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Page Four of today’s Emerald.
NO. 127
expert s Studies
Free Mrs. Allton
In Forgery Case
Handwriting Shows
Charges Unjustified
Charges have been dropped
against Mrs. Donald Allton,
wife of Donald Allton, profes
sor of music, who was to be
tried Monday on a charge of
passing several bad checks in the
San Diego area, District Attorney
Don Keller announced Saturday.
Keller’s statement followed a re
port by Clark Sellers, Los Angeles,
a* nationally known handwriting
expert who said, "I am convinced
the charges against Mrs. Allton
are a case of mistaken identity.”
Keller said that he was "quite
Impressed" with Seller's statement
and that he had “never known Sel
ler to corne out with such a strong
report."
Mrs. Allton was accused several
months ago of having signed over
51000 worth of bogus checks which
were passed in San Diego. I
Emerald Banquet
Features Sabine
“Journalism, Journalists and Joe
McCarthy” will be the topic of a
talk by Gordon A. Sabine, dean
of the journalism school, to be
delivered at the annual Emerald
banquet Wednesday at 5:45 p.m.
in the Student Union.
Presentation of awards will be
featured at the banquet. Among
the awards to be presented arc the
Turnbull Hall award to the out
standing senior member of the
Emerald staff, the T. Neil Taylor
award for the outstanding thesis
in J481 and the Myrtle Creek Mail
and Hillsboro Argus scholarships.
Four awards will also be made
by Sigma Delta Chi, national men's
journalistic fraternity. They are
the achievement award, scholar
ships award and awards to the
freshman and sophomore men out
standing in journalism work. Theta
Sigma Phi, national women's jour
nalism honorary, will make awards
to the outstanding freshman and
sophomore women in journalism.
The Time magazine book awards
will be made to the students who
attained the highest scores on the
current events quiz issued by that
magazine.
Arizona Historian
Here for Summer
O. H. Wedel, chairman of the
history department, University of
Arizona, will teach courses in mod
ern European history during the
summer term, Gordon Wright,
. head of the history department
announced today.
Wedel will teach courses in Re
cent Germany, Europe Since 1939
and a graduate seminar in Modern
European History.
Six UO Students
Contest Election
A portion of the ASUO general
election has been contested by
si* CO students, according to
K. J. O’Connell, chairman of the
A8CO constitution committee.
The amendment to place a
graduate student, elected Only
by graduate students, on the
ASUO senate Is the portion of
the election being contested. The
amendment passed by a vote of
1352 to 455 in the May 13 election.
Bill Frye, senior in journalism;
Bob Maier, freshman in business
administration; Paul Keefe, soph
omore in business administration;
Paul Lasker, junior In education;
and Bill Curney, junior in jour
nalism, were the signers of the
letter contesting the election.
Reasons listed by the group for
contesting the election were
vagueness in Emerald's publica
tion of the proposed amendment,
a difference between the proposed
amendment in the Emerald and
on the ballot, the petition with
200 signatures to get the pro
posed amendment on the ballot
not being in the hands of the
ASUO vice-president at the time
prescribed by the ASUO constitu
tion (therefore there was no time
to validate the signatures on the
petitions), y that the ASUO
vice-president did not direct the
publication of the proposed
amendment in the Emerald.
O'Connell stated that the con
stitution committe will meet
“near the end of the week” to
consider the letter contesting the
election. "Members of the com
mittee must have time to read
the letter before we can meet,”
he said.
Korean Peace Hopes Gain,
Pearson Tells News Confab
■HUHatHS: ;.
LESTER B. PEARSON,
Coffee and Opinions
By Kitty Fraser
Emerald Assistant Managing Editor
Lester B. Pearson, Lnited Nations general assembly president
and Canada’s secretary of external affairs, offered his views on
a \ ariety of subjects Monday morning in an informal press con
ference over coffee with representatives of Eugene radio stations
and other state publications.
Chances for peace in Korea seem more favorable in his opinion*
although he expressed doubt in the significance of the peace ges
tures of the Soviet Union.
However, he said it was a mistake not to give the USSR the
benefit of the doubt or “slap down Russia.” The Austrian peace
treaty will be a much more important indication of the “peace
offensive,” he said.
Korea Not Ideal
Pearson said the present handling of the Korean situation was
not the ideal way in which UN actions should be carried out,
but at present, having the U. S. run the truce negotiations is
the only practical way to handle the problems.
Conferences should be held with all countries involved, he
said, but things happen too fast at times for this to be possible.
There is no serious division over the situation, he said assuredlv
Canadian to Tell Views
On 'East-West Bridge'
Even Russia's Jacob Malik lis
tens in the United Nations Gener
al Assembly to Lester B. Pearson,
who will speak at a University as
sembly at 1 p.m. today in the Stu
dent Union ballroom. Pearson has
African Discrimination
Subject of Panel Talk
Racial prejudice and discrimina
tion are the big reasons for the
trouble in Africa was the view ex- i
pressed in a NAACP-sponsored
panel discussion held Monday.
A panel composed of Clifford
Demo's Plan
NAACP Forum
The NAACP - Student Affairs
Committee controversy will be the
topic of a public discussion at 7
tonight in the Student Union.
The discussion, sponsored by the
Young Democrats, will feature
speakers to present both views with
a discussion following their brief
talks. George Dalton, graduate in
economics, will be moderator.
The present problem arose last
year when the NAACP sought rec
ognition as a campus organization.
