LHRC, Plaza Club Fail to Set Talks
By Gary Noland
A special committee of the Lawrence Human Relations Commission, headed by Glenn Kappelman, Lawrence realtor, has been unsuccessful in establishing a meeting with the board of the Plaza Club to discuss the club's restrictive policy toward Negroes.
Kappelman was not present at an open meeting of the commission last night, but a detailed report was given by William Binns, a clinical psychologist for the KU Health Service and chairman of the city's Human Relations Commission.
BINNS SAID that Kappelman had contacted Marvin Maddox, Plaza Club manager, in an effort to arrange a meeting. Maddox told Kappelman that it was beyond his authority to arrange such a meeting, and that he would request it at the next board meeting of the club on Feb. 3.
Maddox was out of town last night, and unavailable for comme.
"I called a member of the club's board today," said Binns. "This person was not aware of the incident or even of the club's restrictive policy."
The racial incident occurred Jan. 16 when three Negro girls from Miller scholarship hall were told that they would not be permitted to use the club's swimming pool during a party the hall had planned during May.
RESIDENTS OF Miller Hall immediately canceled their reservation with the club.
Thursday, Feb. 6, 1964
Einns said last night that good club facilities such as those of the Plaza Club are an asset to the city. "It is the wish of the commission that these facilities be available to all people."
He said that the commission would continue its efforts to arrange a meeting with the club's board, although the club cannot be compelled to meet with the commission.
The Plaza Club is a private club and does not fall under the provisions of the state public accommodations law.
BEFORE HE appointed a committee to meet with the Plaza Club's management, Binns said, "If we cannot reason with them, there is nothing we can do."
There is, however, some difficulty in defining a private club.
Richard Dyson, assistant professor of law and secretary-treasurer of the Lawrence chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), said. "There are many criteria, and it must be left to the courts to decide, case by case, the nature of a private club."
Prof. Dyson said there is some doubt as to the legal status of the Plaza Club. While it is a private club, it has rented its facilities to all types of groups, and there is some doubt if this policy is in line with the nature of a private club.
"The LEGAL status of all private clubs is unclear," said Dyson. "There are organizations that are obviously private and organizations that are obviously public."
The status of organizations between these extremes is unclear.
Charles Landesman, associate professor of philosophy and chairman of the Lawrence ACLU chapter, proposed that a public accommodations ordinance, drafted by a subcommittee of the executive board, be approved by the city's Human Relations Commission and recommended to the city commissioners.
The proposed ordinance prohibits discrimination in all public accommodations, as defined specifically in the ordinance. It is provided that it would "... not apply to bona fide clubs, social organizations, or other establishments that are distinctly private in nature."
THE PROPOSED ordinance has no provision covering businesses that provide more personal services, such as barber shops or beauty parlors.
Dyson said that the proposed ordinance is a reasonable one. He feels that the courts will be favorable if city ordinances are reasonable and do not attempt to overreach themselves into areas that might conflict with state laws.
"The important problem is to get people to file complaints instead of swallowing their pride and going home," Dyson said.
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"The Bundeswehr (West German armed forces) and the revanchists just want to get their hands on nuclear weapons and to control their delivery." Tsarapkin charged
Tsarapkin referred repeatedly to "the West German militarists and revanchists," the first time the conference had heard the phrase in its new session.
(Editor's Note: Revanchists advocate a governmental policy of recovery of lost territory. France, for example, followed a revanchist policy with regard to Alsace and Lorraine from 1871 to 1919.)
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He said the West should "consider the consequences of present West German military policy and the establishment of the NATO multilateral nuclear force (MLF) in which Germany would be a member.
Russia Rejects Arms Talk U.S. Still Hopes For Gains
Tsarapkin charged West Germany with already having one factory producing missiles and said the Soviet Union "cannot permit more stockpiling" of nuclear arms on German territory.
Tsarapkin spoke next. He brushed aside the American proposals—considered by American officials as the most important yet made at the new conference session which began Jan. 21.
- Private discussions with the Soviet Union on the worldwide non-dissertation and non-acquisition of nuclear weapons.
The Russians instead attacked West German "revenge seekers" and the projected allied nuclear fleet in their reply at the 17-nation disarmament conference.
U. S. disarmament negotiator William C. Foster told his Soviet counterpart, Semyon K. Tsarapkin, he hoped the outburst was only a "temporary digression" and that the Russians will return to "Objective discussions."
GENEVA — (UPI) — The United States urged Russia today to join private talks designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, but Moscow immediately refused.
Foster spoke first at today's conference plenary meeting. He proposed:
- The United States will permit international inspection of the four plutonium plants it is shutting down "as an example and as a precedent," in hopes the Soviet Union will follow suit.
Tsarapkin told reporters afterwards he "does not exclude" talks on non-dissemination but "it is impossible to have a non-dissemination agreement and at the same time to disseminate nuclear weapons."
