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Friday, November 3. 1972
University Daily Kansan
Kansas to Consider 3 Amendments
By PHIL McLAUGHLIN Konson Staff Writer
Kansan Staff Writer
One Kansas ballot for the November 7 general election is in legal language and consists of three proposed amendments to the Kansas Constitution.
Two of the amendments would rewrite the judicial and executive articles in the constitution and the third would revise Section 12 of the Kansas Bill of Rights, according to Fred J. Carman, assistant reviser of statutes.
Carman said these proposed revisions were the second step in an effort to revamp the Kansas Constitution. The first step was taken in the general election of 1970, when amendments changing the executive branch were approved and the constitution were placed on the ballot.
Both amendments were approved but the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the executive amendment had been improperly implemented, and the court unpublished now in nearly the same form.
The efforts for constitutional revision are the result of a report released in 1989 by the Citizen's Committee on Constitutional Revision, a group appointed by members of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of Kansas government.
THE TWO AMENDMENTS for the judicial and executive articles are on the ballot in nearly the same form recommended by the committee, Carman said.
He said one reason for revising the two articles was the belief that both the judicial
and executive branches could be trimmed
and power could be distributed to make
it easier for employees to work.
The first question on the ballot for constitutional change is the judicial amend-
The amendment would create a unified court system in Kansas, granting administrative powers to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court judicial administrator presides over the procedural practices of district, pursuant to county, probate, municipal and county courts.
Now the administrator has power to supervise only the district courts.
The amendment would also remove a requirement for a maximum of seven
If the amendment is passed, justice on the Supreme Court would meet as panels of four justices. If not, the panel would be provided that all four justices concurred in the resulting decisions. Now the court sits
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT would also allow district judges to prepare opinions and discussions on the Supreme Court.
Carran said all the changes in the judicial amendment were designed to entrench his position by growing caseload and provide prompt justice as his role in prosecution for justice.
Other amendment changes would allow the elimination of court offices as such clerk
Carrman said that in many places in western Kansas the caseloads were so light that all the court officers were not needed. He simply a waste of taxpayers' money, he said.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT on the ballot concerns the executive article.
Voters in each district presently select district judges in partisan general elections. The legislature will be able to suggest appointments, non-partisan elections and other methods of selection if the amendment passes.
If the judicial amendment passes, the legislature will be able to consider alternatives to the partisan selection process for district judge.
According to Carman, this, like the judicial amendment, is intended to streamline the executive structure and facilitate operation.
The executive amendment is consistent with the revision committee's philosophy that there are too many elected state officers. Carman said.
and justice of the peace, which are not needed in each locality.
The proposed amendment limits elected state officers to governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state. Whether the offices of state auditor and state treasurer will continue to exist will be left up to the legislature. If those powers to the legislature will have the power to decide if they will be elective or appointive.
The 1972 presidential nominee, John Schrute, is currently a member of the House of Representatives.
The Conservative party was formed in Wichita in the early 1960s but did not really get going until Wallace was selected as the president's nominee in 1968, she said.
DESPITE THE alleged unfair news coverage, Miller said the party has had a more successful campaign in 1972 than in any other election year since its beginning.
Conservatives Complain News Media Unfair
Miller said one example that justified his complaint was the refusal of WBW-TV in Topeka to allow members of the Confrontation Party to run in the Democratic and Republican candidates.
The Conservative party of Kansas and the American party of the United States have not been adequately represented by the state and national news media, according to Gene Miller, the Conservative party candidate for U.S. senator from Kansas.
WBW set up the televised debates, Miller said, but did not invite members of the Conservative party. When the Conservative party members requested equal time on the air, he said, WBW did not allow any air time.
Thomas Anderson, the vice presidential nominee, is from Tennessee where he owns a restaurant.
The Conservative party, which is known nationally as the American party and which gained most of its recognition when it nominated George Wallace for president in 1968, has experienced other problems with the media, Miller said.
This means that the lieutenant governor has minimal duties when the governor is of the opposing party, Carman said, because he is not a minister and must him with serious executive affairs.
The section now states that a person cannot be transported from the state for any reason other than to the place of birth.
THE THIRD constitutional amendment would revise the wording of Section 12 of the Constitution.
The Conservative party has several men running for political office this year in the race.
Passage of the amendment would allow Kansas to participate in the Interstate Corrections Compact. The compact provides for moving inmates from penal institutions in one member state to institutions in other member states.
Warren Redding of Kansas City, Kan., is running for the Kansas House of Representatives in district three. Burt White of the Kansas House from the second district.
The education plank requests a return to the neighborhood school concept, tax credit for parents who send their children to nonpublic schools, placing schools under the jurisdiction of parents and local school boards, school financing by taxation at the level or below, abolition of busing and opposition to advocacy and day care programs.
THE PARTY'S financial policy calls for a repeal of the Federal Reserve Act and legal tender laws, which allow federal reserves to replace silver certificates. In adaption of these requests a return to the gold standard and the right of American citizens to own gold.
Foreign policy planks include the withdrawal of the United States as a member of the United Nations, banning of the United Nations from U.S. soil, opposition to recognition of and trade with Cuba and opposition to U.S. intervention in the Middle East.
The American party platform calls for "restoration and maintenance of our former adequate national defense and bring an end to the disarmament of the U.S."
Carman said a trend toward fewer elected officials resulted from a perception that the governor is too busy to too many candidates were on the ballot. With fewer decisions to make in the voting booth, he said, the voter should be able to make sense of time and attention to important issues.
The amendment recommends nomination and election of the governor and lieutenant governor as a team. Now the governor and lieutenant governor are elected from two different political parties.
