Code amended; delay possible
ASC asks 3 changes
By TOM WEINBERG
Kansan Staff Writer
The All Student Council (ASC) took its first action on the proposed Senate Code by passing three amendments last night.
Last week, ASC members discussed the Senate Code with the 12 members responsible for the proposed code but did not vote on the code.
The first two amendments passed would make the Faculty Senate and Student Senate open to non-members, and the third amendment changed the number of signatures needed for student body president and vice-president candidacies. To become effective, the code and amendments need approval by the University Senate, the Senate Council and the student body.
The original Senate Code stated that "meetings of the Faculty Senate shall be closed to non-members except by consent of two-thirds of the members present."
The ASC amendment says that "meetings shall be open to nonmembers except by vote of a majority of the members present."
Rusty Leffel, Prairie Village junior and fraternity representative, said:
"This amendment allows students to attend the Faculty Senate, and still allows the Senate to have some measure to close off an executive meeting."
The second amendment inserted the same wording to the Student Senate.
It allowed for all meetings of the Student Senate to "be open to all non-members except by vote of a majority of the members present."
The last amendment dealt with the number of student body signatures needed by the candidates for president and vice president of the student body.
The original Senate Code stated that the candidate's declaration for office must be signed by "at least five hundred members of the student body."
The passed amendment changed the words "five hundred members" to "one-thirtieth" of the student body.
John Lungstrum, Salina law school representative, said:
"We are essentially trying to build a document of lasting duration. By changing the representation to one-thirtieth of the student body, we have a figure that changes as the University increases.
By STEVE HAYNES
Kansan Staff Writer
Senate action slowed
The proposed University Senate Code will probably not be ready for faculty approval at the University Senate meeting Oct. 29, Ambrose Saricks, chairman of the Senate Council, said last night.
The code is the enacting instrument for the recommendations of the Student Faculty Committee on University Governance.
Among the code's provisions are:
- Abolition of the ASC and the creation of a Student Senate to act as the student governing body.
Saricks said he did not think the Senate Council and the All Student Council will finish consideration of the code in time for the Senate session.
- A revamped University Senate composed of the present Faculty and the proposed Student Senates.
*Student representation on the Senate Council, the University Senate Executive Committee and University Senate committees.
Student representation on the University Senate would be about 15 per cent.
The Student Faculty Committee was formed last year after a petition demanding certain reforms in
the structure of the University was presented to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe by members of Peoples Voice, then called Student Voice.
The proposed code must be passed by both the ASC and Senate Council in the same form.
If it is not, a joint committee will be formed to iron out any differences. Saricks said.
He said the Senate Council was currently meeting twice a week to discuss the code, but will meet more often if possible.
"We are actively discussing this issue," he said. "We are not wasting any time."
Saricks said he felt there was a good possibility that both the ASC and the Senate Council would make changes in the new code.
The Senate Executive Committee will appoint a five-man drafting committee to put into final form any amendments which might be made by the council at the regular executive meeting Thursday morning. he said.
He said at this point, only tentative votes had been taken on amendment proposals.
If passed by the Senate Council and the ASC, the code must be approved by the University Senate and the student body to go into effect.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
79th Year, No.17
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, October 9,1968
Not yet, says Gene
McCarthy won't back HHH
NEW YORK (UPI)—Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, stepping back into the political scene for the first time since the Democratic National Convention, made it clear Tuesday night he was not ready to endorse Vice President Hubert Humphrey for the Presidency.
McCarthy, speaking at a $100-aplate dinner for Democratic senatorial nominee Paul O'Dwyer, said the call for unity in the Democratic party was "not any more acceptable today" than it was when he
first took issue with it and started his own unsuccessful campaign months ago.
The Minnesota senator outlined "three issues" which a presidential candidate must meet to win his support. Later he told reporters these were the "conditions" for his support.
He said a candidate must do more than make "vague promises" about stopping the bombing of North Vietnam, he must say "that we have to accept a new government in South Vietnam because that's what the war's been about."
he said the Democratic party must take a greater responsibility for "the young people called upon to fight the war," give them hope
See War speech boosts . . . page 2, Presidential campaign . . . page 3 and CYR, HHH youth . . . page 16 for related stories.
Wallace fan makes his mark; leaves coeds seeing red
Jack Paradise, an avid supporter of presidential candidate George Wallace, faces possible disciplinary action from the dean of Men for defending his candidate.
Paradise, Leawood junior, climaxed a three-week political feud with two Lewis Hall coeds Sunday night by painting their residence hall window bright red.
Paradise spotted a sign early Sunday afternoon on the coeds' second floor window which said, "George Wallace is Rosemary's Baby." That night Paradise crawled up the ledge and spray-painted "Vote for Wallace" on their window.
The coeds were not in their room at the time but a security officer outside saw Paradise. He asked Paradise what he was doing to the window.
The officer waited for Paradise to get down from the ledge and then accompanied him back to Templin Hall.
Paradise replied, "Painting."
"The cop took me back to the hall and made me talk to Mr. Casey.
The feud began the day the two coeds, Virginia Powell, Leawood sophomore, and Ann Graber, Prairie Village sophomore, moved into Lewis.
Casey was really mad about it. He may even make me go to the dean of Men."
Dennis Casey, residence hall director, said he had not yet decided disciplinary measures to be used on Paradise.
"The first thing we saw when we looked out our window was a sign saying 'Vote for Wallace' on seventh floor Templin. It just made us sick." said Miss Graber.
"We started yelling things at Jack and his roommate and they began yelling back. Then one night they came over to meet us and took us out for a beer. We expected to see some Georgia dirt farmer, but instead we found a really nice, intelligent guy." said Miss Powell.
"We still don't agree with them but it's really been fun waging a war over Wallace," Miss Graber said.
Finally, McCarthy said, changes must be made so that the young can "believe in the political process of this country, so that we will not have another Chicago . . ."
that it will soon end and "do something about the draft itself."
O'Dwyer, an early backer of McCarthy for the presidency, is an outspoken critic of Humphrey and is challenging Sen. Jacob K. Javits for the Republican's Senate seat.
WEATHER
Cloudy with diminishing rain this morning, becoming partly cloudy and cooler this afternoon. Mostly fair and cooler tonight, sunny and a little warmer Thursday. Northwest winds 10-20 m.p.h. today, high in the upper 50's. Low tonight in the upper 30's to lower 40's. Precipitation near zero tonight and Thursday.
By United Press International
UDK News Roundup
SAIGON—President Nguyen Van Thieu Tuesday night put South Vietnamese troops and police on special alert in the Saigon area. One official described the move as a "coup alert."
While no official reason was immediately given for the alert, government sources said unofficially it was a response to an atmosphere of political unrest following the return of former chief of state Gen. Duong Van Minh to Vietnam.
Saigon on 'coup alert'
Minh, who engineered the overthrow of the late President Ngo Dinh Diem, returned Saturday from nearly four years exile.
Israel states peace plan
UNITED NATIONS—Israel put a peace plan before the General Assembly yesterday calling for establishment of permanent national boundaries in the Middle East to be followed by redeployment of military forces.
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba S. Eban, however, insisted that the peace plan must be negotiated in direct talks-a condition Arab powers have refused to accept on grounds that it would accord diplomatic recognition to Israel as a legitimate state.
Nobel Peace Prize given
OSLO-The 1968 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to French legal expert Rene Cassin.
Cassin was awarded the prize for his work in writing the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights.
It was the first peace prize since 1965 and carried a monetary award of $70,000.