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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Pros Pick Riggins Sixth
Friday, January 29, 1971
81st Year. No.78
See Page 5
Karan Photo by RICHARD VERMAGE
Flag It
many KU students, this Volkwagon was found merrily rolling along Memorial Drive as Building and Grounds workmen seemingly cleared the way. One thing is for sure—it certainly would be unpatriotic to smash into this car.
Have you ever heard of a bug that thinks it's a flag? A familiar sight to
Forum Briefs Potential Senators
By MIKE MOFFET
Kansan Staff Writer
A Student Union Activities forum on student government held last night acquainted students who were in thinking about running for office in the upcoming elections with procedures of the Student Senate. Thirty people attended the meeting.
R. L. Bailley, student body vice-president,
wrote in his letter: "I am not a problem this year with a lot of turnover to the Senate. What we're doing here is trying to avoid this in the future by letting you know"
THE PANEL consisted of Bob Womack, Kansan editorial writer; Ann Reed, Student Senate secretary; Bailey and Janet Marrs, College student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The problem of communication was brought up several times as one of the biggest challenges of modern life.
"I have had a hard time trying to decide what the students want," Bailey said. He said that often a senator gets cut off from his constituency he after's elected.
Womack said he thought a referendum would be a good way of facilitating communications between the student body and faculty. He said the very important issues, such as the activity fee.
A GREAT DEAL of controversy has arisen from the action of the Senate to reduce the activity fee by eliminating the traditional Athletic Association allocation from the previous past, this auction has gone mainly for ticket subsidies for basketball and football games.
Bailey said a referendum on this issue was considered by the Senate, but decided against it. Bailey had earlier referendum on the issue of using student fees to construct University
Others pointed out that although several attempts to secure student opinion on the activity fee issue were made before the final vote was made, the response was practically nil.
THE HULLABALO DID "start start until the enactment was passed," one person in charge.
Bill Ebert, student body president, who attended the forum, said he thought the Senate had failed this year because it hadn't been resolved that issues they were really concerned about.
Ebert cited student representation on University committees as the most glaring example of the Senate's inability to gain control over what he thought they would be concerned about.
He said he was disappointed in the KU studentry because of the tremendous negative reaction that he's gotten since the internment on appropriations was passed.
“It’s obvious that the students haven’t been interested in the issues we’ve presented them with; they’re much more interested with their pocketbook.” Ehbert said.
"Maybe the best thing we could do would be abolish the Senate and the activity fees."
recognize who they can reform and who they can't. Obviously we proved we don't have any influence with the Regents or the Governor," Ebert said.
Grade Option Choice Will Begin Monday
Beginning Monday, Feb. 1, undergraduates may elect the credit-no-credit grade option for this semester. This grade option is open to all undergraduate students except those who are in the Schools of Business and Education, and graduate students.
"Another thing the Senate has to do is
The procedure for electing the credit-credit grade option will be the same as it was in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences should apply at the registrar's office at window 1. All other eligible students should enter the forms from their school or college office.
Students must have their KUJD when they elect the option. The option may be elected only during the third and fourth weeks of the semester, from February 12. No later options will be accepted.
Nixon's Budget Proposal Includes Spending Hike
WASHINGTON (UPI)—President Nixon proposed a $229.2 billion budget today featuring a deficit of $11.6 billion—the first deficit ever deliberately planed by a modern republican President—in the hope of pulling the country out of its job-scarce slump by mid-1972.
Among these assumptions is that the Democratic-controlled 92nd Congress, which has won re-election, will agree with his plan to pay $2.9 billion by eliminating the popular school milk program, tightening the Medicaid program of health care for the needy, and other things.
If this year's deficit does not deepen by June 30 and if the new projection holds, Nixon would have spent $10.2 billion in red ink in two years.
He called it = a full employment budget which he hoped would create *prosperity* when needed.
He also asked Congress for heavier spending for defense up $1 billion to $75 million, a new budget for infrastructure, pollution, a commitment to an all-voter army and the start of his controversial attack on the Taliban.
Nixon labeled his plan to stimulate the economy through deficit spending, a frequent concept of Democratic administrations, as a "sell employment budget."
Nixon's spending plans for the fiscal year which starts July 1 included no offsetting tax increases, except for another boost in payroll taxes to finance a 6 per cent rise in Social Security benefits, and no major new programs.
Instead, the President called for dismantling some of the Democrats' most prized New Frontier and Great Society programs and placing their money into an initial revenue sharing pool of $13.6 billion for states and localities to spend largely as they saw fit.
But the budget was based on some of the same assumptions as Nixor's original budget. But it also included a fiscal year. It turned into a deficit which he conceded on Friday would total $18.6 billion.
His economics define full employment as a time when 4 per cent or less of the labor force are out of work, compared to the present nine-year high of 6 per cent unemployed.
Even if Congress cooperated, the project $11.6 billion deficit could prove overly optimistic. Nixon's estimate of revenues would fall short, for example, if the Gross National Product—the total value of goods and services—increased by 9 percent this year over 1970.
No Tax Increases
Many private economists doubt that the economy will grow this much, as Nixon exasperated. But he did not know it.
Revenue Sharing to Relax Controls
WASHINGTON (UPI)—President Nixon's revenue sharing plan to restake federal control over $9.6 billion in special purpose aid funds for states and cities also would erase a long list of New Frontier and Great Society social programs.
