Owner of extremist collection fears censor
Staff Writer
By PAM MANSON
A Kansas City Mo., man wants his $50,000 piece collection of extremist political material back from the University of Texas at Austin.
The man, Laird M. Wilcox, said he became concerned when a display of Nazi memorabilia at the Spencer Research Library was canceled Thursday hours before it was to open.
Wilcox
"If the administration can take that down, they can certainly mess with the Wilcox collection," Wilcox said. "The material in my collection ranges from far right to far left. There's something in it to offend virtually everyone."
Wilcox, who attended KU from 1963 to 1965 and was a member of Students for a Democratic Society, sold the first thousand pieces of his collection to KU in 1965 for about $20,000. The pieces he has been donated by Wilcox during the last 13 years.
THE COLLECTION, which is stored in Spencer Research Library, contains about 2,300 books, 2,500 pamphlets, 250 tape recordings, several manuscripts, correspondence and original research material, representing more than 10,000 organizations. Although part of the collection is unprotected, its value is estimated at $400,000 by the museum.
The material comes from sources that range from reactionary to radical. Some of the organizations are working on developing new materials.
"If the administration is going to start responding to everyone who feels offended by something, I don't feel my collection is safe." Willex said. "I've hired a lawyer to help me with this. It's not going to mess with all the problems of censorship."
Birch Society, SDS, the Commandist Party, the Black Panthers, the Thewaters and the Minuteurs.
"All I got were a lot of excuses on why the exhibit was closed," Wilios said. "She said something about Passover
WILCOX SAID he had met with Jeannette Johnson, assistant to the executive vice chancellor, and expressed his concerns about the closing of the Nazi exhibit and the safety of his collection.
"The University has set a dangerous precedent. It's a threat to the autonomy of the library system, I have complete confidence in the library administrators but none in the University administrators.
L. George Griffin, curator of the Kansas Collection, said that the Wilcox collection was in no danger of being lost.
"This collection is one of the most vulnerable we have," he said. "However, it's used extensively by researchers who want to test it."
GRIFFIN SAID the cancellation of the Nazi exhibit was his first experience with consensur.
"If there hadn't been 'Hocolacus', if that display had been put up at any other time, we would have been laided as
doing wonderful things for racial understanding," Griffin said. "If there's another problem with a display, they'll do it."
THE EXHIBIT INCLUDED paintings by Hitter, postcards, photographs, documents and dinnerware owned by Hitter and Hermann Goering, commander of the Third Army. The collection of the items are owned by Kelton Wilson Jr., a KL alumnus.
"The exhibit will go back up and Ron Calgaard knows I'm contemplating doing that," he said.
Griffin said he had objected to taking down the exhibit because it involved a freedom of expression issue, but was overruled by the University administration. Griffin said he intended to display the Nazi exhibition some day.
"I WOULD BE SATISFIED if I saw the Nazi exhibit to be said, "Something in writing, something believable."
Wilcox said he would reconsider withdrawing his collection if he got some kind of reassurance from the RU. "We did have an agreement," Wilcox said.
"I'm not insensitive to the issues here but there are other ways to handle it. I'm incensed that the University would pay for me."
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Shankel said yesterday that the Wilcox collection was not in danger of being censored.
Monday, April 24, 1978
Football seating resolution criticized as premature
Lawrence, Kansas
By KERRY BARSOTTI Staff Writer
A Student Senate committee's resolution opposing changes in student seating at football games is premature, Doug Messer, assistant athletic director, said yesterday.
Messer said that his suggestions to the Athletic Seating Board last week to relocate portions of seat stearing to increase ticket capacity and not definite plans being considered by KUAC.
"The Senate is making resolutions about things that we're only discussing," he said.
"I think that the people who passed this resolution are not well informed about the effects of climate change."
JEFF CHANAY, Sports Committee chairman, said that the purpose of the resolution was to discourage even tentative change in student seating at the games.
"The general feeling is that we should do this now before it gets carried too far," he said. "We want to make our feelings known we're not willing to give up prime seating."
The Senate's Sports Committee resolution, which will go before the full Senate May 3, urges that the Athletic Seating Board and KUAC "dispose of any move to reduce the number of prime seats offered to students."
