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Monday, February 11, 1980
Peacetime protest
WES ORZECHOWSKIKANG staff
Lisa Wertman, St. Louis sophomore. took time out from Satur
day's and-draft rally in Watkins Park to warm her feet. About 60 persons attended the rally.
Religious groups offer counseling on conscientious obiector status
Staff Reporter
By LYNN ANDERSON Staff Reporter
Most resisters to President Carter's proposed reinstitution of draft registration will have to register anyway, should the neonatal be录取 by Converse.
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 respond.
Anne Moore, head of Lawrence's Oread 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 sinning your wheels."
Chittendron said the proposed registration procedure differed from the past procedure in that they required a scientious objector. He said men—and women, if they are included in registration—would register on their 18th birthdays but would not be classified until they do.
"This has profound implications," Cattenden said. "It is not ever easy to come to terms with the consequences of doing 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 Interreligious Service Board for Consciousness Objectors, which has long old form used for claiming consciousness.
The Central Committee for Conscientious Obiectors. Chittenden said, provides cards
THE REV. VINCENT Krische, chaplain of the SL Lawrence College Student Center, said the center had no organized anti-draft activities as yet. But he said anyone concerned with concussions object status should feel free to contact the center for advice or support.
The Catholic Church once believed certain wars were "just wars," he said. But Pope John XXIII, in his encyclical "Pacem in hoc" in 1536, declared that war eliminated the essence of a "just war."
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 economic." he 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
from Kansan staff and wire reports
Sen. Bob D, R-Kansas, said yesterday that if he did as badly in the New Hampshire attack, his team would drop out of the Republican presidential race.
Dole, the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee four years ago, made the comment in an interview with radio station WEMJ in NaiH. N
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.
BUT DOLE NOTED that he had been in New Hampshire more frequently and now is on a 10-day tour of the state.
Locally, Dole's Senate re-election campaign chairman said yesterday that he had been told to move to a presidential primary this spring because a poor showing against the major candidate would be bad for him.
The filing deadline for the Kansas primary is noon tomorrow.
Chairman Dae Woen said that the press could use Dole's performance against other companies that have publicly declared a home-state "test case," and that the public might see a poor showing as a result of the company's failure.
"I don't think his showing in the presidential primary has much to do with his strength for a re-election bid." Owen was one of the public perception might be that way.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES already entered in the Kansas primary are John Connally, Sen. Howard Baker, R-Tenn., Rep. John Anderson, R-Ill., and George
"In light of his showing so far," Owen said, "there is very little possibility of improving his chances for Senate re-election primarily, and it could perhaps hurt him."
McBill David, a friend of Dole's and a Republican national committee from Kansas, said he also had recommended to Dole that he stay out of the Kansas primary.
Boyd said Dole's showing in the Kansas primary could actually be worse than his
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 race is underway, last month his presidential campaign staff 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 laugging because he had been unable to win the nomination. Both Boyd and Owen said Dole's chances
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," Bowl said.
Bill opposes 'palimony'
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."
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 in order to expect a property owner to move.
Despite opposition from some women's groups, Sowers' banners bleezed through the Kansas Senate last week with little fuss, passing 40-4.
The bill is also expected to pass the House without trouble. It should be assigned to committee within ten days. Saws said.
"It it's time we took some of the profit out of loose living and immoralism." Sloaves said yesterday. "The bill is designed to give everyone access to real money, take some of the monetary gain out of it."
fords of "palmyum" suits have been titled nationwide in recent months, many patterned after the landmark California case in which Michelle Troia Marvin sued Lee Armar for half of the $4 million he incurred during the six years they lived together.
But Sowers insists such cases would hold
no water in Kansas courts if his bill becomes 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 said. "And this is the case. It is the idea that was stilted."
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's initially informal," she said, trying to eliminate the freedom of change.
Bv CINDY WHITCOME
Staff Reporter
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 Delta Chi.
John M. Hardman, 73, was initiated into the Chi Da凤惊ily yesterday after leaving the University 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 innest house, 1245 W. Camps Road, was built.
John M. Hardman
Hardman attended KU and lived in the house for a semester but left before initiation.
Although most of his friends from the fraternity are dead, he said he still remembered the good times at KU. Kansas was under prohibition in 1925, and Hardman said he and his friends never did any drinking.
"For excitement we go downstown 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 come; that is, if I can get a date,” he said with a wink. “But seriously, the only date I would want is my lovely wife.”
Hardman grew up and graduated from high school in Wakeau. He left KU to go into construction and eventually ended up in the lumber business. He has been the inventor of three lumber corporations, including Kaw Lumber Incorporated in Topeka.
"I was really overwhelmed when those boys gave me that pin," he said. "It has pearls on the outside and a real ruby on the spine." "I didn't get it in the popcorn 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."
"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
It is difficult to piece together a clear picture of what life is like on the Soviet Union, but there are some useful ways to release any information about the country. But one clear aspect of Soviet life is that it was a landlocked country.
"Life in the Soviet Union is one con-
frontage problem," Roy Laird, profes-
sor of Russian law at East European studies, said. "There are formless for almost any kind of food you can
Laird, who has visited Russia a number of times, said it was impossible to drive down a city street without seeing people walking 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 anymore in Russia is to go to the meat store early in the morning, and come out before you have a chance to buy some." Krass said. "The city of Novosibirsk, where we live, has plenty of people and one meat store. People start forming line at about 8:30 a.m., and wait for a vendor."
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 emmty-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 18 years," he said, referring to the excess of the agricultural program."
HEINRICH STAMLMLER, professor of Soviet and East European studies, said the Kremlin should begin pumping more money into infrastructure because the current system was failing.
"I not sure what they think of the collective farms, but the program is turning out that a lot more people will aside their ideological blinders, they would realize that private plots would put more land under them."
Ola Migasov, a KU graduate student who recently spent five months studying in Russia, said she was happy because her comments might endanger her Soviet friends. She agreed with Stammerer that Russia should not support them.
"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 turped 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, the 1988 annual Russian gross national product came to $4,000 per person. The figure in the United States is about double
"EVENT THOUGH Russia has often been expected as an economic failure," he said. "The crisis which has taken place has risen from a mass of illiterate peasants to a country that is now second in the world."
"Our government talks about 'diastoas' wheat harvests in the Soviet Union when that country falls short of its predicted yield. So even now they 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 it." And they could make some big mistakes if we did.
HE SAID the United States couldn't afford to underestimate Russia as Hitler and Napoleon did.
"Their only failure in that respect is that they are overly optimistic. They estimate how much grain they hope to harvest, or how much wheat they hope to harvest, and if it falls short, it is indeed 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."
BRASS SAID no more than 15 percent of the Russian people were aware of the recent hacking that targeted a boycott proposed by the United States as a result, because the government'do'c tell us that they are aware.
"The there are about seven central newspapers in Russia," he said, "and all of them have a special news agency, the official Soviet news agency. The stories are sent to the various newspapers, and are the ones that circulate."
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