U.S. Forbids Cargo to Cuba
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The United States today banned U.S. government cargo from foreign flag ships trading with Cuba and said it was prepared to take more drastic steps if necessary.
The White House said that henceforth no cargoes purchased with U.S. government funds would be shipped on foreign flag vessels which have plied the Cuba trade since Jan. 1.
FOREIGN SHIPOWNERS who have hauled cargoes to Castro since that date could obtain forgiveness, however, by promising not to make any further trips to Cuba.
U. S. shipowners are prohibited from Cuban trade.
The order was issued after an unannounced meeting of the National Security Council Executive Committee at the White House late yesterday.
A spokesman said today's announcement did not rule out further steps against Cuban shipping if tighter restrictions become necessary. Among other things, the United States might close U.S. ports to ships that haul cargo to Cuba.
TODAY'S ORDER WAS aimed at individual vessels rather than whole companies. Under the order, a foreign company could keep some of its vessels operating to Cuba and other craft operating in and out of U.S. Ports on other runs.
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President Kennedy directed his top defense officials today to deliver a nationally-televised report to the American people on Soviet military activity in Cuba.
In a sudden change of plans, the White House arranged for Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and other military authorities to hold a news conference at 4 p.m. on television and radio coverage.
The order has been under consideration since before the Russian missile crisis last October. Just before that crisis, U.S. ports were closed to vessels carrying arms to Cuba. Today's order thus carried out the previously announced policy rather than setting any radical new course in dealing with Castro. The statement said:
"The White House today announced that steps have been taken to assure U.S. government-financed cargoes are not shipped from the United States on foreign flag vessels engaged in trade with Cuba.
Nuclear Dangers Subject of Meeting
An internationally known chemist will speak to a group of faculty and students interested in the peace movement at 4:30 p.m. today in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
Gordon Christensen, professor of chemistry at Connecticut College, is the author of several articles on the dangers of a spiraling arms race, counterforce defense strategy, and the results of thermonuclear war.
His visit to KU is sponsored by the KU-Y and the Student Peace Union.
He is visiting various colleges and universities under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee.
Senate Action on WU Expected Tomorrow
The Kansas Senate will not vote before tomorrow on controversial Senate Bill No. 151, which provides for the admission of Wichita University into the state school system.
The bill is scheduled for debate by the Committee of the Whole this afternoon.
Senate leaders were not available for comment this morning, but members of the House of Representatives who have followed the bill closely say the bill, which has undergone "15 or 16" drafts, is expected to be reported favorably to the Senate.
"THE CONCERNED departments and agencies of the government have been directed not to permit shipment of any such cargoes on vessels that have called on a Cuban port since Jan. 1, 1963, unless the owner of such a ship gives satisfactory assurance that no ship under his control will thenceforth be engaged in the Cuban trade."
White House officials said they were unable to estimate immediately the impact of the order. They said free world shipping to Cuba has declined sharply in recent months. The state department has negotiated successfully with many non-Community nations to withhold ships of their registry from the Cuban trade.
The government made available figures showing that the number of non-Communist bloc ships has decreased abruptly since last July when 92 such ships went into Cuban ports. The figure for last month was only 14 vessels.
ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT officials, this has forced the Sino-Soviet block to fall back on its own limited shipping resources to supply Cuba. Most non-block ships that have continued in Cuban trade have been under charter to Red bloc nations.
Few if any of the ships call at U.S. ports. But officials said one purpose of today's order was to emphasize this country's objection to any U.S. government-financed cargo being shipped in foreign flag vessels which are engaged in Cuban trade.
Has spring arrived?
Mild Weather Slows Tempo
Slightly cooler temperatures were forecast for Kansas today after unseasonably warm weather sent temperatures well above 70 in parts of the state yesterday.
Weathermen predicted continued mild weather in a five-day outlook issued today. They said temperatures probably would run from 12 to 15 degrees above normal.
But whether the warm weather is permanent or only temporary, students are making the most of it.
