Friday, April 1. 1960 University Daily Kansan
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FREEDOM FROM FRANCE - A member of the Middle East bloc of the KU model United Nations, George Mathis, Springfield, Ill., freshman, pickets to bring attention to a move to bring freedom to Algeria.
Janitor Shortage Is Result of Low Wages
By John Peterson
Low wages and a shortage of personnel have resulted in poor janitorial service at the University.
Keith Lawton, director of physical plants, said that KU is experiencing a shortage of janitors as a result of low wages.
"We have had numerous complaints about the service the janitorial staff has been doing lately," Mr. Lawton said.
"The whole problem is centered around the difficulty we are having in keeping our janitorial positions filled."
Mr. Lawton said that the janitors' wages are set by the Kansas State Civil Service Commission. He said the problem of shifting personnel is not limited to janitors.
"The main difficulty comes with the low income brackets. The positions are there, but the manpower is not available."
A janitor receives $165 a month as starting wages. After nine months employment his salary has been increased to $182 a month. These figures are based on a 40-hour week.
Walter Kuiken, head of the state civil service, was contacted in Topeka. He said the problem was a natural one.
"This is a never-ending problem during inflationary periods. The low income brackets always lag during these times and the turnover of personnel is natural," he said.
No immediate solution to the problem of civil service wages can be seen. Mr. Kuiken said.
He said that a six-member finance council headed by the governor meets each year before the legislature convenes to make any changes it sees fit in wages.
The recent interest in Russian studies on the KU campus may be attributed to a growing awareness of world and national affairs, said John Siedzik, director of special collections of Watson Library.
KU Experiences Russian 'Craze'
This interest has led to the establishment of special programs in Russian and Eastern European studies throughout the United States and to a phenomenal increase of outstanding scholarly research in Slavic studies, he said.
Important current and scarce out-print Russian publications in all fields are selected from systematically pursued biographers and book dealers, catalogues, and from exchange lists offered by Soviet libraries, he said.
"The University of Kansas has not lagged behind in paying heed to the importance of Russian studies. At the present time there are being offered at KU basic and advanced courses in Russian language, Russian literature and history, and in political and economic thought," he said.
Oswald P. Backus of the history department has been instrumental in the establishment of the profitable relations with the Soviet libraries with whom we exchange books and periodicals," said Mr. Siedik.
During several visits to the Soviet Union, he spent much time negotiating with Soviet libraries and arranging for the procurement of important collections.
The present exhibit in the library
All of the books are in constant use, because the class is divided into groups that have particular books to report on. This way, he said, none of the books are forgotten, Mr. Forth said.
calls attention to KU's Russian acquisition program and to a number of significant Russian books and manuscripts receive.tly acquired by purchases, gifts, and exchanges," Mr. Siedzik said.
"I would say that the interest in Russian studies on this campus is due to the influence of Prof. Backus and the Russian language program," said Mr. Forth.
"In the undergraduate library," he said, "we have 65 to 70 books on reserve for just one course."
perial Russia, is taught by Prof. Backus.
Stuart Forth, director of the undergraduate library, reinforced Mr. Siedzik's statement.
Shaking his finger at the students, he yelled that "if we have not received a satisfactory answer this afternoon, you are going to pack up and leave." A roar of assent went up from the crowd.
The course, The History of Im-
Marvin Robinson, president of the student body before he was expelled, exhorted the students today from a balcony above a barbershop overlooking the tracks.
"At the last meeting of the council, the only wage change the council and governor made was for employees of mental institutions. The last time the janitors of state institutions received a pay raise was three years ago," he said.
Mr. Kuiken said there are 124 institutions in the state similar to KU that are under the state commission.
"Each year before the finance council meets, recommendations for wage changes must be made by each of the 124 institutions."
Khrushchev Visits French Auto Plant
"And when we leave, we will not go by segregated buses," he shouted. "If we leave, we have other schools in this state we can go to," he said.
Khrushchev wound up his five-day tour of the provinces with a hurried final sightseeing trip through the Renault Automotiv Plant at Flins. He chatted with a workman and received a sleek convertible as a gift from the nationalized plant.
PARIS — (UPI)— Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev returned to Paris today in buoyant spirits and good health for a possible showdown with President Charles de Gaulle on French nuclear plans.
At one point, he complained the tour was going too fast, and said:
They demanded that the 18 leaders, expelled or suspended because they led sidown strikes and a mass march on Baton Rouge, be reinstated. They also said they would leave unless nine of the leaders who are still in jail under $1,500 bond each for sitting at an all-white counter are released.
"You make a good car, but I warm you, you have strong competition in the Soviet automobile industry," he said.
An estimated 3.000 Negro students met a few hundred feet from the campus and roared that they will abandon Southern and try to enroll at all-white schools unless Southern yields to their demands by late today.
"Why are we running so fast?"
Let's stop and talk to somebody."
Meanwhile, a handful of women students were defying their fellow's boycott.
BATON ROUGE — (UPI) — Rebelling students at all-Negro Southern University vowed today that they will pack up and leave the campus unless school officials agree to reinstate 18 dismissed integration leaders.
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Negroes May Leave School
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