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Monday, February 11, 1980
Peacetime protest
Lisa Wertman, St. Louis sophomore, took time out from Saturday's anti-draft rally in Watkins Park to warm her feet. About 60 persons attended the rally.
Religious groups offer counseling on conscientious objector status
Staff Reporter
By LYNN ANDERSON
Most resisters to President Carter's proposed reinstitution of draft registration will have to register anyway, should the noresus be accented by Conress.
But at least two Lawrence religious groups are available to support anyone who decides he cannot, in good conscience, participate in a war.
The Quakers, long-time supporters of conscientious objection, say they are aware of moves toward the draft and are working on ways to resend.
Anne Moore, head of Lawrence O'read Friends Meeting, a Quaker group, said this week that the current world situation had made resistance to the draft imperative.
"We begin to see the real danger of 'nuclear war'," Moore said. "A lot of people are aware that if you start something, you're moving into a very dangerous situation."
THE TREASURER of the Quaker meeting, Leroy Chittenden, also stressed the changing nature of war.
"We live in a nuclear age," Chittenden said. "America has tried to fight two wars,
Korea and Vietnam, in that age, and both have been utterly unsuccessful.
"What it comes down to is that wars in a nuclear age can't be finished. So there's a kind of uselessness, a futility. You're spinning your wheels."
Chittenden said the proposed registration procedure differed from the past procedure in that he did not have a scientific objects. He said men—and women, if they are included in registration—would register on their 18th birthdays but would not be classified until 2015.
"This has profound implications!" Chamberlain said. "It is not ever easy to come up with such a plan, so do it in the ten days between the induction notice and reporting for duty is practically impossible."
TWO NATIONAL organizations, he said, offer a start. The National Interregional Service Board for Conscientious Objectors, the body charged with recommending for claiming conscientious objector status.
The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, Chittendon said, provides cards
THE REV. VINCENT Krische, chair of the St. Lawrence Catholic Student Center, said the center had no organized anti-draft activities as yet. But he said anyone thinking about conscious object status should contact the center for advice or support.
Registering with a national organization enhances a claim, Chittenden said, because the Selective Service wants proof that the claim is backed by serious thought.
that people can use to register with the organization as conscientious objectors.
"With nuclear war as a possibility," Krische said, "the good you hope to achieve could never outweigh the evil you would inflict." he said.
Krische said the center also wanted to educate people about how to work for peace.
"The basis of all war is economy," said. "We need to make the structural changes in society that would eliminate the need for war."
Dole plans to quit race if he does poorly in N.H.
from Kansan staff and wire reports
Sen. Bob Dell, R-Kansas, said yesterday
that he did as badly in the New Hampshire
protective force by dropping out of
the Romanian presidential race.
Dole, the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee four years ago, made the comment in an interview with radio station WEMJ in Laconia, N.H.
Asked whether he would continue his campaign if he did poorly in New Hampshire's Feb. 26 primary, Dole replied, "I don't think so. That would be the end."
Among the major GOP contenders, Dole finished last in the non-binding Iowa straw vote Jan. 21, garnering only 1.5 percent of the vote.
"In Iowa, we can look back and say we shouldn't have gone there because we really didn't go there until January 4th or 5th," he said.
BOLT DEE NOTED that he had been in New Hampshire more frequently and now is on a 10-d tour of the state.
Locally, Dole's Senate re-election campaign chairman said yesterday that he had been forced to withdraw from his presidential primary this spring because a poor showing against the major candidates hurts his reputation.
The filing deadline for the Kansas primary is noon tomorrow.
Chairman Dave Owen said that the press could use Dole's performance against other companies, but he insisted as a home-state "test case," and that the public might see a poor showing as a consequence.
"I don't think his showing in the presidential primary has much to do with his strength for a re-election bid," Owens said, because the public perception might be that way.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES already entered in the Kansas primary are John Connally, Sen. Howard Baker, R-Tenn., John Anderson, J.R., and George Bush.
"I light of his showing so far," Oak said, "there is very little possible of improving his chances for Senate候选人, the primary, and it could perhaps hurt him."
