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KANSAN
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Freshman Legislator Attacks Docking
Wednesday, January 20, 1971
81st Year, No. 71
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Sen. Russell Seriously Ill
WASHINGTON (UPF)—Sen. Richard B. Russell, Dean of the Senate, suffered a back in his respiratory infection early last week after being in "very critical condition" Tuesday night.
Physicians at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where Russell has been confined since Dec. 8, said the Georgia doctor, who was shown no improvement during the day.
"He has shown no progress, and if anything he is not as strong as he was this morning," Powel Moore, Russell's press secretary, said in a statement. "His condition remains very critical."
close relatives and family members were keeping watch. Two sisters who arrived from Georgia late in the day were Mrs. Hugh Crawley and Mary and Raymond Nelson of Thomson.
Kansan Staff Photo by JIM HOFFMAN
The only Senate visitor to the hospital was a close personal friend, Sen. John Stennis, D-Miss, who succeeded Russell as Chairman of the Armed Services Committee two years ago.
Steens told UPI that he rushed to the hospital shortly after returning to Washington from a two-week Mississippi visit, and that he had with Russell's family and with the doctors.
Chalmers Talks with Regent Basham
year ahead is an austere one
Docking Pushes for Spending Lid
TOPEKA (UPI)—Govern. Robert B. Docking said Tuesday night his proposal for a state spending id "places consideration of the state's forefront of every legislative consideration."
In a brief statement for a news conference on the eve of his formal legislative-budget message to the legislature Wednesday, the campaign called for enactment of his spending lid.
"In other words, with the lid imposed, no measure requiring funds could be passed by the legislature unless funds were available—including cash." (The House passed passing measures which required financing.
Too many times, the legislature approved programs requiring millions of dollars in tax money and then, as an afterbought, raised taxes without enforcing them. The concern for how the taxpayers would pay
Docking said basically his proposal is that appropriations cannot exceed available
"Too many times, the taxpayer paid too high a price by paying inequitable taxes,"
"to be liable for."
"The legislative spending philosophy has been similar to an individual writing a check with the same instructions."
Docking said the recommended fiscal 1972 budget he will propose "Wednesday will be a lean budget, cut to the bone. There is an incentive for people to contribute in total budget over the previous year."
The governor also said the Republican-
dominated legislature has increased his
powers.
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Speaker Defines Problems
Strowg said there is one central, overriding issue before the lawmakers this session.
TOPEKA (UPI)- House speaker Calvin A Strowg, R-Abilene, said Tuesday that money is at the "crut" of almost every problem confronting state government today.
Srowig received his formal address on the door of the House the day before Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton visited for a session. It was the first time, at least in recent years, a speaker has made such a formal appearance.
The Republican leader said the legislature must bind "dependable, expanding and equitable sources of revenue" to finance the essential services of state government.
"This problem is at the crux of almost every problem in state government today. It is also a part of every major problem in our daily lives, and a major problem we face in our everyday life-money-individually and collectively, by which we have been trapped in the throes of inflation."
Strwig said one of the major problems before the 1971 session is reorganization of the organization.
he discounted statements by Decking that savings might run as high as $20 million.
"Claims of savings from $2 million to $20 million from executive reorganization have been made. It is obvious we are not going to save $20 million," he said.
Strwig said savings will depend on the amount of actual reorganization that takes place, and the abilities of those persons in the charge of the reorganized major departments.
The House speaker also said he will recommend that a subcommittee make an indepth study of state drug laws, specifically the problems of treatment and drug education.
Strowig also said a serious re-evaluation of welfare is needed in Kansas.
He also recommended that the question of the 18-year-old vote for state and local elections be submitted to the voters either in person or by mail, which was required 1972. This is, however, if the district court upholds the legality of two constitutional amendments adopted by votes Nov. 3, 1970.
One of the new amendments will allow the submission of proposed amendments at the NCLC Board.
Population of Lawrence Up Almost 40% from 1960
Nearly half of this increase is attributed to the number of students from population from 6,221 in 1969 to 15,930 in 1970. This figure includes 15,062 students at the University of Kansas and $1 at Haskell College.
While the student population makes up more than one-third of Lawrence's total population, City Planner Ron Short anticipates that the students will become a less significant factor in the future population growth of the city.
The U.S. Census Bureau's final headcount, of Lawrence is 458,000, a 38 per cent growth.
"While KU will always be the primary interest of the city," Short said, "it will be
He noted that projections of Lawrence's population indicate that KU enrollment will level off to approximately 22,000 by 1989 with about 20,000 students living in Lawrence.