Karate
Nixon's effort to dump some of the Democrats' 'probest programs into his new revenue sharing pool emphasized one of the sharpest points of difference between the two administrations whether government works best from Washington or from the statehouses and city balls.
Kansas City, Kan., senior, attacks his assistant Randy Wolf, Pratt sophomore in the Elworth Hall lobby. The attack was part of a demonstration of the Japanese art of self-defense given to residents of Kansas City during World War II, who one-linch boards later in the show. See related story on page three.
Demonstrating the side-thrust kick, a karate move. Terry Rees.
The President's fiscal 1972 budget, presented to Congress today, showed that more than half of the dollars proposed for the Nixon special revenue sharing plan now are issued out in federal programs first enacted by the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
Programs that would lose their identities included model cities, Appalachia assistance, and community-based manpower training, antipoverty community action, school and for poor neighborhoods and rural areas.
The special revenue sharing seems likely to arouse the Democratic-controlled Congress, because the strong federal controls Nixon had loosen are Democratically originated.
About $1.1 billion of the funds in the Nixon
palm would come from Democrat-origenated
funds.
The issue is not whether state and local governments will get the $0.6 billion, but under what conditions. In most of the aid programs approved during the 1960's, there are funds for specific purposes and gave federal agencies authority to keep close check on them.
The idea of "block grants," as the specia, revenue sharing proposal originally was called, grew from the complaints of governors and mayors that the aid programs gave them no leeway in meeting their needs and funding. Instead, the government in red tape to distribute the funds efficiently.
Republicans repeatedly tried to substitute the block grant approach for the Democratic "categorical grants" during the 1960's, but succeeded only on one substantial program—the Safe Streets or Law Enforcement Assistance Act. That program originally aimed at restricting the use of federal crime-fighting funds, a system that pleased governors, but irked many mavericks.
The $9.6 billion in special revenue sharing funds would have to be spent in general areas specified by the federal government, but local governments would determine specific spending for the $9.6 billion general revenue sharing plan would go to states with no strings attached.
in GNP fell short by $10 billion. Nixon acknowledged that his budget estimates also depended on lower interest rates, an easier money policy by the Federal Reserve Board, and voluntary wage-price restraint by business and organized labor.
Besides resubmitting a request for a two-cent per-gallon increase in the tax on Diesel fuel, the only major tax change next year will be to boost in Social Security payroll taxes to finance its programs in benefits, retroactive to this Jan. 1, which Congress may well vote to raise even further.
President Wants Finances To Create Voluntary Army
WASHINGTON (UPI)—President Nixon asked Congress today to take a step toward reducing draft calls to zero by providing $1.4 million for all aneurial-all volunteer Arms
Nixon did not detail, in his budget message, how the money would be spent while restating his dedication to the goal of an all-volunteer army at some future date.
Heplans to send Congress legislation on the subject later. He previously announced he would submit a special message on draftraft early this year.
Much of the new money that Nixon asks for presumably would be earmarked for sharp increases in pay and benefit, for first and second year enlisted men and officers.
A special presidential panel concluded that draft calls could be eliminated entirely by making service pay and benefits so attractive power needs could be met by volunteers.
Nixon is on record for renewal of the selective Service Act at mid-year, but tressed that he looked forward to the day when it would not be needed.
"Attracting and holding able citizens in the armed forces is the key to an effective and efficient military force," Nixon said in his adjective message.
"The service of Americans in uniform is worthy of respect and I am delighted to the pleasure of representing our nation."
"This budget, and subsequent legislation which I will recommend to the Congress, will make significant progress toward ending reliance on the draft."
Nixon's proposal is expected to encounter stiff resistance in Congress. Both John C. Stennis, D-Miss., and Rep. F. Edward Hebert, D-La., chairman of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees are on record against the professional Army concept.
Music
Kansas Staff Photo by DAVE HENRY
n an atmosphere of contrast, Nelson Freirie pianist, was found Thursday
practicing for a concert. Freire, described by the London Times as "a young lion of the keyboard," performed Thursday night in the University Theatre as part of the KU Concert Course series. He performed pieces by Bach, Brahms, Schumann and Debussy.
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Subpoena Against Priest
HARHISBURG, Pa. (UPI) — A federal judge Thursday denied trial to a dismiss a subpoena against a Roman Catholic priest. An attorney charged the priest would be appeared before him as the seal of confession; if he appeared before him, a grand jury investigating a kidnap-bomb plot.
The judge was hearing arguments from Francis X. Gallagher, counsel for the Baltimore Roman Catholic archdiocese, on behalf of the Rev William Michelinan of Baltimore.
"One of the defendants has confessed to this witness Michelman," Gallagher said, "There is no question that the seal of confession will not be broken."
Michelman was on the witness stand for about two hours before the grand jury was indicted.
persons indicted in the case are scheduled to be arranged on conspiracy charges.
"When and if Father Michelman is asked a question to which his answer would require him to relate something confesses to him, I must sustain the motion," Judge Herman said.
The grand jury, which has indicted six persons in an alleged plot to kidnap president adviser Henry A. Kissinger and lawyer the systems of five government buildings, called the *Joint Investigation*
Those indicted by the grand jury for conspiracy in the alleged plot are the Rev. Philip Berkinnion, the Rev. Neil R. McLaughlin and the Rev. Andrew K. Smith, Baltimore priests; Anthony Scolbick, a former priest; sister Elizabeth McAlister, a former priest; Aghad Elaim of Chicago, a Pakistani citizen.