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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Longhair J.P. Discusses His Court
The University of Kansas-Lawrence, Kansas
Friday, November 6, 1970
81st Year, No. 49
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Kansan Staff Photo by MIKE RADENCICH
Bill Ebert Asks for 50 Per Cent Representation Rule at University Senate Meeting
... proposal drakes heckling from the balcony
Democrats Cheered by State Gains
WASHINGTON . UPI)—The Democrat's brightened prospects for 1972 were underscored Thursday by little-noticed gains of potentially great importance in state legislatures, which will determine the makeup of Congress for a decade to come.
The White House said President Nixon viewed Tuesday's election results as a demonstration of his republicans and vindication of his support participation in an no-election event.
But in a year when new census figures will force redrawing of Congressional and legislative districts in most states, the Democrats made crucial inroads where it counts, among governors and state legislators.
Two years ago, the Democrats and Republicans each controlled both houses of legislatures in 20 states. On Tuesday, the Democrats lost control of the House, total of 23, including populous California an'
27 Are Charged By Government In Kidnap Crisis
A total of 54 charges were brought against the 27 accused in Montreal, including weapons possession and membership in an organization that separates group and sedentic separatist groups.
MONTREAL (UPI) - In a special jailhouse courtroom guarded by soldiers bearing riffles, the Quebec government brought charges Friday against 27 persons arrested during the suspension of civil liberties in the kidnap crisis.
Except for three who did not have time to be heard, all pleaded innocent. Some of the prisoners screamed obscenities and insults at the judge.
All 27, including three women, were also charged under the Emergency War Powers Act with membership, or claiming mem-
ber in the outlawed Quebec Liberation Front (Ft. Clint) and the kidnaped British Diplomat James R. Cross and Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte.
Pennsylvania, while GOP control of both houses fell from 20 legislatures to 18.
In 1968, each party controlled one of two houses in eight other states. Now the split has become more pronounced.
Cease-Fire Ends; Suez Guns Silent
By United Press International
The 90-day Middle East cease-fire ended at midnight Thursday, 4 p.m. CST, but there were no reports of shooting by either Israel or the Arabs along the Suez Canal frontlines. Both sides said they would not fire unless fired upon.
A correspondent reported from the Israeli bank of the Sue Cain el Al Quntara that it is quiet in every sense of the word except you can hear voices on the Egyptian side. "He could also hear "some movements of tractors moving up and down" across the waterway.
Israel frontline positions were reported as normal with no special precautions taken, but a movie scheduled to be shown to soldiers in the evening was canceled.
Neither Egypt nor Israel were taking any chances against a surprise attack, however. Reports from Cairo and Tel Aviv said the two countries had side of the canal had been put on alert.
But while no formal agreement to extend the truce was reached, both sides have said their guns will remain silent unless the other side opens fire first.
Egypt has said it would abide by the recommendation for a three-month extension of the agreement with Israel for resolution on the Middle East approved by the UN, General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.
Israel rejected the resolution because it made no mention of the alleged introduction by Egypt of Soviet-made muslims into the territory of Syria, which he reiterated in a ceasefire which went into effect on Aug. 7.
This meant that Democrats increased their chances of repositioning the House of Representatives in their favor by 1972 in the midterm elections, rulings that districts be equal in population.
Nebraska, has a one-chamber legislature elected on a nonpartisan basis.
The Court's ruling meant the legislatures would have less leeway than before in jugging population in Congressional districts to favor the dominant party in the state. But Congress has designated district lines in such a way as to help their own control of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The President and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, who reviewed Tuesday's election outcome, said the intensive campaign on behalf of GOP candidates was "very well-ground," the White House said.
At last count, the indicated Senate breakdown was 54 Democrats and 44 Republicans, while the GOP had 76. York giving the GOP an added vote and Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. of Virginia, re-elected as Senate leader.
The Democratic lineup included the undecided Indiana Senate race, where Sen. Vance Harkie held a 3,800-voice lead over Rep. John Ruthidaud, R-Illinois. A recount appeared likely.