According to Short, if that projection is the KU population in Lawrence will
Short said he believed the KU population had little effect on the city's rating in the state as a first class city for city development. If the student body was not figured into total population, the 29,765 non-students would remain in the enrollment argument for a first class city standing.
remain at the 20,000 level while the non-instant population would continue to increase.
Short said that in terms of population, Lawrence is "growing well" in comparison to other cities in the state of comparable size. He compared Lawrence to Salina, noting that Salina had experienced a downgrowth while Lawrence had grown by 12,840 since 1960.
budgets by more than $83 million in the past four years.
Douglas County census figures showed an increase of 788 from 1960 for a total population of 57,932. Short noted the urban character of the county with almost 90 per cent of the population living in incorporated areas. The Lawrence area is nearly 80 per cent urban.
"Because the legislature exceeded my recommended budgets and failed to appropriate revenue for increased expenses, I wrote a letter in 1972 to finance the general revenue funds budget for fiscal year 1972. Therefore, my recommendations to the legislature will include specific tax reforms which will provide the necessary financial support to the general revenue fund budget." Docking said.
During a question and answer period following his statement, the governor said his tax reform proposals would not apply to individual taxpayers, but only to corporations.
Docking said he would not support legislation introduced recently to repeal the state conflict of interest law. He said it should be strengthened.
The chief executive also said he will ask the legislature to take action to repeal the concession of affirmative action, which allow legalization of tango. He said bingo should be restricted, however, to chardite, and saxophone.
Docking said he would also support submission of an amendment to lower the voting age to 18 in the April city elections this year or the 1972 primary.
Discusses Recent Events
Chancellor Concerned About Budget for KU
Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., in an interview Tuesday morning, expressed concern about the University of Kansas next year. He termed the coming year austerity.
Chalmers, just back from a vacation in Florida and the Caribbean, discussed the past year, KU's budget, the mood and events. "It's been great," the interview took place in Chalmers' office.
Chalmers' deepest concern seemed to be the budget.
"There's no question that we're going into an austere year," Chalmers said. "I think it's important for everyone to note that this austery is across the board."
KU's budget was sliced recently by James Bibb, Gov. Robert Docking's budget director. Bibb had the job of balancing budget requests from state agencies with the tax' in income. KU's budget, as well as the budgets for colleges and universities, had to trimmed.
Four major requests by KU and the Regents were cut by Bibb. A $1,478,048 request to increase the faculty salary scale, a $65,393 request to increase the minimum wage paid to students and to pay for an increase in the cost of overtime pay and a requirement to help finance National Defense House Lunches (NCL) were cut from KU's badget.
Chalmers said he did think though that neither higher education nor KU was being offered to him.
"I have often speculated that higher education would be better off if we had earned markers of income," Chalmers said. "But they are not available in various 'sin taxes' would be the obvious source. If colleges and universities got the liquor tax, the cigarette tax, if we'd get dog racing or something else, somehow or other business or some capability in the eyes of many citizens."
The preliminary cut of funds for NDSI means that KU could lose more than one-half million dollars for student loans. The funds are used to support the program by either Dockin or the state legislature.
Chalmers said the University had an obligation to its students and had to meet that.
About the possible loss of NDSL, Chalmers said, "I don't want we dive the dark that far back in our support of students who have severe financial need. What it does is to build up resilience, 'repudiate' doesn't acknowledge this as a responsibility of state government, then we're going to to serve it out of our own hides in some area where we desperately need it for other reasons."
Because of the decrease of the growth at kU, the University will lose 12 faculty.
because of requests by students and administrators from the state's colleges and universities. Docking has included funds in the grant package KU with 10 new campus security officers.
New York Policemen Cease Six Day Strike
Asked whether we would rather have the 12 faculty members or the 10 security officers, Chalmers said, "In the ultimate, ideal sense, the 12 faculty members any day. In terms of the problems that we seem to be momentarily faced with, we need the 10 security poole."
Chailers, who had a deep tan from his vacation, said the Universität desperately needed him.
"None of the other presidents had any reckons about seeing 1920 on the board."
According to Chalmers things were bad everywhere. At Florida State University where Chalmers was a vice chancellor before coming to KU in 1980, there was a bombing
While he was on vacation, Chalmers attended the Orange Bowl in Miami with the seven presidents of the other Big Eight basketball teams. New Years' Eve with the other presidents.
last semester. The inauguration ball for Florida's governor was forced into the street earlier this month by a bomb threat, Chaliers said.
that they had been "sold out" by their union delegates and Edward Kiernan president of the American Association.
But Chalmer was optimistic about the future.