Steve Leben, former student body president, said student sections should not be allowed to wear uniforms.
"I agree that KUAC is in a bind because they don't have good seats to give to the team."
"But the reason they are in a bind is because someone who gave money to the athletic program 20 years ago is still holding on to the best seats."
Leben was referring to the KUAC policy that gives special seating consideration to people with disabilities.
"THERE IS A DISTINCTION between
that which think is right and that
which KIAG is wrong."
"On the question of seating, I think that they are motivated entirely by monetary risk."
Reggie Robinson, student body vice president, said that although Messer said the plans were tentative, he thought KUAC would decide on the seating changes soon.
"They always say that these proposals are just coming up for discussion but when they vote on them, it seems like everyone about them except the students," he said.
"I think that it is appropriate for us to find out what the students think before a vote is
Burt Nurley, student assistant to Messer,
said that he opposed the resolution because
it was too much of a challenge.
"I HATE TO see them come out with a resolution until we've made a specific plan."
"The main thing that students can do is make suggestions; the worst thing if they
come up with guns blazing, saying, 'You have to do this.'
In addition to his suggestion to change student seating, Messer also said that the seating board should consider moving the KU Jayhawk Marching Band from its current place in the student section to the end zone.
"Right now, the band is sitting in 400
prime seats." Messer said.
"This committee says where the band sits and I'm not sure the band shouldn't be."
Arnold Stricker, president of the band, and he was shamed that KUAC had propped up his name.
THE SEATES THAT WE have now allow us to be most beneficial to the University by providing a safe and secure environment.
"If they moved the band, we wouldn't be able to do the job as effectively."
However, at the meeting, Ron Allen, seating board chairman, said he would be out for a while.
"The band provides an invaluable service at the games," he said.
"It's not only the band we'd be stepping on, but the students too. A lot of students like us."
Nunley he thought a change in band seating should be considered.
"IF YOU LOOK AROUND the country, most of the bands at other schools are sitting in the bow," he said. "Right now, the band has a very strong presence with means that they have some prime seats."
Remodeling changes titles
Staff Photo by TIM ASHNER
Rv RARBARA JENSEN
Under the new plan, effective July 1, there will be three deans: Smith, Alderson and Gil Dyck, who will remain dean of admissions and records.
Staff Writer
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, announced Friday that the reorganization plan no longer would include a dean of women's or dean of men's office.
Caryl Smith, associate dean of women, was named dean of student life and Donald Alderson, dean of men, was named dean of women's affairs. The organization plan of the division of student affairs.
AMBLER SAID the associate dean and director of foreign student services, the director of the Emily Tylor Women's Career and Resource Center, the director of student organizations and activities would report to the dean of student life.
Two auxiliary units, the department of housing and recreation Union, will continue to be located at Amberleys.
admissions and records will have an assistant to the dean and coordinator of student orientation programs, an associate dean of admissions and records, a director of admissions, a scheduling coordinator and a director of financial aid.
Clark Coan, dean of foreign students, will be the associate dean and director of foreign student services. Amber said Coan's dutes would ensure that her students integrate foreign students into student life
According to the new plan, the dean of
Under the dean of student services will be a director of the counseling center, a director of the placement center, a director of the student assistance center and a director of student health services, Ambler said.
Ambler said he hoped the director of student organizations and activities would provide organizations with more services and promote student leadership training
Smith said she hoped the student life offices would continue to serve the needs of women students. Amelier he would like to work with academic departments, too,
Police clarify demands in talks
and to give more attention to foreign student organizations.
See CHANGE page six
Staff Writer
By JAKE THOMPSON
The proposals, termed essential by Gary Sampson, chairman of the LPOA, include a revision of grievance procedures open to police, payment of family health insurance, legal counsel for policemen involved in civil court cases and a minimum nine additional hearings.
The city had some reservations, but Friday's opening negotiations with the head of the Lawrence Police Officer's Association for a 1979 work agreement were calm as clarifications were given to 18 proposals presented by the policemen.
"We've taken complaints and reduced them to these 18," Sampson said. "This is what we feel is essential to this year's agreement."
