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Talk with Mao Hints at Dispute
PEKING (AP)—President Nixon talked with Mao Tse-tung in an unexpected meeting at the chairman's home Monday, only a few hours after beginning his historic visit to China. There was a hint of disagreement, but later Nixon suggested the United States and China could be friendly.
The hour-long discussion by the President and Chinese Communist Chairman was described by the Chinese and the Americans as "frank and serious" indicating in Communist terminology that he ended in fundamental disagreement.
But at a banquet afterward, a warm atmosphere prevailed in contrast to the subdued welcome given Nixon in late morning, and there the President proposed that China and the United States begin a long march toward peace without compromising their principles of communism and capitalism.
PREMIER CHOU En-lai suggested a normalizing of relations despite the great turmoil in Asia and the world's most populous nation, and the United States, the world's richest nation.
"There is no need for us to be enemies, Nixon told the banquet given in his honor. Chou told Nixon, "The gates to friendly contacts have finally opened."
The phrase "frank and serious" was used by White House press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler as well as the official statement by Senator Robert Bentley, both sides had agreed on that description.
The meeting, which came as a surprise so early in the visit, had not been on Nixon's schedule and it delayed a later formal meeting with Chou.
Although Nixon had been expected to see Mao during his week long visit, no time had been set. There was speculation that meeting would come at the end of the visit.
AT THE BANQUET, it became clear that no matter how far apart Nixon and Mao seemed to be, the United States and Communist China would try in the coming days to end more than 20 years of empathy that began with the Communist takeover of the mainland and carried through the War and the present war in Indochina.
The President had been greeted by Chou at the airport on his arrival in late morning and they met formally in the afternoon after Nixon's talk with Mao.
The premier toasted the Nixons in the Great Hall of the People just off Tien An Men Square—the Square of Heavenly Peace. The toast came after the diners off Chinese fare ranging from tamboo粥 to steamed chicken in coconuts.
CHOU SAID the visit afforded an opportunity to normalize relations broken off a generation ago, after the Nationalists defeated the reck were routed to the island of Taiwan.
"This is a positive move in conformity with the desire of the American and
Chinese people and is an event unprecedented in the relations between the United States and China," the premier said.
"The American people are a great people. The Chinese people are a great people. The people of our two countries have always been friendly to each other. We have always been all to all, the contacts between the two peoples were suspended for over 20 years.
"Now through the common efforts of China and the United States the gates to China have been opened."
Chou acknowledged that fundamental differences existed, between Washington and Peking. He suggested normalizing contacts on the basis of five points he proposed at a conference of naligned nationats at Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955.
THESE POINTS, reiterated by Chou to Nixon, are:
-Mutual respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations.
Mutual nonaggression.
—Noninterference in internal affairs.
—Mutual equality.
—Peaceful coexistence.
"We hope to gain a clearer insight into the American way of thinking," Chou concluded, "and with this a new start can help relations between our two countries."
Nixon made no specific proposals at the banquet for new relations but he has said this subject would be one purpose of his visit to China.
The President emphasized a belief that a Chinese U. S. friendship, in spite of fundamental differences, is necessary for the future of world peace.
"AS WE discuss our differences, neither of us will compromise principles," Nixon said. "But while we cannot close the gulf between us, we must do so that we may be able to talk across it."
Kansas Staff Photo by ED LALLO
Union Strikes for Improved Conditions
. Workers want better wages and working environment . .
Workers Strike; Protest Wages, Work Conditions
By ROBERT E. DUNCAN Kansan Staff Writer
Members of the Classified Civil Service Employees Union, local 1132, which includes buildings and grounds employees and food services personnel at the University of Kansas, walked off their jobs to protesting inadequate wages and salaries. The striking workers set up picket lines around campus and distributed leaflets.
The leaflets ask for retroactive merit wage要求 for all civil service workers the latter asks for.
John Conard, director of University relations, said that 69 buildings and grounds workers were missing from work Monday morning. A survey was being at the end of the day to determine if other employees had also their jobs.
LLOYD ROSE, business manager of local 1132, who led two demonstrations in Topeka this past month said, "The lack of response by the legislature led us to this
Rose indicated that members of other unions would honor the picket lines. Conard said construction at Wescoe Hall was "routine," and workers were on the ground.
J. J. Wilson, director of University
advisory effecting training operations.
According to Lawrence Freight Line dispatcher Merle Crook, some of their drivers were not making deliveries on campus.
"We're hoping the problems will be solved quickly," Rose said. He met with representatives of the Kansas Personnel Office, the city officials Monday afternoon in Toekoa.
KU Poll Reflects Student Uncertainty
Bv JIM KENDELL
Kansan Staff Writer
A sizable minority of students at the University of Kansas is undecided about which candidate to support for president in a poll taken last week by KU Student Vote.
The poll showed that 39 per cent of KU's students are undecided about who they will vote for in 1972. This figure and the numbers of students supporting each candidate roughly parallel national trends for college students.