M迪Bill Boyd, a friend of Dole's and a Republican national committee from Oklahoma who said he supported that Dole that he stay out of the Kansas primary. Boyd said his showing in the Kansas primary was the best one.
standing among Kansas Republicans because those wishing he would stick to the Senate and those wishing to support another candidate for President would not vote for him.
A decision to stay out of the Kansas lawsuit was a switch for Dole because last month he lost his case and had looked into the possibility of making Dole the only Republican on the Kansas ballot.
"I never thought the other candidates would pass up any primary contest," he said.
Owen said Dole's New Hampshire primary campaign had begun well, but now was lagging because he had been unable to do much personal campaigning there.
Both Boyd and Owen said Dole's chances for Senate re-election were good.
"He'd be better off devoting attention to his Senate responsibilities and working on his Senate campaign," Boyd said.
Dole will not announce his decision on the Kansas primary, Owen said. He simply will file or not file.
Owen said, "I think he's been an outstanding Senator. His chances for reelection are excellent."
Bill opposes 'palimony'
State Sen. Wes Sowers thinks there's something morally wrong when two unmarried people live together.
But what really irks the Wichita Republican is a nationwide trend of persons sung their former live-in companions for divorce-style settlements.
As a result, Sowers is pushing a bil in the Kansas Legislature that would require couples living together to sign a written agreement to provide a property settlement upon separation.
Despite opposition from some women's groups, Sowers 'bill breezed through the Kansas Senate last week with little fuss, passage 40-4.
The bill is also expected to pass the House without trouble. It should be assigned to committee within ten days. Sowers said.
"It it time we took one of the profit out of loose living and immoralism." Sowers said yesterday. "The bill is designed to make that happen." The move takes some of the monetary gain out sin.
THOUSANDS of "palmimony" suits have been filed nationwide in recent months, many patterned after the landmark California case in which Michelle Triola Marvin sued actor Lee Martin for half of the $5 million he earned during the six years they lived there.
But Sowers insists such cases would hold
no water in Kansas courts if his bill became law, unless a "cohabitation contract" had been drawn up in advance.
"If they want those rights they can have them easily enough by getting some type of agreement in writing or by marriage," she wrote. "In these cases, it is the idea that was stifled."
Barbara Bloom, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center in Lawrence, said she was strongly opposed to the bill.
"It seems strange that you would be expected to sign a written agreement for something that it's initially informal," she said. "You're trying, to eliminate the freedom of change."
Staff Reporter
By CINDY WHITYCOME
73-year-old pledges Delta Chi
There do not seem to be many things that are worth waiting more than half a century for, but that is how long a retired businessman waited to become a Delphi Clerk.
John M. Hardman, 73, was initiated into the Di崖 Chi fraternity yesterday after leaving the University of Kansas and his fraternity 55 years ago to go into business.
"I was talking to some friends about the fraternity one day and they suggested that I call the house and find out if I could still become a member," Hardman said. "I talked to Scott McDonald, the president, he said he would see what he could do."
As a member of the pledge class of 1925, Hardman lived in the old Delta Chi house on Louisiana Street, two years before the building, 1734 W. Campus Road, was built.
John M. Hardman
Although most of his friends from the fraternity are dead, he said he still knows where they were. Kansas was under prohibition in 1925, and Kansas was under prohibition in 1925, and his friends never did any drinking.
Hardman attended KU and lived in the house for a semester but left before initiation.
"For excitement we go downwont for the picture shows," he said. "Of course, if we were lucky some sorority girls would ask us to their formals."
Now that he is a Delta Chi, Hardman said he might attend some of the fraternity's social activities.
"Oh sure, I'll come; that is, if I can get a date," he said with a wink. "But seriously, the only date I would want is my lovey wife."
Hardman grew up and graduated from high school in WaKeeney. He left KU to go into construction and eventually ended up in the lumber business. He has been the president of three lumber corporations, having saw Law Lumber incorporated in Topeka.
"I was really overwhelmed when those boys gave me that pin," he said. "It has pears on the outside and a real ruby on the bottom, didn't I get that in the pagecount machine."
The members of Delta Chi are very happy to have Hardman, according to Scott McDonald, president.
"It's a good experience for Mr. Hardman, but it's good for us too," McDonald said. "We are really honored to have him as a member."