The national news media, Chalmers said, tassed to single out KU and given larger play to the events in Lawrence. He emceed a lecture where were not any worse than any other polygon.
"The students and faculty" give cause to expect nothing except confidence about how they can overcome an enormous event whether it is the insane antics of a murderer can set a bomb and endanger three lives or whether it is a repressive person in the political scene who's going to take it out on them.
Chairmen thought the mood on campus had changed since he first came to KU 18 months ago.
"The campus community is so much better this year than it was last year," he said. "I go to college every day."
Albert, Boggs to Be House Demo Leaders
Further focusing the House leadership on the Southwest, they displaced Rep. Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois as chairman of the Republican Party. Olin E. Teague of Texas to relocate him.
WASHINGTON (1U1) - Democrats Tuesday picked Rep. Carl Albert of Oklahoma as House Speaker in the 23rd District, Rep. Richard H. Holt of Louisiana to succeed him as party leader
Speculation was that the one leadership post still to be filled—party whip or assistant leader—will go to the Northeast. As opponent was rep.epa. P. O. Neill, D-Mass.
NEW YORK (UP1) - Some 25,000 patrolmen ended a six-day strike Tuesday and flocked back to their beats following a week of strikes that knocked the unprecedented, but peaceful walkout.
The whip normally is chosen by the speaker and leader. However, Teague said that at a further caucus session Wednesday a move will be made to make that job elective.
Also at Wednesday's session the House Democrats will consider new party rules to address the issue of committee chairmen. House Republicans, at their own cavern Wednesday, also will be considering a modification of the seniority structure. Republicans also face a leadership fight.
Albert, 62, succeeds retired Speaker John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, who stepped down at the end of the 1st Congress. He moves up from the leader's position he had held since 1962, when McCormack vacated that post to become speaker.
Mayor John V. Lindsay, who was prepared to call in the National Guard to protect the city, said he was "grafted" by a nearly 100 per cent return of the men on the night shift
Burgess, 56, also is moving up the establishment escalator, having served as whip under M corncork and Albert. In his new post he gets $450,000 a year, $7,000 more than other members, a $3,000 expense allowance, a $10,000 limousine, and an extra allowance for staff.
But he warned he could not offer them amnesty from the penalties of the state Taylor Law, which bans strikes by public security. No locality or city has that power, he said.
Since the 8 a.m. EST shift was working 12 hours, the evening overlap of shifts meant that the team worked at least early Tuesday night, a police official said. The return to work took place with increasing momentum after the union balloting session on Wednesday in the rank-and-file threats to continue the walkout.
Scuffling, shouting patrolmen out of the stormy union voting session complaining
The only Boston police strike of 1919 and the Montreal police strike of 1969—both marked by an uprise in crime and violence—could be the New York police strike, the city's first.
The patronium's grievances—growing out of an old contract provision for wage hikes—will be decided by the State Supreme Court, might also handle any Taylor Law penalties.
As the strike progressed, the possibility that Mayor Llandisay would ask for the intervention of National Guard troops mounted. In order to prevent a third wave of that over "from the beginning the city was prepared to take whatever steps were necessary, which would have guaranteed public safety."
Albert had been a shoe-in for the speaker's
job since McCormack announced his
accreditation.
Residents of New York took the wildcat walk in stride, however, although only 15 of them were in sight.
Negro Rep. John Conyers of Michigan entered the race in protest against what he called Albert's retaliation to take a stand on a Mississippi loyalty challenge.
Conyers got 20 votes to Albert's 220, and then moved to make Albert's nomination more appealing.
Bougs won his race the hard way, against tour other contestants. And it took him only six seconds.
Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler said this is and has been U.S. policy for some time. Whether actual strikes are made will be decided on a case-by-case basis, he said. In some instances, the President will decide whether the decision will be made on a lower level.
He said American helicopters may be used to ferry South Vietnamese and Cambodian troops engaged in operations against North Vietnamese forces inside Cambodia. He added, however, that previous reports from the US military saying they already had been used were incorrect.
WASHINGTON (UUP)—U.S. war planes may strike anywhere in Indochina if needed to knock out threats to American forces in South Vietnam, the White House said
No Limits Put On U.S. Planes In Indochina
The only military activity in Cambodia ruled out by President Nixon, in his current policy, Ziegler said, are American ground troops and advisers.
Hassle
As is usual for the first week of a semester, the Kansas Union
Bookstore has been crowded for the past week. If you are able to get to the lower level of the Bookstore, it is difficult to get all of the correct books. Many students must return books because they either bought the wrong one or dropped a class.