20% Student Voice Restored
U. Senate Reinstates Representation Rule
By BLAKE HIBBARD Kansan Staff Writer
The University Senate reinstated the controversial 20 per cent student representation rule at its meeting Thursday afternoon amid catalls crickets and heated debate.
Prior to Ebert's motion, two other resolutions that restricted student participation were passed.
The adopted resolution was suggested by the University Committee on Organization and Administration. It was essentially the last University Senate meeting on Oct 17.
William Silvert, assistant professor of physics introduced the second resolution restricting student decision-making power. It immediately sparked debate.
Silvert, in defense of a section of his resolution, said, "My reason for putting this in the proposal is that I believe in calling a spade a spade."
He added that student power was a myth and even if students had 20, 50, or 90 per cent representation, their power would rest on their academic achievements.
John Wright, associate professor or psychology and human development said the Silverproposal would encourage law suits that offered an ineffectual means of student participation.
The Silvert proposal and a similar proposal, introduced by Henry McKinney, assistant professor of history, failed to pass when brought to a vote before the Senate.
McKinney's proposal drew the most heckling from the crowd, both on the Senate floor and from the students in the balcony of the University Theatre.
McKinney referred to instances of some students being jailed and compared this to students working on committees. He joked that he held a committee meeting in a jail cell.
McKinney's proposal was killed when the Senate passed a motion to not consider it.
The adopted proposal was amended twice. The first amendment required that students be enrolled in a program regularly enrolled in good academic standing and be taking at least nine undergraduate credits.*
The second amendment to the proposal was to strike any other qualification or restricting word usage in reference to students serving as tutors, other than the academic qualifications.
Peace Negotiators Brawl Over American Elections
The Americans claimed Hanoi's chef negotiator, Xian Tuan, touched off the name-change row.
A U.S. delegation spokesman accused the Communists of making "personally insulting, derogatory remarks" about President Nixon during the heated exchange.
A hologram spokesman said the American negotiator "leaked his control and made demands that he would have to leave."
PARK (ISP) -U.S. and North Vietnamese negotiators clashed Thursday in a verbal trawl over the American elections, exacerbating their extreme language ever used at the Paris talks.
about the war throughout the election campaign.
"However, the results of the Nov. 3 elections have proved the failure of his enterprise." Thuy was quoted by the Americans to have said in his opening speech.
U. S. negotiator David D. E. Bruce responded by saying Thuy's "distorted analysis" showed "how little you understand our democratic process."
Stephen Ledagar, American Delegation spokesman, said there were "personally insulting, derogatory remarks made by the U.S. about the President of the United States."
Kansan Staff Photo by MIKE RADENCICH
Professor Henry McKinney Presents Alternate Plan
. Senate body fails to pass the long sounds for resolution
—Reactions Mixed—
By MELISSA BERG
Kansan Staff Writer
The students and faculty members most actively involved in the push for student representation came out of the University meeting Thursday with mixed emotions.
Certainly one of the most pessimistic was Paul Bell奥, Topeka senior and student body president for 56 per cent representation on policy in the university, viewed the passage of amendment 3.4.2 and the gain of 20 per cent representation as "unacceptable," but "better than nothing."
Rick Von Ende, Abellee, Tex., graduate student and author of the book *4.3 plan* for a human genome, who has yet to selves all over again in the interest of 50 per cent representation, but in the meantime, has yet to do so.
"Although students won't have a consistently significant voting power with 20 per cent representation, now we'll at least have some input," he said.
However, Smoot said he thought that the real issue was not the question of a percentage, but rather how many significant educational reforms were made and how
BRAD SMOOT, Sterling junior and president of the Student Senate Executive outlook. Even though Ebert was only a per cent representation was defeated, Smoot said the student leaders at least got some that had been on their minds for a long time.
much the students were made aware of the elements lacking in their education.
