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The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Regent Likes His Work
81st Year, No. 116
Thursday, April 1, 1971
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Kansan Photo by GREG SORBER
Blustery Day
found the weather to be an inconvenience. Cindy Holscher, St. Louis freshman, was a victim of the wind's power as she walked across Jayhawk Boulevard. With hair streaming in front of her, a comb was in order to set the tangles straight. Strong winds are forecasted to
With 50 m.p.h. winds buffeting the campus Wednesday, many students
Kansas Senate OKs Reorganization
By BOB NORDYKE
Kansan Staff Writer
TOPEKA—After three days of debate, the Kansas Senate passed by vote vote Wednesday a bill to reorganize the department of administration.
The bill, one of two executive reorganization proposals under consideration this session, was approved as recommended by Governor Robert Deering a year ago.
The other reorganization proposal for revamping the revenue department has passed the House and is now in the Senate Committee on State Executive Reorganization.
If given final approval by the Senate this week, the administration reform bill will go to the governor.
IN AN ATTEMPT to provide for more efficient operation and control of the administration department and place several small agencies under its control, the department, if reshaped as proposed, would include: the budget division, the division of accounts and reports, the division of purchasing, the division of personnel, the division of architectural services, the division of construction services, the service commission replacing the old civil service board and a capitol area planning commission.
The bill would abolish the Kansas Bureau of Investigation Pension Board and the Highway Patrol Pension Board and transfer their employees from the police department to employ a retirement system board of trustees.
THE BOARD OF treasury examiners, the
state records board and the state finance council would also be placed under the ad-
The bill as written, provides for the directors of all divisions, except the divisions of accounts and reports and purchasing, to be in the unclassified service.
The length Senate debate over the
securce centered on the job classification o
The unclassified service means politically appointive positions that would change with most new administrations. Opponents of this classification of service say that often the positions are too important to be political handouts and with rapid changes there is no
AN ALTERNATIVE, placing the jobs in the civil service, is opposed on grounds that the governor losses control over men protected by the civil service because they become entrenched in government and are hard to remove even if incompetent.
Sen. Tom R. Van Sickle, R-FLT, scott, led the opposition to the bill. He argued against division directors and department heads who would be political appointees.
continuity of government.
Van Sickle said that so many appetitive positions in the executive branch would give the governor too much power and the system to form a form of governmental musical chairs.
Legislators Urge His Release
Verdict Against Calley Stirs Local Opposition
A resolution urging the release of LL William L. Calley Jr was passed Wednesday by the Kansas House of Representatives but his vote was not ratified through the Senate met stern opposition.
Calley was sentenced to life in prison
wednesday for the premeditated murder of 22
women and children in the Bronx.
The six-officer jury which heard the longest court-martial in U.S. military history had only two choices, death or life at hard labor. It chose life at hard labor, an archaic phrase which does not mean Calley will be forced into harsh labor conditions.
The sentence will probably be taken to the nation's highest military courts and perhaps
THE RESOLUTION, in the Kansas Senate by Sen. Frank Hodge, R-Hutchinson, condemned American involvement in Vietnam and accused of massacre of civilians at My Lai on all American
House Demos Vote to End U.S. Involvement bv 1972
WASHINGTON (UPI)—House Democrats voted Wednesday to support ending U.S. military involvement in Indochina by the end of 1972, but most of them later joined Republicans in crushing a proposal to abolish the draft.
And by a surprisingly close margin of 200 to 198, the House also rejected a move to limit foreign investment.
The House was expected to take final action Thursday on the draft extension bill that supports hope will provide enough added security for building an all-volunteer armed force.
At a party caucus, before the House met on the draft bill, Democrats voted 138 to 62 to override the caucus.
In debate on President Nixon's request to extend the Selective Service Act for two years, antipress congressman claimed that the draft was perpetuating the war. But their bid to let the draft expire on June 30 was defeated on a vote of 302 to 62.
Rejection of a challenge to a two-year draft extension — was regarded as a victory for the Nixon administration, which had requested two more years of the draft to provide time to achieve a zero draft call by increasing the supply of volunteers.
The House agreed, 114 to 29, to restore the draft exemptions for divinity students which the administration had proposed to eliminate after Jan. 27, 1971. The House Armed Services Committee had approved elimination of the exemptions.
He said that assessment was either a "massive deception of the American people" or "a massive misjudgment on the part of our political or military leaders."
On Thursday the House was expected to approve a $2.7 billion increase in military pay and allowances—three times more than that requested by Nixon—and to end undergraduate student deferments as the President proposed.