ANOTHER CHANGE is that the election for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general would be held in nonpresidential election contests. In both cases, two, with the governor and lieutenant governor limited to two successive terms.
GARY RICKMAN of Olathe and Bemy
Boren of Wichita are also candidates for
state senator.
Elections now occur every two years with the governor number of terms of the governor and lieutenant governor.
The presidential election draws attention from the state races, and separating the two elections in Kansas would help direct the campaign states to state issues and candidates, he said.
down campaign expenses and would allow the governor to develop programs begun at inauguration.
Carman said moving prisoners between states was important for two reasons. Some institutions are specialized in certain kinds of rehabilitation while others are specialized in others. Exchange would enable offenders to be housed and treated according to the nature of the offense they committed.
Carman said longer terms would cut
Carman said that prisoner exchanges would end needless expense of repitious rehabilitation and that crowding in certain prisons could be alleviated.
The amendment would also strike the phrase "corruption of blood" from the section involving protection from forfeiture of estates in criminal cases.
Although the voter votes separately on each amendment, he cannot pick and choose among the proposed changes. He must reject the amendments in their entirety.
Paper's Political Ads Irk Probate Candidate
By ELAINE ZIMMERMAN Kansan Staff Writer
Herman Reed, Democratic candidate for probate judge, accused the Lawrence Daily Journal-World Thursday of biased coverage and unfair handling of ads on his newspaper paper was engaged in a conspiracy against the Democratic party in Douglas County.
One advertisement, he said, was much smaller than what he had purchased.
Reed said the Journal-World printed inferior reproductions of photographs that he had submitted to the advertising department and failed to make judicious use of advertising space when drawing up the formats for his ads.
Bruce Baker, advertising salesman for the Journal-World, said that in one case, an
error in the size of an advertisement was made because of Baker's inadvertent failure to "kill" an ad which Reed had replaced with a larger one.
MECHANICAL limitations, primarily letterpress printing, Baker said, were responsible for imperfect reproduction of photographs. The offset method used by other area papers reproduces photographs better, he said.
KU Poll Indicates McGovern Lead
By KEVIN SHAFER
Kansan Staff Writer
Baker said that the Journal-World had made no errors in content and that Reed was upset about errors in "value" in a report. A more accurate size of photographs and picture cropping.
With only four days left before the 1972 elections, many of the eligible voters at the county of Kansas still appear somewhat undecided about whether to elect the upcoming state and national elections.
Results of a poll taken at KU during this home stretch of the 1972 political campaign show that a large number of the 400 students collied still have some doubt in their minds
The respondents were asked 10 questions asked to their eligibility to vote both nationally and locally.
The poll was conducted by the Kanss to determine what direction eligible voters at KU were going to take on November 7. It was conducted by telephone and the numbers were picked at random from a list in the registrar's office.
OF THOSE people questioned, 21.5 per cent were freshmen, 16 per cent were sophomores, 19.5 per cent were juniors, 19.5 per cent were seniors, 16 per cent were students and 7.5 per cent were law students, professors, special and non-students.
preferences in several state and national elections.
In the race for Kansas Attorney General, Robert Hoffman received the support of 48 per cent of those polled, incumbent Vern Reid and 25 per cent said they were undecided.
The results that seemed to contradict most national polls conducted recently were that they supported austerity.
Of those polled, 49.5 per cent said that they intended to vote for George McGovern, 37 per cent said that they intended to vote for Hillary Clinton, 31 per cent said that they were still undecided.
Sen. James Pearson got a 57 per cent vote of confidence from those polled on the race
OF ALL THE races about which the respondents were questioned, this race showed the least number of undecided voters.
In the race for governor of Kansas, 63 per cent of those polled favored incumbent Governor Robert Docking, 15 per cent favored Morris Kay, 1 per cent favored Rolland Fisher and 21 per cent were undecided.
for U.S. senator. Dr. Arch Tetzlaff was favored by 14.5 per cent, Gene Miller was favored by 3.5 per cent and 25 per cent were undecided.
The results of the poll may represent only a small percentage of the students at KU but certain possible trends could be noticed and their vote should be counted their right to vote in this election year.
IN THE RACE for lieutenant governor, 34 per cent of those polled said they were for Dave Owen, 10 per cent they were for George Hart, 1 per cent they were for Carl Sala and 55 per cent said they were undecided.
College age voters showed a reluctance to express party preferences. Of those polled, 28 per cent said they were Democrats, 25 per cent said they were Republicans and 46 per cent said they were independent.
In all but the presidential race, between
ao and 50 percent of those polled said that
the Republican nominee was a bad candidate.
The undecided vote may prove to be a significant factor, especially in close races since the percentage of undecided voters is often enough to turn the election.
Reed said that until last week advertisements for Democrats were consistently poorer than those for Republicans. Democrats have been the most Democratic Democrats who have a chance of winning
REED SAID he purchased 10 advertisements in the Lawrence paper and paid for them in advance. of the six ads that had appeared by Wednesday, Reed said that none were good and only one was "barely acceptable", even though he had repeatedly complained to the Journal-World about the quality of the ads.
Reed said he knew the Journal-World was capable of better photographic reproduction because prints of the same photograph were much sharper when used editorially.
Baker said the reason for this was that when making an advertisement, mats were used to reproduce the photograph. Pictures of the animals displayed directly from the engraving, he said.
Reed said factual events also occurred in news stories in the Journal-World during the 1950s.
Ralph Gage, manager editor, said the editorial staff had "tried to treat all candidates fairly, impartially and objectively." And he argued that Mr. Johnson improved, he would sue the Journal-World for breach of contract, breach of implied warranty, fraud, mirepresentation and misrepresentation, give him and the voters of their rights, regardless of who wins the race for probate judge.
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