Wednesday. Feb. 6. 1963
The tempo of the campus has slowed. Instead of rushing from building to building to escape below zero blasts, students stroll, enjoying gentle warm breezes.
No doubt bus drivers wonder where their usually faithful patrons are since the warm weather has set in. It seems students prefer to walk while they can enjoy the warm breezy weather. But no one is too optimistic to say KU students won't be donning mittens and gloves and grabbing ice skates instead of tennis rackets next week.
In the midst of the spring weather, there are reminders of the cold which has so recently passed. A discarded mitten lays on top of the Daily Kansan box located near the Kansas Union. Potter Lake is still covered with a thin layer of ice.
Almost everything on the campus, except classes, has moved out of doors. Students have brought their books out of the library to study.
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Senator Barry Goldwater canceled his engagement yesterday to address an all-University convocation March 1.
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The conservative leader said in a letter to Raymond Nichols, vice chancellor of the University and chairman of the convocation committee, that important meetings of the Senate Armed Services Committee would keep him in Washington.
60th Year, No. 77
It was only the second time since confederation in 1867 that a Canadian government has been ousted by a vote of no-confidence. In 1926,
DISSOLUTION will provide the nation's second general election in less than a year.
No Confidence Vote Topples Diefenbaker
Dean Burton W. Marvin of the School of Journalism and member of the convocation committee expressed his disappointment at the cancellation. "We've had him at the top of our list all year and I would have liked very much for him to come to the campus and express his opinions," he said.
Goldwater said he hoped that in "a less busy year I might have the pleasure of visiting the University of Kansas."
plied last night by two motions accusing it of indecision over nuclear defense policy. Both carried by a 142-111 vote.
"I am on the Preparedness Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee and have a deep interest in the witnesses who will be coming before us, so I am cancelling all of my commitments during this time," he wrote.
The defeated Canadian leader was to call on Governor-General George Vaniera later today to obtain the formal dissolution proclamation. He told newsmen this morning no time had yet been set for his Rideau Hall visit.
OTTAWA — (UPI) — Prime Minister John Dieffenbaker, his minority government toppled by a crushing Parliamentary defeat, met today with his Conservative party supporters before formally dissolving Canada's 25th Parliament.
Diefenbaker, expected to select Monday, April 8, for a new general election, spoke to a gathering of more than 100 House members and Senators behind closed doors. The meeting could bring to a head the current split in party ranks over Diefenbaker's leadership.
The Prime Minister's government, the first to be ousted by a vote of no-confidence since 1926, was top-
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Goldwater Cancels KU Convocation Talk
the government of Conservative Premier Arthur Meighen was toppled by a 96-95 vote. The Liberal Party won the election that followed.
The crisis that swept Diefenbaker's shaky government out of power was triggered by a U.S. State Department statement that Canada, by failing to accept American nuclear arms, was dragging its feet in defense of North America and NATO
In Washington the United States maintained a diplomatically discreet "no comment" today on the toppling of Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker.
But Diefenbaker still was expected to charge that the United States had undermined his government by issuing a blunt policy statement a week ago saying nuclear warheads were essential for Canada's NORAD and NATO forces.
Legislators sang and cheered when Diefenbaker's government went down in defeat. When the prime minister finished speaking members on all sides of the House jumped to their feet, tossed paper in the air and set off an uproar of cheers and shouts.
Some of the conservative members sang "O Canada."
Diefenbaker disappeared and Pearson was swept up by the crowds.
The Commons chamber was filled to overflowing and spectators jammed corridors and hallways when the dramatic moment arrived.
The 67-year-old Conservative Party leader made it clear his campaign for re-election would be spiced with charges of U.S. intervention in Canadian affairs.
PEARSON, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, said last night he wants no part of such a campaign. "I hope very much and yours sin
"I hope very much and very sincerely that Canadian-American relations will not become a major issue" the former external affairs minister said. "It would be tragic if any of us exploited this unfortunate issue of differences of opinion between our two countries."