"But the offer stands whether or not it is reciprocated," he said.
Foster rejected Soviet charges that the NATO nuclear fleet proposed by the United States would represent
Foster called for a plant-by-plant shutdown of nuclear production facilities on both sides of the iron curtain, to be checked by international inspection.
Whether or not the Russians agree to this, Foster said, the United States is willing to permit inspection of one of the four U.S. plutonium plants President Johnson has announced will be shut down.
Foster, Johnson's special envoy here, said "we hope the Soviet Union will reciprocate."
McCornack Plans Trip
A proposed European summer travel plan at reduced rates for KU students is in the negotiation stage.
Reuben McCornack, student body president, is in New York conferring with two airline companies about the plan. McCornack, Ablene senior, also attended President Johnson's prayer breakfast Wednesday morning.
The travel arrangement would cost approximately $258 by jet from New York to Paris, round trip, according to Tom Woods, Arkansas City senior and All Student Council university travel board chairman.
"The trip would be first-class and would allow the student to spend seven to eight weeks in Europe with no planned itinerary." Woods said.
The same trip with departure from Chicago would cost about $277, with a round trip return to New York. "The return trip to New York in both cases would give students a chance to see the World's Fair," Woods said.
Lawrence Woodruff, Dean of Students, said more than 1,000 KU students went abroad last summer,
"mostly by private means."
McCornack and Woods have been working on the charter flight plan since September.
A detailed announcement of the program is expected when McCormack returns from New York.
a spread of nuclear weapons.
Soviet disarmament negotiator Semyon Tsarakpin has told the conference no agreement on banning proliferation of nuclear arms would be possible unless the United States abandoned the NATO project.
"We wish to make it clear that the creation of multilateral defense forces within the framework of existing collective security arrangements would not result in additional states obtaining national control of nuclear weapons," Foster said today.
Foster said the United States still completely supports the Irish resolution adopted by the United Nations 16th General Assembly calling on nuclear nations to work for an international agreement under which:
- Nuclear states would undertake to refrain from relinquishing control of nuclear weapons to states not possessing such weapons, and.
- The creation of such multilateral forces as the projected NATO mixed-man fleet, Foster said, "would be fully consistent with the Irish resolution and would, in fact, reinforce common policies to present wider dissemination of national nuclear weapons capabilities."
- states not possessing nuclear weapons would undertake not to manufacture or otherwise acquire control of such weapons.
The first point was that the United States will, in private discussions, seek agreement with the Soviet Union on the terms of a declaration which would contain the undertakings envisaged by the Irish resolution regarding non-dissemination and non-acquisition of nuclear weapons. Such a declaration should, we believe, be subject to accession by both nuclear and non-nuclear powers."
Foster then presented an American proposal for the non-dissemination of nuclear weapons, the transfer of fissionable materials to peaceful purposes, and the reduction and final elimination of plants which produce such material.
Weather
Temperatures will drop to the middle 20's tonight and tomorrow's high will be in the lower 40s. The sky will be partly cloudy with no snow expected. Winds are expected to build to as high as 35 miles per hour tonight and then diminish by tomorrow morning.
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, which will perform at 8:20 p.m. Saturday in Hoch Auditorium, is noted as one of the most widely traveled orchestras in the United States. In an ordinary season, the orchestra presents approximately 70 concerts in more than 50 towns and cities throughout the country.
"Orchestra on Wheels" to Perform Saturday
Tours have also been made to Canada, Cuba and the Middle East. In the summer of 1957, the orchestra went to the Middle East on a 34,000 mile tour sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Twenty-four concerts in 11 nations were performed, playing in such cities as Athens, Baghdad, Bombay, Istanbul and Belgrade.
Known as the "Orchestra on Wheels," the orchestra has played more than 3,500 concerts in more than 500 cities during its 60-year history.
Their programs ranged from Mozart through Bartok to the American composer, Harry Cowell.
In addition to performing for audiences abroad, the Minneapolis Symphony performs before more than 4.600 people at the University of Minnesota at each symphony concert.
CONCENTRATING ON CONDUCTING—Stanislaw Skrowaczewski directs the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra will perform here at 8:20 p.m., Saturday in Hoch Auditorium.
The University atmosphere has helped the orchestra to perform works that are regarded as new and experimental.
The symphony is under the direction of conductor-composer Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.
Skrowczewski came to America from Poland at the invitation of conductor George Szell of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. Since his debut with the Cleveland Symphony in 1958, Skrowczewski has been referred to by critics as a conductor who is capable of eliciting the best from the musicians he directs, both individually and as a group.
The symphony also has among its members several outstanding musicians who have received critical acclaim for their artistry.
Norman Carol, violinist and concertmaster, was once hailed by the New York Times as "the best young violinist to come along since Isaac Stern."
Robert Jamieson, principal violincellist with the symphony, has played with a variety of musical groups and under major conductors throughout the nation.