University Daily Kansan, January 26, 1983
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Reagan
"We must all do everything in our power to bring their ordeal to an end."
"It has fallen to us, in our time, to undo damage that was a long time in the making and to begin the hard but necessary task of building a better future for ourselves and our children."
Reagan strove to highlight the economic progress he had made in curbing inflation and high interest rates, and he pointed to signs that the housing industry was recovering.
But he was modest in his prediction of the road ahead;
"The permanent recovery in employment, production and investment we seek will not come in a short, sharp spurt. It will build carefully and steadily in the months and years ahead."
On jobs, Reagan said he would submit legislation to provide special help to the long-term unemployed and youths. The proposals are expected to include providing a lower minimum wage for youths during the summer and tax subsidies for businesses that hire workers whose jobless benefits have been exhausted.
Reagan also mentioned special job retraining for workers displaced by technological changes;
which is expected to cost $245 million in its first year.
ABSENT FROM Reagan's 4,800-word speech was any reference to a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget — which he called for in his State of the Union address last year. Aides said getting federal books into line was still the president's goal.
The cornerstone of Reagan's speech last year — New Federalism — was resurrected in revised form. The president said he would propose a scaled-down version of the plan to turn over many federal programs to state and local officials, eliminating the controversial welfare "swam."
In his address, the president also:
- Said he was ready for a "positive change in Soviet-American relations," and said his administration was "vigorously pursuing arms reductions."
- *Promised to work for a Middle East peace agreement within the framework established by the Camp David treaty between Egypt and Israel.
- Repeated his support for the $168 billion compromise Social Security bail-out plan that would both raise taxes and curb benefits to keep
checks flowing to 36 million elderly and disabled Americans.
Americans
• Declared that one of his goals for 1983 was approval of a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary prayer in public schools. "God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms," he said.
*Proposed a new education aid program for math and science, as well as tax credits for parents who save for their children's college education. He repeated his support for tuition tax credits for parents of private school students.
- Called again for approval of his Caribbean basin aid-and-trace program, saying aid to developing nations in Latin America and Africa must be given significant investment in the future of the human race."
- Vowed to wage "all-out war on big-time organized crime and drug racketeers."
- Called for curbs in "the skyrocketing costs of health care."
- Pledged additional efforts to ease the problems of farmers along the lines of the "crop swap" launched Monday to reduce huge grain stocks and bolster farm prices.
In response to Reagan's speech, Sen. Dan Quayle, R-Ind., said the defense budget was "going to have to be cut more than the amount the president recommended tonight."
Quayle said he thought Reagan would have to accept a public works jobs bill.
the party spent on its television response a year ago,
House Republican leader Robert Michel of Illinois and GOP whip Trent Lott of Mississippi agreed the speech represented a fundamental difference in his expressed relief that he did not take a hard line.
HOUSE DEMOCRATIC Leader James Wright of Texas said he was glad the president had not repeated "that old, moth-eaten shibboeth that government is the problem."
The program, which offers workshops for underprivileged law school applicants, brought many minority students to KU in the past and shows it is a chance to learn more about KU's programs.
Sen, Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, said Reagan proposed tightening the belts of men and women in the military.
The council rotates among regional law schools.
Blacks
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"I can't believe that if Congress passes one by a strong vote, he would veto it. In fact I would have done so."
"there is no question the Republicans are in trouble and they sense that," he said. "And now we see some references to minority rights. ... If he means it, let him support the Equal Rights Amendment."
KU did not sponsor the Council for Legal Education Opportunities program last summer.
Sen. Donald Riegle, D-Mich., said the speech was disappointing, although there were signs of a more conciliatory approach.
Reaction
FRESHMAN SEN. Pete Wilson, R-Calif,
called the speech "very wise and humane," and said the president was "obviously concerned about jobs."
She said many minority students were unaware of what the University had to offer.
"We have to tell the students that Dorothy isn't out here blowing away," she said.
LAST WEER, for the first time in about 10 years, the law school sent two students to recruit at 10 predominantly black colleges and universities in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.
Ainworth said that the minority students with the best qualifications were choosing to attend the best law schools in the country. But KU's poor recruiting effort last year meant that some students were choosing schools inferior to KU because they awarded better scholarships.
Cliff Willey, president of KU's Black American Law Student Association, and Sister Marie Bernarde Miller, last year's president, made the trip.
Wiley and Miller said the students they talked to did not have a realistic impression of Kansas.
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"We let them know we're just not sitting out in the prairie," Wiley said.
"I think we presented a very good picture of KU as a school that welcomed minority students." Wiley said.
He said he was sure KU would have more minority applications because of the trip, but couldn't say how many of those students would be accepted or would eventually enroll.
MILLER SAID she told students that in the late 19th century, KU was a haven for black students whose state law schools were closed to blacks.
She said she also stressed the fact that 83
percent of blacks graduating from KU's law school had passed the bar, as compared to 70 percent of blacks nationally.
Wiley said black people tended to go to where there weren't any blacks. He said he had to "take a big swallow" before telling prospective law students that there were only three black students in the second year class and none in the first.
"We need more minority students, period," he said.
There is almost a revolving door for undergraduate knacks at KU who apply for law school, because these students almost always choose to attend law school elsewhere, he said.
MILLER SAID that blacks who came to KU after living in a predominantly black environment had trouble adjusting to the community, and that was the problem because homework took up too much time.
Some blacks have said that their undergraduate experience at KU had not been pleasant. Wiley said, Students' complaints have range from dislike of the university district to outworn troop in classes, be said,
KU does not judge its law school applications by a prescribed formula, Miller said. She said the school took into account other factors besides LSAT scores and grade point averages.
The school wants a diverse student body, she said, and test scores are not always indicative of how well a student will do in law school.
Lilian Six, director of admissions at the law school, said the school offered a $2,500 scholarship to an incoming minority student last year, but it was never awarded.
The scholarship, which was to reward scholastic achievement, will probably be offered to students of any kind.
KU DOES NOT ask accepted students who do not enroll why they decide against KU. Often other schools have more money available and can offer minority students better scholarships, Six said.
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