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Friday, Sept. 11, 1970
University Daily Kansan
KU Not Officially Involved in Strike
Kansan Staff Photo by MIKE RADENCICH
Student Aid to Women Strikers Termed Unofficial Action
. . Forer (with pipe) saw need to help 'continue dispute negotiations'
Peace Center Ends Third Year
As it nears the three-year mark of its existence, the Lawrence Peace Center is still providing draft counseling as its main program, according to Louis Wolfe, director of the center.
Wolfe said the center provided counseling for 80 to 150 men each month. He said the counselors, although opposed to war and the draft, gave men an objective view of their rights and obligations.
The organization, a project of the American Friends Service Committee, is sponsoring fund-raising projects this fall to help pay expenses, Wolfe said. They
are gathering old newspapers to sell to a local box company, and a homemade bread sale is being held at the center Sept. 12, Wolfe said.
Wolfe said members of the organization could not be stereotyped.
"The American Friends Service Committee holds the ideal that basically there is a bit of God in each man, and his humanity should be respected," Wolfe said, "And the only stereotype would be that central feeling."
Wolfe said all types of people, from long-haired students to
townspeople in their fifties helped with the center.
He said that although the center did not advertise heavily, people still came in. To his knowledge, there have been no adverse reactions to the presence of the center.
A vigil for peace in South Park every Sunday at noon attracts support from center volunteers, though the center does not sponsor the vigil.
Wolfe said that since the vigil's beginning in March, 1967, there had always been someone present.
Participation by a University of Kansas professor and KU students in a labor dispute at the C. M. Moore Plastics Co. in Overland Park cannot be construed as an official University action, Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. said Thursday.
"Professor (Norman) Forer, who has had extensive experience in social negotiations, and several students who have been having conversations with workers from the Moore factory, felt that they might be helpful in furthering negotiations in the current dispute." Chalmers said
"Their participation was wholly unofficial and done without the cognizance of the University administration and entirely on their own volition as individuals." he said.
Chalmers' statement was made in response to a complaint by C. M. Moore, owner of Moore Plastics, against Norman Forer, assistant professor of social welfare.
"Mr. Moore's impression was that Forer had brought a class to the plant to participate in the picketing," said Dennis Branstiter, assistant director of KU public relations.
According to Forrest L. Swall, assistant dean of social welfare, Moore's allegations are false, as are statements in the news media saying Forer was called back to KU Wednesday morning.
"Had Forer been conducting his class at the plant without appropriate prior arrangements, there might have been reason to
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question his involvement. As it was, I, acting in place of Dean Katz, had no reason to call him back to Lawrence," Swall said.
Forer said he understood the charges made by Moore had included staging a sit-down strike in Moore's office and refusing to leave until ejected by police.
"Moore's charges are totally erroneous," said Forer. "We asked for an appointment with him and received one. It was very clear to him that in no way did we represent the University. Only two or three of the students who were present Wednesday are in my classes."
Forer had attempted Wednesday to ennumerate to Moore the allegations made against Moore Plastics, which included sexual abuse of women employees, unfair and discriminatory labor practices, threats with firearms and numerous health violations.
"Obviously Mr. Moore felt threatened by the mere prospect of a discussion of these issues. His allegations and call to Vice-Chancellor Francis E. Heller was an obvious attempt to confuse and misrepresent the real issues." Forer said.
AUTO ACCIDENT TOLL
NEW YORK—Among the 115,000 persons killed in accidents in 1968, a record 55,200 died in auto crashes, says the Insurance Information Institute. More than 4.4 million persons were injured in auto accidents.
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HOPE AWARD
NOMINATIONS DUE Fri., Sept. 11 Dean of Men's or Alumni Association Office
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KANSAS WILL BE BACK But Britain is here to stay
Celebrate the Hawks victory with a bit of Britain. Follow Maine Street from the stadium to 6th Street and try Alfie's Famous Fish and Chips with a frosty mug or two of Budweiser. This is the same fish and chips that has long been the standard of Britain.
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