DRESS REHEARSAL—Principle characters in the Delta Delta Delta-Phi Kappa Psi Rock Chalk Revue skit put the final touches on their big scene. The show will be presented February 28-29 in Hoch Auditorium. (Photo by Charlie Corcoran)
Membership Bill Rejected By House
TOPEKA — (UPI)— The Kansas House of Representatives rejected a plan to reduce its membership from 125 to 105 today after its reapportionment committee brought the legislation temporarily back to life.
The House acted on the bill approximately one hour after the committee unexpectedly reversed an earlier decision to turn it down and instead sent it to the House floor without recommendation.
Surprised urban legislators, whose seats in the house were endangered by the geographical apportionment legislation, greeted the bill's return with cries of "foul play" and "power politics." Then they mustered their forces and promptly defeated it by a vote of 58-57.
The vote was taken five times before the decision was announced. Charles Arthur, House Speaker, voiced the deciding vote.
THE DEATH BLOW came on a motion by Rep. Ralph Skoog, R-Topeka, to strike the bill's enabling clause. Without the clause the bill cannot be enacted into law.
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When the bill came to the house from the committee today, Arthur told members that he himself had asked the committee to reconsider its decision of yesterday to kill the bill. He said it needed to reach
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the floor of the House for easier handling.
The Geographical reapportionment bill, heartily endorsed by rural legislators, calls for one house member from each of the state's 105 counties without regard to population. It would reduce House membership by 20. The 20 seats at stake are currently designated to the state's more populous areas.
The decision yesterday and today's reversal followed two days of hearings on the bill. In the hearings, State Rep. Charles Briggs, R-Fort Scott, said the state was caught between the state and federal constitutions.
BRIGGS SAID the Kansas Supreme Court, which declared apportionment of both houses unconstitutional, still had jurisdiction in the matter and would review what the special session enacts.
"If they say we didn't try to do it right," Briggs added, "then we will be in the worst shape ever."
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Briggs, who described himself as a rural legislator, said he was afraid that if the legislature reduced the house to 105 seats either the state Supreme Court or the U.S. Supreme Court would reapportion the legislature and take even more rural representation away.
The Mediterranean island was relatively quiet for the third straight day under the watchful eyes of British patrols, but the tension between rival communities was evident.
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The British defense ministry in London said the troop reinforcements were an "interim measure" and did not reduce the need for an international peace-keeping force.
Partly cloudy skies and continued cold are expected for tonight and tomorrow, according to the weather bureau.
THOUGH THE incident was isolated and relatively harmless, it was significant in that the armed attack was the first on British troops sent to Cyprus to supervise a seasfire between warring Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
Britain was flying in 1,500 more troops to bolster its 5,000-man peace force. The force has come under increasing strain because of continuing communal clashes in rugged outlying areas.
Cypriots, British Clash; UN Deadlock on Issue
Kansas Growth Lags Nation's
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The attack came at a time when the Cypriot press was intensifying a campaign against the British for their role in the peace-keeping operation. Greek Cypriot newspapers have accused the British of siding with the Turks.
Diplomatic efforts to establish an international force were deadlocked for the moment at the U.N. in New
NICOSIA, Cyprus-(UPI)-Armed Cypriots, in a display of growing anti-British feeling, opened fire on British soldiers today for the first time since the current Cyprus crisis began in December.
The officials said they believed the incident was due to "individual actions of the irregulars rather than as part of a coordinated policy."
No casualties were reported in the attack.
Kansas is not growing fast enough to keep pace with the nation, Professor Darwin Daicoff, director of the Office of Economic Analysis, said yesterday.
BRITISH OFFICIALS said irregular Cypriot soldiers in the Greek sector of Nicosia fired on a British patrol. The troops searched a nearby building and detained two Cypriots who later were released.
The British said that in the future no Greek Cypriot irregulars would be allowed to patrol the quarter. They were replaced by official police.
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Daicoff, assistant professor of economics and director of the Office of Economic Analysis, spoke at the Faculty Forum on "The Problems of Economic Development in Kansas."
- Employment. Kansas total employment was about 722,000 in 1962. Agriculture has offered less and less employment while non-agricultural employment has risen.
- Prof. Daircoff listed the areas in which Kansas is not keeping pace:
- Population. In mid-1963 Kansas had a population of about $ \frac{2}{4} $ million. This was about a 2 per cent increase since 1960. However, the national growth rate was more than twice as large as Kansas' rate.
- Employment decline. A number of sectors of the United States economy have experienced a decline in employment. These sectors which are mining, agriculture, and transportation areas which happen to be important to Kansas. The national decline in these industries hurts Kansas.
- Personal income. The growth of personal income in Kansas has been approximately 4 per cent in recent years. National growth has been approximately 5 per cent.
The Research Foundation's purposes are to encourage research directed towards the "utilization of state resources," Prof. Daicoff said.
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
Prof. Daicoff went on to explain the responsibilities of three state agencies that will play a role in the remedy of Kansas economic development. The agencies are the Kansas Department of Economic Development, the Research Foundation and the Office of Economic Analysis.
The Kansas Department of Economic Development's powers and duties are: "To assume central responsibility and co-ordinate all facets of a comprehensive economic development program, and to co-operate with all agencies involved to gather advice, information and assistance for the use of the department, governor, legislature, and people of the state." Prof. Daicoff said.
This agency also is to provide an information service, to publicize Kansas, to promote tourist trade, and to assist in local planning and development.
