Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
60th Year, No. 123
Thursday, May 2, 1963
OAS Relieves Haitian Crisis
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti—(UPI)—Haiti bowed to Organization of American States pressure today and agreed to let 15 government foes sheltered by Dominican diplomats to leave the country.
It was assumed the political refugees and their Dominican protectors, the three embassy staff members here, would leave Port Au Prince tomorrow at the latest with the OAS truce team.
HAITI ALSO agreed on continued political asylum for seven other refugees in the shuttered Dominican embassy all of them Haitian army men.
The group will be shifted refuge. Colombia took over Dominican representation here after Haiti broke relations with the Dominican Republic last Sunday.
The two moves by the Haitians did not entirely meet Dominican demands, but went far enough to preclude a showdown and further eased the six-day crisis between the two countries.
Reports from Washington indicated, meanwhile, the OAS had to throw a political sop to the Haitians for their willingness to negotiate Dominican crisis demands. The reports said a second OAS commission—one on human rights—would leave Washington Saturday for Santo Domingo to investigate charges of civil rights abuses.
(IN SANTO DOMINGO, the Dominican foreign office confirmed that safe-conduct passes had been received for 15 civilians in asylum.)
(There was no immediate indication whether the arrangement would fulfill demands by Dominican President Juan Bosch that Haiti guarantee the safety of all 22 refugees before the Dominican Republic withdraws its three-man diplomatic mission from Port-Au-Prince.)
The seven military men are suspected by the Haitian government of taking part in an unsuccessful attempt to kill or kidnap the two children of Haitian President François Duvalier last week.
The crisis between the two nations sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola erupted last Saturday. Armed Haitian soldiers allegedly entered the Dominican embassy in Port-Au-Prince searching for opponents of Duvalier.
THE OAS team, headed by Alberto Zuleta Angel of Colombia planned calls on the Brazilian and Venezuelan embassies here and possibly a final visit with Haitian Foreign Minister Rene Chalmers before flying to Santo Domingo.
Laos Leader Says Peace Possible
VIENTIANE, Laos—(UPI)—Neutralist Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma declared today the critical Laotian situation is "entering a constructive phase" for eventual restoration of peace.
Souvanna made his remark upon returning here from another conference with pro-communist Pathet Lao leader Prince Souphanouvong on the Plain of Jars.
Attending the Souvanna-Souphanouvong meeting were right-wing leader Gen. Phoumi Nosavam, members of the International Control Commission and the British and Soviet ambassadors.
Souvanna said another meeting was arranged for Saturday.
Fhoumi Vongichit, the communist-leaning information minister in the coalition cabinet, also was present at today's meeting. Kong Le, however, did not attend the meeting. He was said to be concerned for his life if the Pathet Lao should capture him.
Souvanna and Souphanouvong were believed to have discussed further a "mixed commission" of various faction members to work out a cease fire.
the Colombian embassy here for
Nixon Takes Job In N.Y. Law Firm
NEW YORK — (UPI) — Richard M. Nixon announced today he is moving to New York and will become a general partner in a law firm, working mainly on affairs in Washington and Paris.
The former vice-president and California native, who missed being elected president in 1960 by the narrowest of margins, announced his move here from Los Angeles in a brief written statement.
It had been rumored that a really firm here had been asked to help locate a new home for the Nixon family. His wife and two teen-age daughters were reported planning to visit Europe with him this summer prior to the move to New York.
Nixon's announcement of the move from the state which he represented for years in Congress as both a representative and senator came just 16 years after his dramatic maneuvering of Alger Hiss and Whitaker Chambers, the former Communist underground agent, into the same hotel room in a move that sparked Nixon's rise to national prominence.
POOR JIMMY— James Woods Green is bald again.
Someone recently added a small brown hair piece to the statue, which stands in front of Green Hall.
It didn't remain long, however. Representatives of the Law School felt Jimmy looked better with his original bald head.
Last week someone bestowed a full sized toupee on him, but it didn't last long either.
"He's always getting something thrown on him," a Law School secretary said.
And last night someone splashed the statue with blue paint.
Moscow Fears 'Loss of Face'
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—W. Averell Harriman's Moscow talk with Nikita Khrushchev reinforced the high-level impression here that the Soviet leader is willing to pull more troops out of Cuba if he can do so without loss of face.
That was reported today by reliable sources familiar with those parts of the undersecretary of state's report to President Kennedy which he has not discussed in public.
HARRIMAN persuaded Kennedy to let him visit Moscow to urge Soviet cooperation on Laos. That was the only subject on which he was empowered to negotiate. But last Friday's conversation in the
Romney Buildup Seen at Reception
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Gov. George Romney of Michigan, who has disavowed any Republican presidential ambitions, bustled around Washington today in a manner normally associated with political contenders.
He is the featured attraction at a reception being given tonight by prominent Republicans at the home of Mrs. J. Willard Marriott, Republican National Committeewoman for the District of Columbia. One prominent Republican Senator said there was no doubt it was part of a buildup for the governor.
SEN. FRANK CARLSON, R-Kan., one of the lawmakers invited to the reception, was a key figure in the early efforts to persuade Dwight D. Eisenhower to seek the Presidency in 1952.
Eisenhower has publicly mentioned Romney as one GOP possibility for 1964.
Carlson, who said he could not attend the Marriott party because of another engagement, said he personally had not committed himself for 1964.