The nuclear controversy erupted into a crisis last week when the U.S. State Department sharply criticized Dieffenbaker for Canada's failure to arm Canadian rockets and planes with U.S. nuclear warheads.
Pearson is firmly committed to acquiring nuclear arms for Canadian forces at home and in Europe.
Reports of trouble within the Conservative Party gave rise to speculation of possible "wholesale resignations" from Diefenbaker's cabinet. Informed sources said at least six cabinet ministers were at odds with Diefenbaker and had sought his resignation.
Defense Minister Douglas Harkness submitted his resignation Monday because of the nuclear issue, Some reports said M. Wallace McCutcheon, minister without portfolio — credited with stimulating new business confidence in Diefenbaker's administration — would quit.
A closed-door caucus of Conservative members of Parliament today could be decisive. It was believed the party would either split wide open or close ranks in the face of the impending election.
Diefenbaker's defeat at the hands of the Liberal, Social Credit and New Democratic opposition parties, marked the first time in 37 years that a government had fallen from power through a vote in the House of Commons.
Every administration in the intervening years has been able to control the House and bring on a vote at a time and on an issue of its own choosing.
Spring Rushees Get Sorority Bids
Sorority bids were issued last night to 319 freshman and upperclass women who have been participating in spring rush activities this past week.
In previous years, a fall rush session has been held primarily for transfer students and upperclass women who did not make their grades.
Forty-nine women who went through the entire rush week did not pledge. Emily Taylor, dean of women, asid 29 of these women did not sign preference cards. The preference cards of the other 20 women did not match with the bids submitted by the sororites.
Ellsworth Seeks Long-Lost Owner of KU Tambourine
The red and blue tambourine, with "KU" painted across its circular surface, was taken from a KU female student during the 1920s.
The 40-year-old "Case of the Ownerless Tambourine is challenging the wits of Fred Ellsworth, executive secretary of the KU Alumni Association.
The problem fell to Ellsworth several months ago when a University of Missouri graduate now living in Orrick, Mo., returned it, asking if its original owner could be found
He said only that he got the tambourine from a KU student during a KU-MU football game at Columbia in either 1924 or 1926.
Now all Ellsworth must do is find the woman, whom Brady described as "real cute," from among the several thousand female students attending KU during those years.
Such a task is admittedly difficult. Ellsworth said yesterday, but not impossible.
"My theory is that the Jay Janes were passing tambourines along the rows in a collection drive at this game," said Ellsworth. "The Jay Janes were organized about 1922 as a service group. But I wonder why they would be collecting money at a game being played at Columbia. However, we need some theory to work with."
Ellsworth started by writing former Jay Jane officers.
For the time being, the tambourine will be displayed in the Kansas Union.
His next approach to the problem will be to include a picture of the musical instrument in the alumni magazine, which will be published late this month.
"Neither of the two women who replied could recall tambourines being used in those years," he reported.
"I've never come up against anything like this before." Ellsworth remarked. "It's getting to be quite a challenge."
Although more women were pledged to the 13 sororities this year than last year, the dropout rate during rush was higher. Dean Taylor attributed the 100 dropouts to the fact that some girls go through rush
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just for the experience. Others, she said, have preconceived notions about which house they hope to pledge, and fail to pledge it.
"I have no sympathy for the women who have preconceived notions, but I do feel it is unfortunate for those women we are unable to reach," she said.
Dean Taylor said many of the women who dropped out of rush while still receiving invitations were under the impression they would have a better chance to pledge during open rush.
Any KU woman who has gone through formal rush and did not pledge is eligible for open rush. During this period any woman may be pledged.
"If an unexpected vacancy arises, a woman in open rush has a good chance to pledge," Dean Taylor said. "But the general impression these women have of open rush gives them an unfair picture of the matter."
Out of the 108 upperclass women who participated in spring rush, 60 pledged. Unless these upperclass women live in Lawrence and were pledged off the house's quota, they move into the sorority house this semester.