SMOOT EMPHASIZED that if student awareness of what is happening to their education is increased and the faculty is further developed, then a significant step will have been taken.
"The ideal would be if individual student faculty relationships could escape being formed by compromises of University policy making bodies."
"I don't believe the committee system is the final answer," he said.
Gerhard Zather, professor of English and chairman of the Organization and Administration committee which presented the successful passage of the bill as "terribleends."
THE ONLY change in the bill as presented by the committee was in the second clause, in which an undergraduate student serving on a committee was required to be enrolled in nine hours Academic standard, in six hours Academic standard of the University must also be maintained.
The original amendment called for enrollment in only six hours of University credit. Zuther termed the change as insignificant, but others disagreed.
Smooth said that this upping of the requirement was restrictive in that it prevented those that perhaps know best what is wrong with the system, such as students on probation, from participating in the committees.
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Vernell Sturns . . help to minorities
Human Relations Staff Tackles Social Ills
By DAN EVANS Kansan Staff Writer
If you were in Lawrence, the best place to start would be Room 318 in the new First National Bank building at Ninth and Massachusetts streets. Room 318 is the office of Vernell Sturrs, director of the human resources office for Lawrence.
Where would you go if you were a member of a minority group, poor, and could not get a job?
"We (the human relations office and commission) deal with complaints that stem from employment, housing, public ac- tion, the whole spectrum of social ills," he said.
Sturm was interviewed Wednesday in his office. He talked about the purposes of his office.
"We are also responsible for creating or implementing programs that we feel will either alleviate or minimize some of the problems in human relations." Suras said.
He explained that a study group was created by the city in 1961 and from that group's recommendations came an ordinance prohibiting members of the Human Relations Commission in 1962.
UNTIL MAY OF 1960, he said, the commission had no staff members. At that time he was appointed as director of human resources.
Between 1962 and 1969, the commission's work was "crisi oriented." Sturs said. The nine-member commission discussed a complaint and listened to a few complaints.
"Like any other kind of department," he said, "the quicker you can get staff people involved, the quicker you can expect it to work."
Since he has taken office, Sturm has helped create several training programs, a police community relations program and a program to minimize housing discrimination.
The latest effort of the human resources
commission has been a program of police-community relations that will feature a series of 10 workshops. The programs grew out of an earlier effort last year to increase police awareness of the feelings and attitudes of blacks, students and young people in general, Sturns said.
*WE TRIED TO COME to some kind of mutual understanding of the best way to handle certain situations involving students, blacks, youth, etc.". Sturrs said.
After the report was submitted, Sturna said, it was decided that some sort of workshop that would bring police and citizens together was needed.
He said that out of those meetings grew a deeper concern by police department officials about the abuse of the public, January, Chief of Police Richard Stanxie prepared a report for the Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration that called the police department public relations.
The Menninger proposal calls for 10 weekend workshops with discussions between
the two groups.
"Hopefully," Sturrs said, "in time we can see enough change that both groups will recognize that police have a certain responsibility in enforcing the laws. And I
THE COMMISSION received a grant of about $26,000. The city hired the Meninger Foundation in Topeka to offer a proposal to show the workshops should be conducted.
"With the aid of some other groups and individuals," Sturts said, "we came up with an amendment to our original report. We approved on October 22, got final approval on Oct. 22."
A screening committee is now being selected, Sturm said, that will recommend individuals that should participate in the workshops. He said the workshops could possibly begin before the end of the year and be finished in February.
think the police must recognize that political dissent is good.
"Whether we agree with what an individual is saying or not, I think that is the one thing that's been instrumental in the change in the past few years—the fact that we've had people who are not as committed to stand up and speak out against an issue that they felt needed changed." Sturms said.
STURNS HAS WORKED with police before. For two years before he came to Lawrence, he was the civilian field representative for the Wichita Police Department. In that position, he said, he also worked in community relations. He said his primary job was to find employment for people who had been "in trouble with the law."
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