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CRC Hits Inaction Of City Committee
By Bernie Henrie
The Civil Rights Council raked the Lawrence Human Rights Commission last night for failing to act on a CRC discrimination complaint.
The Lawrence group and the CRC—along with the Human Relations Committee (HRC) of the ASC—joined forces five weeks ago to work at ending alleged racial discrimination practices of some city tavern owners.
The Lawrence group offered a new pledge of interest and action in answer to the stern criticism.
A SUB-COMMITTEE WAS FORMED to call upon the tavern owners named in the CRC complaint and the Lawrence group was to take the initiative.
After five weeks, the sub-committee had not met once. Disenchanted CRC members fired their criticism last night.
Most often cited reason was that the sub-committee, which consisted of six people—including two KU students—was too unwieldy and that a convenient meeting time for all six could not be arranged.
"THE COMMITTEE IS so weighty they haven't been able to get out of their chairs," Don Warner, Topeka senior and CRC chairman, snapped.
The real reason the committee failed to meet, however, is that a Lawrence city commissioner was never appointed to the committee.
The initiative was not taken.
This fact was emphasized by William A. Binns, clinical psychologist atkins Hospital and chairman of the sub-committee.
He confirmed reports that Mayor Barteldes, at least prior to his election, was interested in having a city commissioner on the subcommittee.
ON OCT. 31, when CRC members first agreed to work with the Lawrence group. Binns promised immediate action on the tavern issue brought to it by the CRC.
At that meeting, several CRC members expressed doubt that the Lawrence group would be able to move swiftly. They were told by Binns that their suspicions were ungrounded.
But the failure of Mayor Barteldes to appoint a commissioner to the sub-committee meant that a meeting could not be called. Binns said his hands were tied and he could take no action.
BINNS, OBVIOUSLY upset by the failure of his sub-committee, vowed frankly that from now on regardless of the presence of a commissioner on his committee, he intends to hold meetings and begin talks with the tavern owners involved.
The first sub-committee meeting is scheduled Saturday.
Binns said that the Lawrence Human Rights group "will be in a position of having acted in bad faith" if some action isn't taken.
The second contributing cause to the failure of the sub-committee to meet concerned the change of chairmanship.
BINNS' TERM as chairman of the Lawrence Human Rights Commission expired and James E. Titus, assistant professor of political science at KU, took the chair.
Prof. Titus was not completely familiar with the details worked out by Binns for the sub-committee, so delay was incurred.
Prof. Titus, however, said last night that he did not feel this to be a major difficulty.
He said that the sub-committee failed to meet because members could not all agree on a meeting time.
Prof. Titus said that it would also be unfair pressure upon the one commissioner, for he would be representing not just himself, but the entire city commission.
Informed of the CRC criticism of the Lawrence group for inaction, Prof. Titus said that his commission, by its nature, had to proceed in a "deliberate and cautious" way.
PROF. TITUS indicated that he did not feel it urgent that a Lawrence commissioner sit with the sub-committee.
Prof. Titus, who has long been active in the civil rights area, said the CRC "is always in a hurry."
HE SAID that this posed no source of irritation, however, and said he could see some benefit in the arrangement.
"I am very conscious of some real problems in Lawrence," he said. But we on the Lawrence Commission must proceed slowly because we represent the entire city. The CRC is a free agent, but we are an official body."
Earlier yesterday, Prof. Titus asked Warner for the CRC's complaint in writing.
Formerly, the verbal complaint made at an open session of the Lawrence commission was thought to be sufficient, but Prof. Titus asked for a formal complaint in writing.
The CRC is now drafting the complaint with the aid of the HRC.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — A lineup of 67 Democrats and 33 Republicans was assured in the next Senate by the concession of Sen. Joseph Bottum in South Dakota yesterday.
Demos Up Margin As McGovern Wins
Bottum's concession meant victory for Democrat George McGovern, former Food For Peace director. The battle for the South Dakota Senate seat was the last to be decided.
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MECHEM RESIGNED as governor and was named to the Senate after Democratic Sen. Dennis Chavez died. Mechem was defeated in November for re-election as governor.
Former New Mexico Gov. Edwin L. Mechem, a Republican, signed a register in Washington yesterday officially putting him on the payroll as a Senator.
The single vacant House seat is the one to which Rep. Clem Miller, D-Calif., was elected posthumously in November. There will be a special election next month to fill it.
The addition of McGovern means the Democrats will have three more members in the new Senate than they did in the old Senate. The GOP will have three fewer.
If a Democrat is elected to replace Miller, the congressional line-up will be:
HOUSE Democrats Republicans
Old 263 174
New 259 176
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Old 64 36
New 67 33
Ward was hospitalized with a severe knee sprain when ex-footballer Ty Hardin landed heavily on him when both were dodging Japanese gun fire.
HOLLYWOOD — (UPI) — John Ward was a real life casualty during the filming of a battle scene aboard a PT boat off the Florida Keys for Warner Bros. 'PT 109.'
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