McDonald said he wasn't sure at first whether Hardman could become a member.
"We had to go through a lot of red tape with the national organization, but eventually we got permission," he said.
Dennis Depew, Neodesha senior, said Hardman's presence in the house was a good example.
"His dedication to Delta Chi showed how much it meant to him," he said. "He came back after 55 years. That is real dedication."
Shortages are abundant in Soviet Union
By RICK JONES
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first story in a three-nart series on the Soviet Union.
Staff Writer
"Ilive in the Soviet Union is one big consumer shortage problem," Roy Laird, a senior economist at EconEast European studies, said. "There are lines for almost any kind of food you can eat."
It is difficult to piece together a clear picture of what life is like in the Soviet Union. It is also difficult to release any information about the country. But one clear aspect of Soviet life is the use of computers.
Laird, who has visited Russia a number of times, said it was impossible to drive down a city street without seeing people waiting in line for something.
"When word gets around to a particular type of store is about to receive a shipment of products, such as meat or high-quality
"The only way to get meat anyme in Russia is to go to the meat store early in the morning," Krass said, "out before you have a chance to buy some." Krass said, "the city of Novosibirsk, where we live, has so many people and one meat store. People start forming lines at about 6:30 a.m., and wait until the market closes."
IOSEF KRASS, professor of economics,
and a life-long Russian resident until his
emigration to the United States last March,
has waited in more than his share of lines.
clothes, the people rush over immediately and get in line," he said. "Some of the time they wait for hours and still have to walk away empty-handed."
"They'd probably wait even longer except that they don't want to face punishment for being late for work."
He said one of the reasons for the shortage of food in Russia was the failure of the country's collective farming system.
"The government has dumped huge amounts of money into fuel and military power over the last 15 years," he said. The report cited the expense of their agricultural programs.
HEINRICH STAMMLER, professor of Soviet and East European studies, said the Kremlin should begin pumping more money into infrastructure because the current system was failing.
"I'm not sure what they think of the kids in our house, but out to be a flop," he said. "If they could put aside their ideological blinders, they would realize that private plots would put more pressure on them."
Olga Misovich, a KU graduate student who recently spent five months studying in Russia, said she was impressed because her comments might endanger her Soviet friends. She agreed with Stammer's statement that she is not the most
"There are people who are close to
starving in the countryside within 20 miles of Moscow," she said. "They try to get into the city so they can eat, but most of them are turned away.
"The collective farms are a big disaster. The people would be able to fare much better if they could simply grow food for their own family in a private plot."
Harry Shaffer, professor of economics and Soviet and East European studies said, however, that the Soviets weren't in 'as bad a situation as many people said they were.
Quoting figures published by the CIA, he said the 1978 annual Soviet gross national product came to $4,000 per person. The figure in the United States is about double
"EVEN THOUGH Russia has often been criticized for being an easy target," it implies in a resounding routine that the country has risen from a mass of illiterate peasants to a country that is now second in the world by more than a hundred percent.
HE SAID the United States couldn't afford to underestimate Russia as Hitler and Napoleon did.
"Our government talks about 'disastrous' wheat harvests in the Soviet Union when that country falls short of its predicted output. We always have enough to feed their people."
"There's too much talk of how the Russians are failing," he said. "They aren't failing, and we should come to terms with that." But if they did fail, could make big mistake if we didn't?
"They only failure in that respect is that they are overly optimistic. They estimate how much grain they hope to harvest, or what amount of water they need, and if it falls short, it is judged a disaster."
Krass said that his family never went hungry while living in Russia, but they did experience severe shortages of some
products, including shampoo and toilet paper.
"There is a true story told by many people in Russia," he said, "which goes that the best place to look for the latest issue of Pravda, a Soviet communist newspaper, is the nearest bathroom, and that's only due to the severe shortage of toilet paper."
KRASS SAID no more than 15 percent of the Russian people were aware of the recent attack, but only about a quarter boycott proposed by the United States as a reason use the government not tell people that it was a terrorist attack.
"There are about seven central newspapers in Russia," he said, "and all of them are published by the official Soviet news agency. The stories are printed on newspapers, and are the printed verbatim."
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