Sen, J. William Fulbright, D-Akrs, has challenged the Nixon administration's contention that the Allied operation in Laos was a success.
200 Civilians Killed in Cong Raid
Fulbright, in a Senate speech Tuesday, suggested the original goal of the mission was to cut off Communist troops in Cambodia and Laos from their supplies, causing them to "die on the vine." But he said the operation was crushed long before it could achieve any of these or other goals set by the administration.
Military sources identified the destroyed village of Hoang Dien in Quang Nam province as the target of the Communist assault. They said more than 1,000 structures were also
SAIGON (UPI)—Military sources said Wednesday that Tim Cong guerrillas stormed into a South Vietnamese village in the early morning darkness Monday killing or wounding nearly 200 civilians in one of the worst such assaults since the 1968 Tet offensive.
The report came as more than 300 elite South Vietnamese troops airlifted by American helicopters raided a North Vietnam base area inside Laos Wednesday. It has been one week since the end of the war and the US military drove to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos.
destroyed in the raid.
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu announced the South Vietnamese attack against the North Vietnamese base in known as 611 along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
occurred in June, 1970, when Viet Cong terrorists killed 74 civilians and wounded 68 others at the village of Thanh My, not far from Hoang Dieu.
Besides the mass slaughter of South Vietnamese civilians during the Tet offensives, they were also a target.
The Communists swarmed into the village after a mortar barrage sent men, women and children screaming from their homes, the sources said. They said 100 civilians were killed and 96 were wounded in the attack. Another 34 were injured, with a smallness attack against helpless people."
Regional South Vietnamese troops, the home guard, killed 59 of the attackers in heavy fighting in the village, about 20 miles southwest of the northern city of Da Nang. Twenty South Vietnamese defenders were killed and 40 wounded.
Field reports said at least 10 AH1 Cobra helicopter gunships escorted the troop-carrying UN1 Hueys into the landing zone.
Although Thieu declined to give details, field reports said most of the South Vietnamese troops left in the helicopter fleet from a base at Mali Loc, 16 miles northwest of Daeng Tr.
Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke on the subject for the first time since the operation in Libya. He said he would hold hearings after Easter on means to end the war. They are expected to explore proposals to set a Dec. 31, 1971, deadline for withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Vietnam and give the major congressional controversy over addition
Falbright said he had been reluctant to speak because he might be accused of being a terrorist.
But Fulbright said further silence would "make me a party to deception or would imply an acceptance of the administration's judgment."
He said the Laos incursion was 'another example of the profound lack of wisdom and understanding of human nature'.
After hearing several Senators about the resolution, Lt. Gov. Reynolds Shulzit, presiding, moved the resolution to committee for consideration without a vote being taken.
And, like its predecessors, the Nikon administration was 'telling it how it wants it to be.'
After hearing the resolution read in full,
Sen. Harold Herd immediately took the floor.
HODGE SAID the proponents of the resolution hoped it would be signed by the governor and then sent to President Nixon.
"To stand up today after the conviction of 11. Calley and to take the side of the court is extremely unpopular," he said, "not one here who would want to say this conviction is a travesty of law."
"We have accepted due process in military courts and to vote on this without hearing the evidence is utterly ridiculous. If we pass this resolution, we're saying the facts the court will be true are not true. This is contrary to the proacts of government under which we live."
SEEN. STEADMAN BALL, R-Atchison,
also opposed the resolution saying United
States foreign and military policy decisions
cannot be made by a state government.
"This is not the place to try people either in the military or out of the military. We do not want people to enter."
Reaction on the KU campus showed that a nesting of concern has been stirred by the presence of new species.
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Board Denies Bid by Hoffa For Parole
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Teamster President James R. Hoffa lost his second bid for parole from federal prison Wednesday, which means he faces at least another 14 months behind bars as well as a formal summer as head of the nation's largest union.
After a private, 75-minute hearing, the U.S. parole board denied pleas from Hoffa's lawyers and children for his release from the Lewisburg, Pa., federal penitentiary, where he has served a little more than four years of a sentence for mail fraud and jury tampering.
The seven-member board said further consideration of a parole request would be made.
As usual, the board gave no reasons for its decision, nor did it say how its members went.
But board chairman George J. Reed said that Hoffa's application was reviewed. Wednesday for the first time since the Supreme Court upheld the union leader's fraud conviction last January, which extended his sentence from eight to 13 years. He previously had been serving only the eight-year term for jury tampering.
KU Law School Dean Bemoans Present Facilities
By BOB DICKSON Kansan Staff Writer
The traditional gathering of law students on the steps of Green Hall may soon become a necessity if additional facilities do not become available.
