ROTC classes are held
The corridors of most campus buildings may be sparsely populated with students today, but in the Military Science Building the order of the day is "business as usual." Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC classes regularly scheduled for today will meet as usual, and excessive absences are not anticipated.
Navy and Air Force staff officers have said that absences today will be regarded as ordinary absences. Some Army instructors however, such as Capt. Vernon have requested that their students attend class. Capt. Vernon said junior and senior cadets are under obligation to the government to attend class and learn the material presented.
Vernon said junior and senior
cadets and midshipmen have signed a contract with the government stating that they will attend a certain number of classes and drills each semester and complete the ROTC program in return for three hours of credit, a monthly salary of $50 and a commission upon graduation.
Participation in the moratorium has been left up to the discretion of the individual, but cadets and midshipmen are encouraged not to wear their uniforms to the demonstration. The moratorium concerns a political and not a military issue, and the military in the United States has a long history and tradition of political autonomy, said Army cadet Doug Scheffner, Topeka junior.
Cadets and midshipmen are discouraged from participating in political activities in which, by identifying themselves in uniform, any political inferences could be derived, officials said.
Only cadets and midshipmen ordinarily required to dress in uniform on Wednesdays will be compelled to wear their uniforms today. The midshipmen in the Navy ROTC program were polled on the issue of whether or not all midshipmen should be required to dress in uniform today. Considering the results of the poll and the nature of today's demonstration, it was decided that only midshipmen having ROTC classes today would be required to dress in uniform, officials said.
Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC officers do not anticipate any harassment of ROTC students today. Capt. Vernon said he foresees little trouble with today's demonstration because he feels it has been organized by a reputable group of people.
Col. Rayburn Lancaster, professor of Air Force ROTC, expressed the same opinion, saying, "Considering the mature group of students we have here at KU, I do not expect any trouble."
Most cadets and midshipmen are sympathetic toward the moratorium, but several expressed disapproval of the tactics being used by the Student Mobilization Committee to end the War in Viet Nam. Many doubted the effectiveness of today's demonstration.
Budget cut promotes funds; state requested to match donations
The proposed 1969-70 Student Senate budget will be cut by $18,000, said Mark Retonde, Kansas City, Mo., senior and chairman of the Student Senate Finance and Auditing Committee.
The main purpose for this cut in the budget is to hold the spending of student activities fees to a minimum and put all the remaining money in a special hospital contingency fund at the end of the year, Retonde said.
Tonight Retonde will submit a bill to the senate which empowers the student senate to appropriate all funds received from student activity funds. The bill also provides that all allocations will be reviewed by the Student
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Senate Committee on Finance and Auditing.
Any organization or department desiring student funds must submit to the Student Senate Committee on Finance and Auditing a budget request. After reviewing each request, the committee will present a proposed budget to the Student Senate Upon ratification of the budget, the senate will present it to the Vice-Chancellor for Finance to be submitted to the Board of Regents with the entire University budget, Retonde said.
Indian Fish Exports
NEW DELHI (UPI) — India earned $25 million in export of fish produce in 1967-68.
In addition to the proposed appropriations bill, Peter George, Tuckahoe, N.Y., law student, will submit to the student senate tonight a resolution which asks the senate to request the state to match all student funds put into the hospital contingency fund.
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