SPECIFIC AREAS where action should be taken to remove disadvantages are: "Correcting the detrimental image about Kansas and providing information on the opportunities available in the state, and providing sources of financing for economic expansion.
Analysis was to assist the legislature in providing "the people of the state with extensive and integrated knowledge of the economic performance of the state and the prospects for the economic growth and development of the state."
The approach to economic development involves a three stage program. "The program consists of first discovering the reasons for the lack of growth in Kansas and second surveying likely future growth industries that can feasibly be located in Kansas."
These three agencies compromise the "institutional framework of economic development in Kansas," he said.
"The third part or action part of the program would consist of adopting those policies which would be called for by the analysis." Prof. Daicoff explained.
work. Britain, Turkey and the United States resisted an attempt by President Archbishop Makarios' government to get a UN guarantee of protection against invasion of Cyprus.
MAKARIOS fears Turkey will invade the island to protect the Turkish Cypriots, who are outnumbered four to one by the Greek Cypriots. The Turkish Cypriots claim the Makarios government is trying to take away some of their rights through amendments to the constitution.
A UN guarantee of protection would be tantamount to abrogating the 1960 independence treaties under which Britain, Turkey and Greece assumed the responsibility for guarding Cyprus' sovereignty and security. Cyprus was a British colony prior to 1960.
The reason for the urgent diplomacy is the fear of a major outbreak between the rival Cypriots that could escalate into a war between NATO partners, Greece and Turkey.
AS A PRECAUTION against an explosion, British troops reinforced positions along the truce lines between Greek and Cypriot communities. They erected machine gun posts at strategic spots and sand-bagged roadblocks.
North of Nicosia, along the road to Kyrenia, Turkey's 650-man army contingent on Cyprus also reinforced fortifications. It lined the road with foxholes, trenches and gun positions. The contingent is on the island under terms of the 1960 treaties, as are British and Greek units,
The British troops, which have been keeping the peace since the December cease-fire in fighting that killed at least 200, were increasingly the target of criticism from Greek Cyriots. Some of the anti-British feeling has spilled over to anti-Americanism.
YESTERDAY the Nicosia newspaper Mahki accused Britain and Turkey of conniving to divide the island with the assistance of "Turkish Cypriot terrorists." The Turks contend the partition of Cyprus is the best solution to the dispute, but the Greeks vigorously reject the idea.
In recent days there have been reports of Greek Cypriots spitting at British patrols and shouting anti-British slogans. In a few villages of the tinderbox northwest, Greek Cypriots have accused British troops of protecting only Turkish Cypriots in the communal fighting.
Wescoe: No Harm In Hearing Rockwell
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe has issued a statement on the appearance of George Lincoln Rockwell here today.
The complete text of his statement is as follows
There will be some who will question the appearance here of George Rockwell and for that reason I submit to you this statement of philosophy and principle.
THE SPEAKER is not a guest of The University of Kansas and the University itself would not invite him. He is, however, here upon invitation, invitation from the student committee which is responsible for the Minority Opinion Forum of Student Union Activities. The Forum has sponsored many programs in the past and will in the future: its programs have been conducted with decorum and in dignity. The present speaker certainly fulfills the requirements of the Forum — he represents a very minor opinion.
None of us, I am certain, expect any intellectual contribution from the speaker; he has nothing to offer. His opinions previously expressed elsewhere are anathema, totally contradictory to decency and to the principles which the University represents and upholds.
All of us understand that Rockwell's appearance here does not connote acceptance of his views or endorsement of his thoughts. All of us understand, further, that his appearance was not invited to cause embarrassment to any members of the University community.
THIS IS BROTHERHOOD Month.
Two nights ago we held our eighteenth annual Lawrence Brotherhood Dinner in the Union. Our speaker was a distinguished American, a Rabbi. The group assembled, townspeople, students, faculty members, Kansans, represented our dedication to the principles of equality and brotherhood. For those of us who speak of, and live in brotherhood, it is proper from time to time to be reminded that there are those, who unlike us, speak of hatred and viciousness and bigotry. Today's speaker is such a reminder.
These two circumstances provide an example of what a free society represents: that ideas, agreeable or not, however vicious, cannot safely be ignored, that the proponents of disagreeable or abhorrent ones can be heard in peaceful assembly.
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I cannot recommend Rockwell to you. I despise his principles. I am convinced, however, that no one can be harmed by listening to him and that, conversely, his very presence may serve to make us all more dedicated to the principles of brotherhood as we come face to face with his repugnant views.
1.000 Expected For Nazi Speech
About 1,000 people are expected to attend the speech by the leader of the American Nazi Party at 4:30 p.m. today in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union.
United Press International reported that George Lincoln Rockwell will be greeted with tight security measures and officers will circulate around and inside the Kansas Union.
THE KANSAS Union is setting up about 500 folding chairs for the event. However, Laird Wilcox, Lawrence freshman and chairman of the Minority Opinions Forum, said he expects 1,000 people to attend the speech.
A UPI report of Rockwell's speech in Denver yesterday quotes the 46 year old racist as saying, "Nazism is the only alternative to communism."
The UPI report said the advocate of genocide to exterminate "undesirable ethnic groups" said his party hopes to take over the United States.
Rockwell, unaccompanied by his storm troopers, spoke to students at Colorado State University in Fort Collins last night.
ROCKWELL IS scheduled to travel to Montana State University Friday and will later address a business group at Tulsa, Okla.
The KU-Y Skeptics Corner and the KU Liberal Action Committee will sponsor a panel discussion on the Rockwell speech at 8:30 tonight in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union.