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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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B&G crew understaffed
Ad may hold dirty buildings clue
By Tim Jones Kansan Staff Reporter
Campus buildings sometimes are politely called dirty, and the buildings and grounds crews usually are charged with inefficiency.
The reason for the inefficiency may be hidden in a recent want-ad calling for janitors, night watchmen and other jobs at KU. The appeal said salaries for a janitor begin at $231 per month. This figure breaks down to $53 per week or $2,772 a year, less than the limit set by the federal poverty program to designate poor families.
Philip N. Rankin, KU personnel director, said the response to the ad has been weak. He said the ad serves as much to show presently overworked employees that the University is trying to get help as it does to actually find new employes.
Both Rankin and Harry M. Buchholz, superintendent of the physical plant, said they are almost always understaffed in janitorial positions. Rankin said there are about 15 out of 100 positions open now.
Puddhale said the turnover is almost continuous and the number of janitors can change from day to day.
"Over the year there are 15 to 20 vacancies," he said. "Today it's about 10 or 12 and I know of one man leaving tomorrow. It's a day to day proposition."
Rankin noted that the wage level at KU is about 14.8 per cent below that of industries in the area. He said with competition from the Sunflower Ordinance Plant in Eudora, the expansion of Hallmark in Lawrence and the proximity of Kansas City and Topeka the labor market is near the saturation point.
"By and large we operate with a 13 to 18 per cent shortage of help," Rankin said.
Buchholz said he has trouble competing for help in the labor market. He said he had talked to a group at Kansas State Prison at Lansing about hiring ex-convicts, but when he learned this group was obtaining jobs for soon-to-be released prisoners at an average of $80 per week, he couldn't even hire any of those.
"We hire some people from the Kansas Neurological Institute," he said. "These people are mentally retarded but they've been trained in janitorial duties."
Buchholz said even if the staff was at full strength there would not be enough help.
"There is too much area for too few people," he said.
The average includes consideration for areas which must be cleaned more thoroughly than others. For instance, a janitor extensively cleaning a laboratory would cover fewer square feet than one doing an auditorium or gym which are easier to clean, Buchholz said.
In a survey by the National Association of Physical Plant Administrators, the average area that should be covered by a janitor is 14,000 square feet. he said.
He said with the KU janitorial staff at full strength, a janitor would cover between 45,000 and 50,000 square feet.
"We're now over 60,000 square feet because there is not a full complement of people," he said.
until the legislature allocates
Greek king may seek Danish exile
ROME—(UPI)—Greece's ousted King Constantine made a surprise trip to the Greek Embassy Friday morning amid speculation he may be preparing to fly to permanent exile in Denmark.
In Athens, the ruling military junta consolidated its power after the king's short-lived attempt to overthrow it.
were housed Thursday after fleeing Greece—into the villa of Constantine's cousin, Prince Henry of Hesse.
The king and his family moved out of the embassy—where they
Constantine stayed there only a few hours, then met a embassy in the middle of the night with his beautiful Danish wife, Queen Anne Marie, and his sister, Princess Irene.
at any time for Denmark, where they have been offered acylum. Queen Anne Marie is the daughter of King Frederik of Denmark.
Unconfirmed reports in Rome said the Royal family may leave
The royal family was given a second floor apartment in the Greek Embassy.
the needed funds, "there's not much that can be done." the physical plant superintendent said.
"We need twice the men we're
allowed but we can't even fill the positions now available," he said. "I know the buildings are dirty and we're getting behind, but we're doing the best job possible."
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