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University Daily Kansas Tuesday, Jun. 11, 1957
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Lawmakers Face Problem
With the announcement by Gov. Docking early in December that he would not recommend a salary increase for the KU faculty to the state Legislature; the budget sessions taking place in the Legislature now have been of prime concern to students and faculty at KU.
While much has been said of the need of the five state schools for a raised budget and an increase in salaries, little has been brought out of the problems confronting the state Legislature in trying to find revenue to meet a probable expanded state budget.
Everytime the discussion comes around to finding a new source of income, the sales tax is mentioned. One suggestion is to take the sales tax balance or residue, which is limited to $12.5 million and normally goes to the local taxing units, and transfer it to the general fund. Gov. Docking suggested this last year but was turned down by the Legislature.
Persons in favor of the proposal argue that this has always been simply "residue" and because there is a need for it in state operations, it should be shifted to the general fund.
Opposition to the proposal claim that when the state adopted the sales tax a commitment was made for part of the income to be used by local units to reduce property taxes.
Other proposals which have been made to help solve the revenue problem;
1. Increase the tax on liquor.
2. Increase cigarette taxes.
3. Raise the sales tax.
4. Increase state income taxes.
5. Raise the severance tax.
While the revenue on an increased gasoline tax would have to be used only on highways and could not help in the general revenue problem, it would spread the amount of taxes over a wider area because of the great number of cars owned by Kansas taxpayers.
6. Raise the tax on gasoline.
The Legislature will have to iron out a lot of problems to please a majority of Kansas taxpayers. One suggestion to solve the problem is to reduce expenditures so the state can operate within the existing revenues.
Then too, highways and other transportation accounted for 34.2 per cent of the state appropriations for 1958. This was the top item in the appropriation with education and research second with 25.9 per cent.
This is unlikely however, in the light of the tremendous rise of state expenditures from a level of between $35 and $50 million in the 1930's to over $295 million last year. As late as 1941 the appropriations were only $215 million.
The Legislature faces a perplexing problem As a Republican controlled session, it naturally hates to vote a rise in taxes in an election year with a Democrat governor in the chair.
Gov. Docking said in an interview Saturday that he has a completely different approach to the budget problem and would present it Monday afternoon to the Legislature. If he really does have some sound ideas they certainly won't hurt his chances of re-election in November. Dick Brown
... Letters To The Editor
The Facts
Edition
We are sorry to see space taken in The Daily Kaisan to express views on a per grise, misguiding to prove the point. First, let's set the facts straight.
The letter you quoted did not contain the word "child"; it referred to "your son or daughter" or "young Jasthawker". Secondly, one share of the bonus went to Coinic Clayers Wheeler, called a "man" in your edifice.
The flyhawker is entirely run by students, on a purely voluntary basis. The advertiser is available for advice, but is far from a full-time supervisor. It is a $30,000 business.
Our book is not a "prize-winning" book. Because of its unique quarterly format it cannot be entered in competition with other books. Incidentally, when did The Daily Kieran last win an All-American rating?
The Daily Kansan has two full-time advisers, who also teach several classes, plus a full-time, maid secret-
150% It has a business staff of 15 and an editorial staff of about 30, all of whom must work on the paper to fulfill class requirements. It is a $50,000 business.
The Jayhawker gets most of its money from voluntary sales, including direct mail. Many such subscriptions included a thank you from parents for the gift suggestion.
The Daily Kansan gets its subscription money from forced circulation to every student. When a student enrolls, he must give $1.20 a semester to The Daily Kansan.
The 1857 Jayhawker cost $9.30 a book. Cost to the student-$6. Organization and ads paid the rent. Production costs are fixed. Our financial status is based on sales. Last year sales were good. We found that we could more than cover our costs. We added 24 pages, 8 in full color, the first in many years and the most ever. This pushed sales further and we had a complete sell-out and a profit.
Of this, $500 was spent for photographic equipment (KU buys photo equipment for The Daily Kansas);
. . .
The Jayhawker takes a lot of time, with no University credits. The salary is intended to make it possible for a student who needs outside work to hold the positions . . . if he is willing to work 30 to 40 hours a week for about 45 cents an hour. The bonus (3 in the past 8 years) is an added incentive to produce a good book. This is a generally accepted business practice.
$700 was put into a reserve fund. The rest was voted by the Jayhawk Board and the ASC to be divided among the three staff members.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
It is impossible to cut the cost of the Jayhawker and hope to meet its expenses consistently. There is a decided lack of enthusiasm among students to hold either "plant" position of business manager or editor.
We are sorry you don't want to buy a Jawhawk. Maybe others feel the same about The Daily Kansan. A lot of people do like the Jawhawk. To them, we say "Thanks" and we hope you enjoy the book this year as you have in the past.
George L. Blackburn,
1957 Jayhawker Editor
Steve Schmidt,
1957 Jayhawker Business Manager
The Rev. R. W. Oliver, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence, was the first chancellor of the University of Kansas, 1865-67.
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