According to Lawrence Blades, dean of the University of Kansas School of Law, the potential and the talent within the school are the resources of light resources are becoming serious.
Why the overload and the strain on facilities? Ten years ago, there were 150 students in the law school, the optimum number for the Green Hall facility. Next fall, the school's student body will number 450, an increase of 200 per cent. In that same time period, the faculty and staff members have only increased by a third.
"We have a dedicated, young faculty and the students are some of the most qualified I have ever seen. Right now they are doing a tremendous job but no one can tell how much longer they will be able to handle the overload of work." he said.
A NATIONWIDE SHIFT in law schools from the lecture method of teaching to practical applications that can be supervised by law school staff and faculty, has made the strain even greater. The KU school has four regular classes, an unusually high number for a school its size.
A prison program, the clinic in corrections and post-conviction procedure, sends second and third year law students to Leavenworth and Lansing to work with inmates after they have been sentenced. The idea for this program was born in the KU law school six years ago and has been copied in schools across the nation, including Yale University
and the University of Iowa.
Three other clinics are maintained in the school curriculum. A clinic in Juvenile Problems, for students with a special interest in juvenile law, has been established in cooperation with the Douglas County juvenile probation system. Students, under the direction of a faculty member, are made aware of their legal responsibilities this program, special courses coupled with on-the-job experience provide a strong background for future practice.
The newest of the four clinics was established a year and a half ago in connection with the Douglas County Legal Aid Society. Cases of the poor are constructed and presented through the resources of the law office. This program appears to be a success, even in its infancy.
STUDENTS ASSIST criminal lawyers in Wyatow县 in cases where the defendant cannot afford his own lawyer. This lends itself to actual courtroom experience as well as preparation of actual briefs with the cooperation of a practicing lawyer and law professor.
If the programs don't, the figures do. In the Clinic in Legal Aid alone, the turnout of interested students has more than quadrupled in a single year.
"These programs have been effective and are attracting more students every year," Blades said. "They are not required, and we want them to commend them. They speak for themselves."
"Yet the expansion of these programs to their full potential is virtually impossible. On-the-job training requires more of an administration and staff than a lecture class of 150 with a single faculty member," Blades said.
The increasing interest in the Law school is causing administrative headaches. Three years ago, when Blades took over as dean, about 350 students applied for admission. year, between 1,200 and 1,400 applications will be handled by virtually the same office staff.
"The score on the test has diminished in importance but still must play a significant role in the consideration of applicants," said Blades, "Handling as many requests as we do, often need a mechanical guideline to narrow the field somewhat."
THE LAW SCHOOL Admissions Test, a test of comprehension and logic devised by the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, tests students' ability for acceptance or rejection of applicants.
The flood of applicants adds to the spiral of difficulties in law school administration. With the greatly increased number, decisions on whether must be made on a more mechanical basis.
The Green Hall facility is overcrowded. It holds almost three times the students it was designed for, yet a new law building does not appear to be on the way. The University Planning Board, after hearings and discussion, has recommended that the next new building on campus should house the visual arts department.
"The traditional view of law school administration has been to run as cheaply as possible. Several private schools actually do this," said Blades for their other programs." said Blades
*WE STILL HAVE one of the lowest cost per credit hour ratio of any of the professional banks in the world.*
"This view is going to have to be adjusted if we are to maintain our present programs,"
"and the results of this study will be tested."
education."
How are the students and faculty reacting to the financial strain? According to Blades, students are suffering somewhat because of the lack of financial aid available. The amount of ready assistance has remained unchanged in spite of the tripled enrollment.
"More students are having to work to make ends meet. These aren't first year students, but people in their fifth, sixth and seventh years of schooling. Most bring educational debts with them, so we can't take them. We simply do not have enough funds available." Blades said.
STUDENTS AND FACULTY alike find contemporary society demanding and complex. As a result many become involved in several groups of one sort or another and divert some attention from the "ivory halls" of legal education.
"Some diversion is good," Blades said, but "it must be kept in the proper balance. It allowed to divert too much attention, outside the business of local education to suffer."
Blades, a lawyer himself in another state,
has not considered developing a practice of
business law.
"The times have past when a law school dean or any law school official could turn away from business long enough to actually maintain a presence," he said, more than full time, "he said.
With a yoeman's job to do, Lawrence Blades and the KU School of Law "have survived this year and more than likely will survive next year as well." But in his book *One can tell how much longer they will be able to handle the overload.*
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Dean Lawrence Blades
Green Hall overlapped