KEVIN BURT, the city's employee
Among the requests, the policemen asked for a cost-of-living salary adjustment to be equal to the percent change listed in the Metropolitan Kansas City Consumer Price Index, compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
He said the policemen wanted next year's increase to concur with the index. However,
relations director, responded to the 1½-hour talks by saying that he had a complete understanding of the proposals but that the city would have problems with the proposals concerning blanket coverage and salary increases.
Sampson said the increase, according to regional index, was about 5 to 6 percent
Burt said the city would study all the proposals and make some of their own before the next meeting, which is Friday at 2 p.m.
The largest salary increase automatically would occur with the proposal to reclassify all employees in the corporals, raising two steps in salary in salary determined by the skills, education, special training and work experience of the policemen. Those who qualified would receive a raise.
American Cancer Society, The marathon dance, which took place of the floor of J. Wauters, *Ninth acre* and land street *$39,085.00*
Burt said the city would oppose any increase it did not control.
"WE THEM their job description and duties justify a higher salary," he said.
Marathon dancers
The policemen propose that a three-member arbitration board, composed of citizens, be set up as the final authority and to ensure a grievance to City Manager Bauer Watson.
Sampon said the grievance procedure change was proposed because policemen were under pressure to do so.
Mary Halis, representing Miller Hall, and Cliff Johnson, representing Battiefield Hall, were on all 12 couples that danced at the event.
See POLICE page five
Marchers camp at Lake Perry
By SUSAN MORGENSTERN
Staff Writer
About 230 marchers from the "Longest Walk" are camping west of Lake Perry this week, a spokesman for the Indian marchers on Monday morning press conference in Topeka.
the spokesman, Henry Dominguez, the marchers were based to the lake Friday
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from Ottawa and would return to Ottawa April 30 to resume their walk to Washington.
The Longest Walk that began to reach Washington in July, he said. The march is to protest and call attention to pending Congressional legislation that would malify treaties with the United States.
DOMINGUEZ SAID a spokesman for President Jimmy Carter had told the group that Carter probably would meet with them in Washington.
Doringge smiled and said the spokesman had embalized "if" they made it.
"We're going to make it because of all the people who are praying for us," he said.
That support included the contribution or a horse and trailer to the march, he said.
"He was poor and didn't have much else to give, so he gave us his horse."
Dorniguez said that when the group reached Washington, they would not formally lobby against the legislation or introduce政牛. new legislation.
"OUR ANCESTORS took care of that," he said "When your grandfather and my grandfather sat down together and made the treaties, they smoked the pipe. It was a promise, a sacred pledge, and that's the highest law of the land."
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Brigade silent about Moro's fate
ROME-Although Italy's Christian Democratic party yesterday seemed ready to consider a deal with the kidnappers of Aldo Moro, no contact between the two was reported more than 24 hours after a death deadline for Moro had passed. A message Thursday said the kidnappers, a terrorist group called the Red Brigades, would kill Moro if his party did not agree by 3 p.m. Saturday to negotiate the terrorists' demands.
Pilot says jet shot without warning
ANCHORAGE—Passengers and crewmen from the South Korean jetliner docked in northwest Russia arrived in Alaska yesterday. The co-pilot of the plane, Chao Soon-do, and the crew received no warning from the Soviet MIG 15 aircraft, said a hole in the fuselage, killing two persons and wounding 10. See story page two.
Weather . . .
Spring could return to Lawrence today. High temperatures are expected to reach the low 70s, and there will be clear to partly cloudy skies today and tomorrow. Lows tonight should reach the low 40s, but temperatures will return to the 70s tomorrow.
Winds will be northwesterly, from 10 to 15 mph, today.
Locally...
The format was different from past years because the Kansas RELays took place this weekend at five different locations. The renovation of KU's Memorial Stadium forced the Relays to be moved from Lawrence. However, things ran smoothly in the first three games, with Oklahoma dominated the competition in the University men's division, which took place on the Sooners' home track. Oklahoma finished the competition with nine first-place finishes. Kansas won two events. The marathon hold in Leavenworth by high school teacher Bob Foley. For stories on the different level of competition, see sports page seven.