to Sen. Strom Thurmond, D-S.C. Sen. Thurmond was the prime mover in obtaining the current investigation of alleged Pentagon "muzzling" of military leaders.
Sen. Stennis said he had authorized some general surveys and contacts as part of the subcommittee's forthcoming look at troop indoctrination programs. He said he did not know who had initiated the Marine survey or who wrote the questions.
Sen. Thurmord said the questionaire was administered by a general accounting office official "named Byrnes," who was on loan to the subcommittee, and by a temporary member of his own staff whom he did not identify. A Charles Byrnes works for the subcommittee.
Sen. John C. Stennis, D-Miss., chairman of the subcommittee, asked Sec. McNamara to check on the incident. He told reporters the incident apparently was a subcommittee action "to a degree," although neither he nor Chief Counsel James Kendall had expressly authorized it.
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Informed reports said those who submitted the questionnaire to the Marines believed they did not "score well" in their answers.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
59th Year, No.77
Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1962
Increase of $3 Million Provided by Legislature
TOPEKA—(UPI)The 1962 budget session of the Kansas Legislature closed last night after appropriating a total of $401,099,245—nearly $3 million more than what Gov. John Anderson had recommended.
Final official action was passage by both houses on emergency basis of an omnibus, or catch-all, appropriations bill containing funds for the school aid increase and other items. The House voted 113-0 and the Senate 35-0 on the measure.
The Senate won out in conference committee arguments, with a new $8,000 per year appropriation for the civil rights commission to hire a new investigator, a new state lake for Gove County, and a new $40,000 concrete block plant for the state prison all going by the wayside. Each had been proposed by the House.
Bills sent to Gov. Anderson for signature yesterday would:
- Allocate $1.7 million to five state agencies.
- Allocate another $3.1 million to 17 other agencies.
- Cut $233,00 for a Gove County State Lake from a forestry, fish and game commission measure.
- Establish a fund of $25,000 for the division of institutional management to study the problem of alcoholism.
- Spend $762,750 for new state lakes in Comanche and Sherman Counties.
- Allocate $66.8 million for operation of the state universities and colleges during the coming fiscal year.
- Cut $40,000 which would have been used for a block factory at the Lansing prison.
- Cut $8,165 from the Civil Rights Commission budget which would have been used for a new investigator.
One constitutional amendment was approved by the 1962 legislature, along with another proposed amendment from the 1961 session.
The new amendment would allow any qualified voter who has resided in Kansas at least 45 days to vote in Presidential elections, and the amendment from 1961 would allow the Legislature to set its own pay rate. Both measures will go on the November ballot for approval or disapproval of the voters.
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KU Budget Falls Short of Request
In its action yesterday, the Kansas Legislature allocated more than $11 million from state funds for KU's operating expenses in the 1963 fiscal year.
This means the University will have a budget of more than $23 million next semester when student fees and payments are added to the state allocation figure.
THE AMOUNT, however, is nearly $80 thousand below the figure requested for the University by the State Board of Regents.
Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University, explained that the legislature cut $30 thousand from the requested $165 thousand routine repair fund.
Mr. Nichols said earlier in the semester that he was concerned about this particular deletion because it would mean "deferred maintenance."
"We have spent our full repair allocations here every year," he explained. "Because of this cut,
repair here will become a case of defer, defer, defer until eventually the State has to step in and do the necessary projects at a much higher cost."
MR. NICHOLS also commented on the funds for KU's traffic program. He said that the University had asked for $30,000. The money was not allocated from state funds, he explained, but the legislature did give the University permission to take the $30,000 from traffic fees.
The University had asked for 23 new classified positions to be added at the cost of $75,000. Budget provisions were finally approved allowing for only 7 at the cost of $24,610.
Mr. Nichols said that the University had requested $47\frac{1}{2}$ new staff members at a cost of $356,250. He added that this amount was provided. The addition of the new faculty members is based on the presently used student-teacher ratio of 1 instructor for every 14.6 students, he added.
59 Killed,124 Trapped In German Mine Disaster
SAARBRUECKEN, Germany — (UPI) — A gas-fed explosion and brief fire ripped through a coal矿 today while nearly 500 men were at work a quarter of a mile below ground.
Ten hours after the blast, officials of the Saarland Mining Authority said at least 59 men were killed and
Senate Passes College Aid Bill
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The Senate has passed President Kennedy's $2.7 billion college aid bill, but prospects remain dim for his proposal to help grade and high schools.
The college bill, approved last night by a vote of 69 to 17, would authorize $1.5 billion in loans for classroom construction, $250 million in grants to community junior colleges and a $924 million scholarship program for needy and talented vouths.
A much more limited college aid bill was passed by the house last week. The house measure does not include scholarships or assistance for the two-year community colleges.
In a message to Congress yesterday, President Kennedy recommended a broad five-year program of federal assistance for all levels of education to "develop our intellectual resources to the fullest."
The Senate measure now goes to a House-Senate conference committee, where it faces major House opposition to the provision for 212,-500 federal scholarships.
But all signs indicated that a compromise version of the House and Senate college aid bills would be about all that he could expect to get from this session of congress.
The House, which blocked education legislation last year, appeared unlikely to reverse itself and give the President his request for a $2.1
another 124 still were trapped and "must be considered beyond rescue."
AT LEAST 84 more miners were injured but taken out alive. Another 215 were rescued unhurt.
billion five-year program of general aid to elementary and secondary schools.
the college aid measure survived a flurry of amendment attempts in the Senate to emerge substantially without change.
The Senate rejected by voice vote an effort to aid $650 million in aid to public grade and high schools when supporters of the college bill warned that this would kill its chances for house passage.
chances for house passage.
Backers of the bill, led by Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) also kept the bill free of religious controversy and turned back an attempt to strip it of its scholarship features.
Just before the final vote, the
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Nearly 11 hours after the explosion, witnesses at the scene said truckloads of sand and stone were being delivered to the mine entrance. This was taken to mean officials might be considering sealing off the three side shafts directly affected to prevent further danger of fire or explosion.
The blast and flash fire rocked through the huge Luisenahl Mine in nearby Voekklingen shortly after the miners had reported for work.
The Saarland Mining Authority said the blast was caused by a mixture of methane gas and oxygen being ignited in an unexplained manner.
THE BLAST occurred about two hours after the miners reported for work. Most of them were in three tunnels of an area used for training miners.
The blast tore through the shafts to the earth's surface and heavily damaged the elevator tower above the shaft opening. This complicated rescue efforts.
346WomenPledge; Formal Rush Ends
Three hundred and forty-six KU women received sorority bids last night at 5:30 in the freshman dorms.
Sororities held informal parties last night at the chapter houses in honor of the new pledges. Formal pledging and pledge banquets will take place tonight at the chapter houses.
The delivery of the bids marked the end of formal spring rush. Rush began Jan. 31 with sorority open houses.
Rushees signed preference cards Sunday night. Emily Taylor, dean of women, and her staff matched rushee preference cards and sorority lists from Sunday night until yesterday.
Open rush began last night at 5:30. During open rush, sororites may entertain, with the intention of pledging. any woman who did not pledge during formal rush.
(A list of the pledges appears on page 3 of today's Kansan.)
Weather
The weather will be generally fair, warmer and windy today, partly cloudy and warmer tonight. Thursday will be mostly cloudy and warmer. Highs today will be 40 to 45, and lows tonight will be in the 30s. Thursday's high will be near 30.