Of those polled 19 per cent supported president Richard J. Clinton, 25 per cent supported Re-election candidates.
Minorities Charge Bias In State Hiring Policies
TOPEKA (AP)—Charges that racial minorities are being discriminated against by the State of Kansas in its hiring policies were made Monday in allegations filed with the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights by representatives of three minority organizations, Gov. Robert Docking, the State of Kansas and 112 state agencies are named.
The complaints were filed by the Coordi-
nating Committee for the Black Community, the Kansas American GI Forum and the Institute for Minor Employment.
Kansan Error On StudEx Corrected
Similar complaints are to be filed with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Civil Rights Commission, the representatives of the three organizations
said.
It was incorrectly reported in Monday's Kansan that student groups at KU will no longer be recognized, only registered, after a proposal was approved Sunday night and rejected by StudXi but must now go to William Ballour, vice chancellor for student affairs, for final approval.
At a news conference, Charles Scott, Topeka attorney and chairman of the CBC; Jesse Campos, Civil Rights director of the Kansas American GI Forum, and Manuel Fierro, Institute for Minority Employment chairman, discussed the charges.
The complaint alleges that the state, through its agencies has "conspired to engage in patterns and practices of discrimination against the minorities of this state and in violation of the Kansas act against discrimination."
George McGovern, D-S.D; 12 per cent supported Sen. Edmund Maskie, D-Maine; 4 per cent supported Rep. Shirley Chisholm, D-N.Y.; 4 per cent supported Democrat John Lindsay, mayor of New York City, and 4 per cent supported Democrat Eugene McCarthy, former Minnesota senator.
They said that the 37,000 state employees, only 5 per cent are black and less than 1 per cent is Mexican-American or American Indian. Forty-eight state agencies have 100 per cent white work forces, they reported.
IN ADDITION, 2 per cent supported Sen. Hubert Humphrey, D-Dinni, and 1 per cent supported Democratic Governor George Wallace of Alabama.
Seven other candidates received more than one vote. They were Rep. John Ashbrook, R-Ohio; Sen. Harold Hughes, D-Dakla; Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash; Linda Jinnery, candidate of the Socialist Party in New York; Rep. "Pete McCloskey, R-Galif, and Democratic Mayor Sam Yorty of Los Angeles.
Between 1967 and 1971, the number of blacks employed by the state decreased from 6.2 per cent to 5.2 per cent of the work force, they said.
The rights groups' statement blamed the selection system, especially the tests, which they said discriminate against minorities.
The minority persons who are employed by the state are concentrated in a few agencies and usually hold more mental abilities than the average salaries are lower, the complaints allege.
The statement took Docking to task, saying he could have issued an executive order requiring agencies to engage in fair enforcement practices, but none have been issued.
LANE BAILEY, Lawrence sophomore and member of Student Vote's steering committee, was cautious in interpreting the instructions given to students in residence halls were polled.
The poll was taken in the nine University residence halls and Nauruth Hall, a hospital on campus.
"It's very likely there's a difference between those who live in the dorms and those who live in the cafeteria."
Out of a total residence hall population of
3,642, 1,879 students filled the poll. The
result was that
"I would say the vast majority of people who receive the poll answered it. We
were very happy with the response," he said
LARRY COOK, Meriden freshman and chairman of the KU Collegiate Young Republicans, was pleased with the results of the poll.
"I really am surprised that Nixon came out with 19 per cent. It is a well known fact that college students are rather antagonistic to Nixon."
Lynn Knox, St. Louis freshman and chairwoman of the Douglas County McGovern for President Committee, was not as surprised about the outcome.
She said that she was happy McGovern bested Muskie in the poll, and she gave her a high rating.
"I helped to make people more familiar with McGovern and his candidacy," she said.
The poll also showed that 49 per cent of those who replied are registered to vote and that 95 per cent have or intend to register.
Only 3 per cent do not intend to register
and two per cent are undecided whether
to register.
Those students who are registered or intend to register in Kansas comprised 66 per cent of the sample. Twenty-two per cent were registered or intend to register out of state
Gay Lib Front to Appeal For University Recognition
The poll also showed that 33 per cent of those polled intend to register or have registered in the third Kansas district for a new penn cant have or intend to register in Lawrence.
The Lawrence Gay Liberation Front decided unanimously Monday night to appeal the decision handed down by the district Judge George Templar on Feb. 10.
The Gay Lab Front lost their lawsuit to gain recognition from the University of Kansas in the decision. The suit was filed last year against Chancellor E. Laurence and the university vice-chancellor of student affairs after the front's failure to gain recognition.
The Front also agreed that the recent proposal by the Student Executive Committee of the Student Senate to register student groups is ineffective, because the Chancellor and the Board of Regents still have the final word.
