Friday, January 25, 1974
University Daily Kansan
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Macy Manager Named Labor Relations Chief
Kansas Staff Photo by BILL KEER
KU Professor Painted This Mural in 1931
Feldstein is the first person to take the job that was created in response to a 1973 state law that legalized the unionization of state employees by organized labor.
James Feldstein, a former personnel manager of Macy's department stores in Kansas City, Mo, has been named the director of labor relations for the University of Kansas by Keith Nitcher, vice chancellor for business affairs.
Nitcher said Feldstein would represent the University in all dealings with labor unions. He will also provide a link between the university and the state personnel department in Topeka.
Nitcher said the labor director director would plan and conduct labor-management activities. He said Feldstein's job would include determining conditions of employment for union members at the University.
Nitcher said Feldstein was named to the position because of his education and his experience in negotiating labor contracts during his four years at Macy's.
Feldstein, a native of Minneapolis, Minn., has master's degrees in theology and philosophy. He is a former Roman Catholic priest and has taught at several Catholic colleges.
Doctors Want to Save Old Mural
By LINDA WEINSTEIN
Kanaan Staff Reporter
Doctors at Watkins Memorial Hospital want to preserve a piece of University heritage, an oil-on-canvas mural painted in the room by Dr. Byron Watkins, staff physician.
The mural is on the third floor of Watkins Hospital in the doctors' library. Originally, Marjorie Whitney, professor of design, painted the mural for a sun room designed for ambulatory inpatient and their families. Dr. Barrice Lans, staff physician,
Walters said he had brought up the idea of preserving the mural about a year ago, but that no one had gotten around to doing anything about it.
The idea of preserving the mural came up rather accidentally, he said.
"We've been using that room as a doctor's library. Every time I go in there I get a bang out of it (the mural). I thought it would be a crime if it were to be destroyed. It's such a burgery and so much has already been destroyed, so the old Fraser building," he said.
Dr. Martin Wollmann, director of student health services, said he felt the same way.
"I have admired this mural. I have looked
at it at times and it's really beautiful and interesting. We'll give it a try to see if we can transfer it and preserve it because I think it's pretty," he said.
Wolmann said the staff hadn't talked about the preservation of the mural recently because they'd been attending to so many other matters. However, he said that such a collection should be preserved in the library, they mentioned how pretty the mural was and that they'd like to keep it.
He said that since the hospital wasn't moving for seven more weeks, the staff still had time to think about transferring the mural.
Wollmann said he was worried about the possible cost required to preserve the forest.
"If it can be done at a reasonable cost, we'll find a good place for it (in the new country)."
Walters said that if there was any cost involved, he would be willing to help out and work on the project.
Whitney, who was chairman of the design department from 1949 to 1968, said that she didn't know anyone wanted to preserve her brain.
Although both Wollmann and Walters were skeptical about being able to preserve
Walters said he was worried that the staff couldn't find a place to put the mural in the basement.
"We do have an activity room in the new hospital that the murge might go nicely," in Wiley.
Whitney said that if her old mural couldn't be preserved, she would consider painting another mural in the new hospital even though she's retiring after this semester. She said she could either paint something else or again paint something different.
But Walters still wants to take the old mural.
"I don't know how she could improve on it," he said.
Whitney has designed other artwork for the hospital.
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"Sure, we use them and we'll take them to the new hospital, too," Wollmann said.
"I drew that mural that's on the outside of the hospital, St. George and the Dragon, and I designed the letters on the outside of the hospital. I also designed some wooden plaques to hold them in bed with little jayhawks on them. I don't know if they will still use them or not."
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