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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1958
Kansas' Big Issue
This is the proposed labor organization amendment to the Kansas constitution:
Both sides agree this amendment would weaken the power of labor unions. Management, some chambers of commerce, and many Kansas newspapers believe this is a good thing. Union leaders and others believe it is bad.
No person shall be denied the opportunity to obtain or retain employment because of membership or nonmembership in any labor organization, nor shall the state or any subdivision thereof, or any individual, corporation, or any kind of association enter into any agreement, written or oral, which excludes any person from employment or continuation of employment because of membership or non-membership in any labor organization.
The effect of the amendment is to prohibit closed, union, and non-union shops. Since the closed shop in interstate commerce is outlawed under federal law, the bill would primarily affect the union shop.
The disadvantages to unions are these: the union would lose financially, since some workers would choose not to join; the union would lose its bargaining power, since non-union men could be hired if the union struck; the union would gain nothing, since it would still be required (under federal law) to negotiate on behalf of all workers in a shop, including non-union men.
The unions contend this amendment would open the doors to abuses by management, strip the union (and therefore the worker) of ability to seek gains in pay and working conditions, and permit freeloaders to gain the benefits of union membership without the obligations.
The amendment's supporters claim these advantages: no worker may be forced to join a union against his will, as has happened in some cases; management cannot destroy a union, since the bill also outlaws discrimination against union men.
Millions of words have been written on the "right to work" amendment, both in Kansas and in other states which have passed similar laws. The results in states with a "right to work" law are inconclusive so far in relation to its effect on unions and wages.
So far, the amendment's supporters seem to have the better-organized campaign, but there is strong opposition among the affected group union men.
The issue is up to the voters, specifically the non-union laborers who probably hold the balance of power. The non-union man may or may not believe that the amendment will protect him from "union dictatorship." He may accept or reject the union argument that the amendment is a "slave labor bill."
We'll find out in November. —Al Jones
The Decline and Fall of Humor
(Editor's note: Students wishing to apply for positions on the campus humor magazine should apply to their All Student Council representative or to the publications committee. Chairman is Sally Mack.)
This student body may not remember, but KU has had a long, rich history of campus humor.
Squat, last year's magazine, seemed a little weak, but it was preceded by giants. The old Sour Owl and its alter ego, the Bitter Bird, gave the alumni some of their brightest memories.
Well, the old Bird was banned, and the Owl expired in 1956. Since then we've had Squat. Literally.
This year we may not even have that. The publications committee is waiting patiently for applications to the campus humor magazine for editor, manager, staff members.
So far, only one person has applied. Obviously, one person cannot publish a magazine, and the committee is considering giving up and leaving KU humorless this year.
A bleak prospect indeed. With 8,000 students on campus, there must be many who could write humor, draw cartoons, and come up with good material.
There are students majoring in English, speech journalism, and design. There are members of the Quill Club. So far, none of these people have come forth.
In the good old days, undergraduates in America were noted for their irreverence, gusto, and breezy ideas of the nature of humor. There were fights to see who could contribute to the campus funny books. It was one chance to blast stuffed shirts, unpopular University policies, and weird campus habits with satire and burlesque.
It is not necessary to be dirty-minded to write campus humor. Smut is not required. Ribald humor is something else again. Ribaldry is the traditional field of campus jokes, and it has showed up in every college humor magazine worth reading.
The new magazine, whatever its name, offers a chance for new writers to try their hands at humor. It would add something to the school year, which everyone knows could use some comic relief.
Humor is not an essential, but is certainly an important phase of campus life. We hate to see it die.
—The Editors
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IMAGINE! A PNI BETA KAPPA FINDING ME INTERESTING!
WHY I GARELY HAVE A 'C' AVERAGE!
Short Ones
Baked prune whip is back in the newspapers, but it will pass. Who ever hears of yami yogurt any more?
The latest atomic shot was named 'Eddy,' and Debbie will probably ask for equal time during the test series.
Following the latest Hollywood triangle, we wonder how those people would ever get anything done without press agents.
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It Looks This Way . . .
By Al Jones
We cleared off the desk the other day. The stockpile included bills and irate letters (which went to file 13); letters marked RUSH and dated in August; letters praising the UDK (we saved these to run in the paper); and a Frisbee.
We use a capital letter on Frisbee because it may be a trade name, and we don't want nobody mad at us. The F. is a small red plastic disc, hollowed on the under, or air-catching, side, so as to facilitate sailing. It's designed along the lines of a flying saucer—the center is raised slightly to form a round cockpit, with portholes, and the names of the planets (reassuringly in English) are printed around the rim.
Having unearthed this disconcerting artifact, we waited a few minutes for the little green men to appear. Then we decided that green men wouldn't travel in a red saucer except maybe at Christmas time, so we picked it up.
The F. is made by the same firm which developed the hula hoop, and takes about as much brains to operate. What it's good for is the same as we used tin can lids for when we were kids—you sail it, Only the Frisbee costs more, so you go get it after the pitch.
The owner of the F. came back to claim it, and told us the ground rules. A college somewhere north of here had a Frisbee contest last year, with the saucerists throwing for distance, accuracy, and we suppose the honor of alma mater. Sometimes it's a relief to live in a backward area that civilization hasn't reached.
We tried chinking the F. around the newsroom, but there wasn't really room enough to get a good toss—that is, until we broke out the window. The Frisbee was last seen heading north at about fifty feet. Maybe those little green men were just lying doggo until they got into the open air.
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