THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
80th Year, No. 4
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Thursday, Sept. 18, 1969
KU Student Senate meets
Frank Zilm
Zilm elected Student VP
Frank Zilm, St. Louis Mo., senior,
an unsuccessful candidate last
spring, was elected interim student
body vice-president Wednesday night to fill in for suspended vice-president Marilyn Bowman.
He defeated Marsha Hildreth, Leawood sophomore, and Colleene Collins, Quanah, Tex., senior, for the position.
Zilm will serve until Miss Bowman returns or until the next student body election next spring. Miss Bowman has said she would not return to KU when she is again eligible next semester. She was one of 38 students suspended from the University for their part in the demonstration which forced cancellation of the Chancellor's ROTC review last May 9.
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By Suzanne Atkins Kansan Staff Writer
An interim student body vicepresident was elected at Wednesday night's Student Senate meeting, and a resolution by Senator Chris Morgan, Emporia junior, to set up a committee to study the disciplinary proceedings to determine whether the rights of the suspended vice-president, Marilyn Bowman, had been violated failed to pass, 41 to 26.
To the Senate's attempt to establish the legal status of a suspended student with respect to student offices, William Balfour, dean of student affairs, replied that he or she had "the same status as anyone else who is not in school."
The Senate was addressed by Bill James, student body president of the University of California (UC) at Santa Barbara, who said that although the UC students are probably the most affluent in the nation, "it doesn't mean anything to us."
James is a member of a task force to find ways to increase student participation in student government. He said "We have as much student power as we want, so long as it is good publicity," and emphasized the obligation of university administrations to do "what they know is right," not what is necessary to obtain funding.
The proposed 1969-70 Student Senate budget was introduced and will be discussed, amended, and voted on at the next Senate meeting.
The major provisions include $3,265 for administration; $1,550 for executive expenses; $250 for expenses of the University Disciplinary Board and the Board of Disciplinary Appeals; $200 for the Conference on Higher Education in Kansas to be hosted by KU and an additional $200 to cover unexpected special delegation expenses; $1,935 for organizations; $1,260 for secretarial salaries; and
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U.S. troop ceiling passed
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Senate voted Wednesday to put a ceiling on overall U.S. troop strength and to limit any U.S. defense of Thailand and Laos to providing supplies and equipment—not men.
The amendment, with the Pentagon's stamp of approval, passed overwhelmingly as the Senate drove toward passage of a $20 billion defense procurement bill after eight weeks of debate.
A vote on the procurement bill, which has occupied the Senate since early July, was tentatively set for today. Several other minor amendments were still pending.
By a 71-10 vote, the Senate cleared a proposal by Sen. Marlow Cook, R-Ky., to limit overall U. S. troop strength between now
and next July 1 to 3,461,000 which is the current force level
Each time U. S. forces are withdrawn from Vietnam, the overall troop ceiling would be reduced by a like number. The ceiling would not apply in a national emergency.
Chairman John Stennis, D-Miss., of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who favors troop reductions as the best means of achieving defense economies, said the Defense Department agreed to accept the amendment.
Despite his assurances that the Pentagon approved the change and already had plans for troops reductions, Sen. Gordon Allott, R-Colo., charged it was a "meat ax cut" and said the Pentagon was taking a chance. "We don't
know what we'll be facing tomorrow morning." Allott said.
The Senate also approved, 85-0, an amendment calling for a detailed audit of defense contractors' profits by the General Accounting Office. Congress' watchdog agency.
Earlier, members passed the restriction on the use of U.S. troops in Southeast Asia.
Backers of the measure hailed it as a broad prohibition on the use of U.S. forces in Southeast Asia—"a Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in reverse."
But the Defense Department contended it did not constitute a legal limitation on U.S. forces and decided not to fight it. It consequently passed 86 to 0.
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Student involvement stressed
James is enroute to a meeting of the National Student Association beginning Sept. 19 in Washington, D.C. While he is there, he plans to lobby with other student body presidents in an effort to find a "unity of purpose" among them.
Bill James, student body president of the University of California in Santa Barbara, said "getting students involved in university governments is a problem in colleges throughout the country," at Wednesday night's meeting of the Student Senate.
Dave Awbrey, president of the Student Senate, said that it is good to know that the University of Kansas is not alone.
In trying to find an answer to the problem of student participation, James has observed several student governing bodies in action. He admitted that the search has been frustrating.
He emphasized that "we should strip ourselves down to basic things . . . that we are men . . . and if there are other differences (i.e. color, religion, ethnic background), we shouldn't scorn these things but appreciate them."
According to him, "there is nothing we can do to be more harmonious because at the moment we simply have a transposed class system."
James criticized the student government structure at the University of Kansas as not allowing enough executive power.
He explained his criticisms by
"In this way, the president is working for the government," he said.
citing his own school where the president nominates all cabinet and committee chairmen and they are then ratified by his council.
Matters dealing with such things as finances, which James feels belongs in student hands, are placed there with faculty members acting as advisors.
"There is a lot to be desired at KU as far as students participating with the faculty and administration." he said, "this still doesn't seem to be a real community government."
James said that he is still not satisfied with the student government structure at Santa Barbara.
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By United Press International Nixon to address U.N.
UDK News Roundup
NEW YORK—President Nixon packs into a 1-hour visit here today a major address before the U.N. General Assembly, separate meetings with its leaders and the foreign ministers of France, Tunisia, South Vietnam, Thailand, Jordan, Romania and the United Kingdom, and a reception for all delegates.
Gls to leave Saigon
SAIGON—U.S. headquarters said today it was turning over the defense of Saigon to the South Vietnamese. The Saigon soldiers last week took their heaviest losses in a year in virtually going it alone for three days on the battlefield.
The announcement that the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade, to be pulled out, is the only U.S. unit still involved in the defense of the capital.
Smith to be sworn in
SPRINGFIELD. Ill.-Ralph Tyler Smith of Alton today leaves Illinois, where he was a top state legislator, to become the most junior of all U.S. Senators.
Smith is to be sworn in during ceremonies in the Senate chambers at noon EDT to fill the seat of the late Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen.
Wives crack ice in talks
PARIS—North Vietnam has said its officials will meet with relatives of the 1.336 U.S. servicemen missing or captive in Vietnam so long as they have no connection with the U.S. government.