Status, Scholastic Excellence Aim of College Fraternities
(The second of a three part series.)
By Willis Hanson
First he is a rushee, then a pledge, and then, finally, an active member of a fraternity.
But what really is a fraternity man?
THE FRATERNITY man participates in exchange dinners, Greek Week, and inter-fraternity parties. He may be active in SUA, politics, athletics or excelling scholastically.
Two KU professors commented on the situation. The argument is endless but two schools of thought are presented here.
a fraternity man is an all-around guy. But why did he choose a fraternity over a dormitory or why he prefer one fraternity to another?
But, the authors say, individuals are motivated by many things in life. However, a common goal seems to be "to become the more adequate self."
ONE PROFESSOR reviewed "Individual Behavior" by Arthur Combs and Donald Syngn in which "the adequate self" was discussed.
The authors contend that students attend college to "pull themselves up in life."
THE ADEQUATE self depends upon how one perceives the world. The speaker said one may long for clothes, the big house, a bachelor of science degree, or pure academic standing.
"We have misperceived things at times but we have to live according to our perception," the authors believe.
The speaker said independents are also searching for the more adequate self. However, he may glorify grades, or mere freedom.
AGAIN, HOWEVER, a man may not even feel a need for improving himself. But humans generally tend to ask "what does he or she see me as?"
The speaker pointed out that the adequate self may be one's parent's conception of him.
At the junior or senior level, the speaker noted, a man may move from the house but he still attends chapter meetings. "Greeks consider these things important."
Accordingly, he said, the feeling tends to be "This is what the successful man in life does . . . he joins not just any — but a certain fraternity."
IN EFFECT. he gains more prestige — gets closer to his adequate or complete self.
Where a man lives at KU is a personal matter for one to determine. But certain sociological or psychological reasons appear to have some implicit bearing on his choice.
Communication with a man who seeks his adequate self will ultimately necessitate your perceiving on his level.
ANOTHER authoritative source offered his opinion on the subject. He offered several reasons which might influence a man's choice. He said it may depend on:
- belonging to a select group.
- a parent's influence.
- how individual the person can remain.
Discussing the first point, he said, "for some people belonging to a select group is part of their status system." He added that the total American society is built around the status system — it is not peculiar to the Greeks.
- how much he will study.
PARENTS CAN exert too much influence, the speaker said, on their children. He pointed out many freshmen are unsure of themselves when they come to college.
Many others succeed in taking care of themselves.
He suggested that a man who has been consistently wrong in the estimate of his parents will be unsure of himself when he leaves home. He added many times an alumnus will encourage his children to pledge the same fraternity.
Also, if a man is not sure of himself, the speaker said, he prefers the small group because it offers immediate friendship.
THE PROBLEM is not so great here as it is at the University of Illinois where 57 fraternities are on campus. In Kansas, we ask did you pledge? In Illinois, one asks what fraternity did you pledge?
Some persons say fraternities make them study or do other worthwhile things, according to the speaker. He concluded men may look for status in other ways than the ones mentioned.
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OF THE PLEDGE program, Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, feels
The pledge program here is under the close surveillance of all concerned.
Kremlin also touched on Cuba, Berlin and nuclear testing.
Informants said the impression Harriman got from Khrushchev's remarks on Cuba was that the Russian leader would like to take out more military personnel if the United States refrained from making a propaganda issue of it so Khrushchev would not appear to be giving in to American demands.
Khrushchev was understood to have indicated he had been impressed by Kennedy's steps to halt refugee hit-and-run raids on Cuba and the moderate nature of the President's public comments on the continued Soviet presence there.
THE THEORY here has been that after pulling out his medium range missiles, Khrushchev no longer feels the need of troops on the spot to guard against Cuban irresponsibility.
He is believed to feel the troops have become a propaganda liability because they emphasize the truth of charges that Cuba is a completely controlled Soviet satellite. This impression has damaged Soviet efforts to spread communist influence elsewhere in Latin America.
In this connection, it is expected that Premier Fidel Castro, now being displayed and feted in Moscow, will come away with assurances of continued economic support but nothing much in the way of further military equipment.
Harriman said last night in a television interview he expected the Russians to keep Castro in the Soviet Union several weeks and parade him around as visible evidence of the only gain they have made in a long time in extending communist influence.
ON NUCLEAR TESTING, officials said, Khrushchev merely told Harriman he would answer Kennedy's recent proposal for intensified negotiations in due course but indicated no willingness to compromise.
GENEVA — (UPI) — United Nations Secretary General U Thant began a personal effort today to break the East-West deadlock on the nuclear issue at the 17-nation disarmament conference.
UN Head to Seek Test Ban Accord
Thant, who arrived yesterday for a four-day visit, invited the leaders of the conference delegations to dinner tonight.
Informed sources said Thant would appeal to the delegates for positive action to end the stalemate on the vital question of a nuclear test ban.
The nuclear deadlock has forced to a standstill negotiations on nearly all disarmament questions under study at the conference.
The nuclear dispute stems from the U.S. insistence on seven annual on-site inspections to police a test can. Russia wants no more than three.
The main purpose of Thant's visit is to preside at the annual meeting of the U.N. Administrative Coordinating Committee on all of the UN specialized agencies.
Thant will leave Saturday for a three-day visit to Romania, and then will move on to Yugoslavia before returning to New York.