They have been refused recognition
by the Student Affairs committee
due to a ruling which allows no
new campus groups with national
affiliations to organize under the
auspices of the University.
Miller, graduate student in his
tory, and Vishnu Wassiamal, stu- !
dent from the Gold Coast, talked
on the situations in Kenya and thei
Gold Coast, respectively.
Miller, -who has taught in an J
American school in Kenya, believes
the days of the white man in
Africa are numbered because of
the unwillingness of the white man •
to "give the native his due" and
the British policy of keeping the
native in his place.
According to Miller, most of the
trouble is in Kenya and the Union
of South Africa. The climate of the
two countries is more suitable for
the white man and consequently he
has kept a tighter hold on the gov
ernment.
That the Gold Coast’s new inde
pendent government is a British
experiment was claimed untrue by
Vishnu Wassiamal. He said the
people of the Gold Coast are pre
pared to take over and have com
petent men to handle the positions
formerly held by British officials.
Miller said that if the white man
doesn’t change his ways in Africa
it could possibly turn to Com
munism.
Plans Made For New Frosh Dor
A future freshman dormitory to
house 322 men as a replacement
for the Veteran’s dormitories is
now in the planning stage, with
present plans specifying the struc
ture to be completed by the fall of
1955.
The dormitory plans call for five
separate living units, with dining
halls, recreational rooms and liv
ing rooms in each unit. The dorm
itory will be built behind the pres
ent John Straub hall, and will face
the University tennis court. The
dormitory will be built around a
central core connecting with the
kitchen unit of the present Straub
hall. The building will be fireproof
and have a brick facing.
The proposed structure will be
financed from student room fees.
The addition is expected to cost
about $3913 per student. The ad
dition was one of the items ap
proved by the State Board of Ed
ucation in a meeting held April 29.
D. M. DuShane, director of stu
dent affairs, stated that the new
building will be studied and ad
mired by other institutions all over
the country. He said it will be an
“ideal dormitory for freshmen.”
been assembly president since Oct.
1952.
Topic of the address by the Can
adian diplomat is “The New Com
monwealth Bridge Between East
and West.” He will also speak at
a coffee hour forum to be held in
the SU at 3 p.m.
Pearson is being brought to the
University especially for this ad
dress. He will make no other pub
lic appearance in the Northwest
and will fly back to UN headquar
ters in New York City Tuesday
night. While in Eugene, he and
Mrs. Pearson will be guests of
President and Mrs. H. K. New
burn.
Considered by many a good bet
to be Canada's next prime minis
ter, Pearson has been described as
his country’s first top homegrown
diplomat and is a skillful advocate
of Canada’s growing demand to be
heard in its own right. In addition
to his UN post, he is also Canada’s
secretary of state for external af
fairs.
Pearson is the descendent of two
generations of Methodist minis
ters. He was bom in Toronto, April
23, 1897. He was educated at the
University of Toronto and Oxford.
During World War I, Pearson serv
ed in the Canadian army and the
RAF.
In 1928, Pearson became Can
ada’s first external affairs secre
tary. Other positions which the
diplomat has held have been Can
adian ambassador in Washington
and counselor to the Canadian
high commissioner in London.
Pearson has been associated
with the United Nations since the
Dumbarton Oaks and San Fran
cisco conferences which saw the
birth of the organization. He was
chairman of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization conference
held last year in Lisbon.
A family man with a grown son
and daughter, Pearson lists tennis,
baseball and hockey as his favorite
sports. He played hockey and la
crosse for Oxford during his col
legiate days and was a coach in
hockey and rugby football at Tor
onto university.
The Pearson address will be
broadcast over KWAX at 6:30 to
night, according to Jack Vaughn,
station manager.
usually proposals are discussed in
Washington D.C. and presented
at the peace talks in Panmunjom
later. The present proposals now
being discussed in Korea were
talked over about 10 days ago, he
said.
Pearson gave a short rundown
on Canada's participation in the
Korean conflict, pointing out there
were 22,000 troops in the field,
Canada concentrates on material
contributions, he said, with 45 per
cent of her budget going for de
fense.
The U.S. is not the only neigh
bor Canada has—there is also Rus
sia, Pearson pointed out. With,
modern transportation, the Arctic
is not the barrier that it was, he
mentioned.
U.S. Important Force
Speaking on the United Nations
itself and the effect the United
States has on it, Pearson said the
U.S. attitude was the most impor
tant single force in the UN. He
felt it was a mistake for any one
power to dominate the UN com
pletely but also said it was unreal
istic to not let the greatest power
have a voice in proportion to that
power.
“Canada follows the U.S. as the
leader of the free world,’’ he said,
but likes to push a little.
Commenting on the Communist
strength in the UN, Pearson said
it was very small, usually Com
munist proposals getting only the
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Prof. Doctrine
KWAX Feature
Prof. Monroe Doctrine of the
University’s history department*
will be the interviewee on to
night’s edition of “Lemon
Punch,” According to Thorne
Briar, KWAX announcer. The
show, which will be heard on
KWAX at 6:15, will reveal some
of the study aids recommended
by Professor Doctrine for mem
bers of his classes.
Through long years of research*
Professor Doctrine has found
that the main difficulty students
have had in his classes is mem
orizing dates of important
events.
“Anyone,” Professor Doctrine
said, “can remember that World
War I started in 1871 and the
Magna Carta was signed in 1969.
It’s only a matter of memorizing
the right dates for the right
time and organizing your ponies
correctly,” he said.