Jack Klinknett, Lawrence Gay Libron attorney, was asked by the Front's legal committee to attend the Monday session to discuss the cost, timing and technical points involved in appealing the decision to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in
William Kunstler, the co-counsel for the Front, talked last Friday with Klinkett. Klinkett said Kunstler encouraged the group not to worry about the money involved in an appeal, but rather to place all their emphasis on the appeal itself.
Kunstler agreed with Klintnett that the appeal has "a good chance of winning" in
One question on the poll asked if students would work for their candidate. Bailey said that he will give out the names of those students interested in working for a candidate to an organization supporting that candidate as soon as it requests them.
The Front has until March 11 to submit their appeal to the Colorado court.
BILL FLOWERS, Winnetka, Ill., junior and a member of Student Vole's steering committee, said that there were about 50 voters under 21 registered in Douglas County.
At present the only registered organization supporting a presidential candidate is the Students for McGovern organization.
Student Vote also announced Monday that mobile registration units would be on campus during the week of April 3 to register students.
Philip Rankin, director of University personnel, who attended the meeting said it was a "down to earth discussion of the issues."
ROSE DESCRIBED the meeting as a "starting point." He said nothing concrete was resolved at the meeting, and he would probably say that service employees problems would occur.
Rankin told the issues were the same as those he had discussed with members of the team. "The team was very active."
Ivan Reutter, buildings and grounds employee, said he walked off the job because he hadn't received a pay increase since November 1970.
REUTTER SAID other issues that led to the walkout were poor supervisor-employee relations, the need for better on-the-job training and understaffed conditions of university staff.
Another member of the picket line said there was a morale problem in University services because of these conditions. He also said that, because he saw "no sign of improvement",
Conard said the University would not know if construction workers at Wescote Hall would leave their jobs in sympathy with local 1132 until today.
Harry Buchholz, director of buildings and grounds, said that the walk-out could effect the work of his department in the next several days.
KEITH NITCHER, vice-chancellor of business affairs, said no formal list of demands had been presented to the council. It has been informed of the walk-out Sunday night.
According to Conard, the University had prepared a letter to be sent special delivery to employees who were absent Monday. The letter will notify workers that they are on leave without pay unless arrangements for vacation or sick leave.
James Scheurch, Lawrence graduate student, said a student-faculty support committee had been formed to assist in the development of faculty community of the strikers' griefs.
Scheirich said a rally had been planned to demonstrate support for local 1123 for mcn Wednesday in front of the Karsasian if the grievances were not settled by then.
ANOTHER MEMBER of the committee said a flier had been prepared for release today. The flier, titled "What Price Assists, asks for student support for the strikers."
The union also planned to release a leaflet today that described the difficulties of the project.
The union would not predict how long the walkout would last. A new legislative act which takes effect March 1, does not allow strikes or walk outs by state employees.
The new act does, however, allow for a collective bargaining agent for civil service employees. Rose hopes that local 1132 will act in that capacity.
Disqualified Team to Take Candidacy Case to Court
Bv CATHY SHERMAN
BY CATHLEEN Kansan Staff Writer
Richard Dwyer, Joplin, Mino, senior, and William Jacoby, Lawrence senior, disqualified as candidates for student body president and vice-president, have decided to take their case to the Student Court to ask the judge to vote in the ballot this week. Dwyer said Monday.
Dwyer said he talked to Dave Dysart, Lawrence third-year law student and University of Kansas ambushman, about the situation Monday. Dysart said the ambushman office would represent the case to court as soon as possible this week.
DWYER AND Jacoby were disqualified because they did not have the required 500 signatures to support their candidacy. They must be eligible for the office of president and vice-president, either the candidates must have served on the Student Senate or the declaration must be supported by the at least 500 members of the student body.
Dwyer, who was the only one of the team who had served on the Senate, said that he misunderstood the regulation and thought that only one member of the team was required to have served on the Senate to eliminate the 50-signature requirement.
DWYER SAID that he and Jacoby went to the Senateate at 2 p.m. on the day of the deadline and explained the situation to Debra Rutenberg, Des Plaines, Ill.,
sophomore and assistant to the senate treasurer, and Bob Dickson, Kansas City, Kan, senior and senate office secretary. Dwyer said they told him that they thought only one member of the team needed to complete the 300 signatures would not be necessary.
Dwyer also said that no one else was available in the office at the time.
"We JUST assumed that the senate office secretary would be able to tell us the regulations," Dywer said. "We would have been glad to comply with the regulations. It would have been easier than going to the Student Court."
Dwyer said that R. L. (Puf) Bailey, Atchison graduate student and temporary elections committee chairman, called him Friday and informed him of the mistake and gave him until 5 p.m. Tuesday to collect 500 signatures. Dwyer said that he met with Barley, but that Barley called him on Sunday and told him that the team was disqualified.
Bailey had said Friday that he thought the senate code regulation that student candidates have adhered to candidates either have served on the senate or collect 500 signatures was passed in the belief that candidates should have either some experience or some
Bailey also said that the regulation might reduce the number of those candidates who would be running without any serious intent.