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for him to live if he made more money and had fewer worries.
Kansan Staff Photo by AL SWAINSTON
Janet Sharistanian Says Salary Isn't Sufficient
"I would never be happy making lots of money," Mason says, "because the only thing I ask for is a salary that will meet the cost of your life. We care because we don't live a high life, and my joys are quite simple."
For some teachers, living on a KU salary means applying for a loan every two or three months to meet outstanding bills. Buying children's clothing and shoes becomes a major expense.
It means an austere food budget which seldom allows the purchase of meat. It means riding a bicycle to school when 20-degree temperatures would make driving more comfortable and provide entertainment and no vacations.
Although Robert Anderson, instructor in French and Italian, received an increase in salary two years ago, his take-home pay now is actually less than it was when he began teaching at the University in 1970.
Anderson says his wife's $2,800 salary has allowed them some leeway and made life less unpleasant for them. However, they are concerned about saving money for their child's education.
Michael J. Young, assistant professor of philosophy, says that although his financial limitations are many, his inability isn't poor by any means.
"The thing that really binds most of us is time." Young says, "I'm not able to get enough time to do my own work because to a large extent I have to spend significant amounts of time doing home repairs and the sort of things that with more income I could afford to have done for myself."
"If I had a better salary, there are a variety of things I would do which would make my life as a teacher and as a philosopher much better."
Low salaries over an extended period begin to limit a faculty member's freedom to pursue his own professional growth. Attending conference meetings, traveling and buying books must be kept to a minimum.
unless we can get something over and beyond what one would normally expect."
because of high membership costs, Houston was unable to accept an invitation to join the New York Academy of Sciences. Anderson says he would be very happy to meet in New York only because his wife's parents lived there and he
So critical is additional support for faculty salaries that the Kansas Board of Regents has given the issue a priority and a relative budget request for fiscal 1975.
The Board is asking for a 10-percent merit salary increase: 5 per
1972-73 SALARY AVERAGES OF 25 PUBLICLY SUPPORTED UNIVERSITIES
THAT ARE LEADERS IN THE GRANTING OF DOCTORAL DEGREES
Professor $21,900 Assoc. Prof. $15,300
1. Pennsylvania $21,900 $15,300
2. Rutgers $27,600 $18,900 $15,100
3. Butler $25,900 $17,000 $14,500
4. California System (Berkeley & UCLA) $25,900 $17,000 $14,500
5. North Carolina $25,200 $18,900 $15,200
6. North Carolina $25,200 $18,900 $15,200
7. Illinois $24,400 $17,000 $14,100
8. Washington (Madison) $24,400 $17,000 $14,100
9. Minnesota $24,100 $17,000 $14,100
10. Texas $24,100 $17,000 $14,100
11. Michigan State $23,300 $16,000 $14,100
12. Maryland $23,300 $16,000 $14,100
13. Iowa $22,600 $17,000 $14,100
14. Ohio $22,600 $17,000 $14,100
15. Iowa State $22,600 $17,000 $14,100
16. Iowa State $22,600 $17,000 $14,100
17. Florida State $22,400 $17,200 $14,200
18. Washington $21,900 $18,900 $14,400
19. Colorado $21,900 $18,900 $14,400
20. Oregon $21,400 $16,400 $14,400
21. Florida $21,400 $16,400 $14,400
22. Missouri $20,100 $19,300 $13,500
Source: AAUP Bulletin, June 1973
could eliminate hotel and meal expenses.
anne University's salary position has eroded steadily over the last six or eight years, according to Ambrose Saricks, vice chancellor for academic affairs. The most serious gap developed in fiscal 1872, he said, when no opportunity for faculty salary was appropriated by the Kansas legislature.
"When you lose out on one year with no salary increase with the way inflation has been, you just can't catch up again," Baracks says. "And that's what happened. People have got to realize that we can't catch up
cent to meet infiation and 5 per cent to catch up with peer institutions. If the legislature approves the 10-percent increase, the University will be a third way toward removing the competitive lag.
In 1965, Kansas ranked fourth nationally in per capita appropriation for the support of higher education. In 1973, the state had slipped to 27th.
What this means to faculty members is the frustration of maintaining excellence in teaching and research with inadequate facilities and supplies. It means cutbacks in research assistants, graduate publications, laboratory equipment, paper supplies, computer time, secretarial services and library efficiency.
Goodman says the most serious area of deterioration outside salary is the library. Many professors agree.
"Ive just had to submit to the painful process of going through a list of periodicals," Goodman says, "to determine which ones the library could cancel to save money. That's how you build a great University."
David Hardcastle, assistant professor of social welfare, says the poverty of the school is probably due to the fact that a majority of the faculty. If low University support, low salary and apparent tenure colleges are all working against a faculty member, he says, "You can't afford them a less attractive place to work."
When an institution loses its attractiveness, enthusiasm wanes. Goodman says that in the last three years he has seen a tremendous change in faculty morale characterized by intense effort to acquire and by a loss of faith in the state's commitment to higher education.
Although job mobility in education is more restricted now than it was in the '60s, there is always great demand for people of superior talent. In the 1950s, Airbnb and Dykes say, are the ones KU is concerned about losing.
Rejection of the 10-per-cent salary increase by the legislature could seriously damage morale because more faculty would become convinced that there isn't much hope for improving the situation. Sanchez
leg of Liberal Arts and Sciences, observed during a recent national council meeting of the AUP that enthusiasm for collective bargaining was increasing rapidly in the United States.
Stokstad said she wouldn't be surprised to see faculty unions spring up in Kansas if good increments in salary weren't forthcoming.
"I resent myself," Sharistant says, "working hard day and night, trying to be a really valuable member of the academic community, and knowing damn well that I'm getting less work in lesser institutions.
In a tight job market, unrest is expressed another way. Marilyn Stokstad, associate dean of the Col-
"You know you're being paid less than what you’re worth. You know you’re getting paid less than what you’re doing. Am I supposed to harbor some lifelong affection for the University of Kansas? Like hell."
KANSAS PERCIPITA INCOME VEREUS
AVERAGE FACULTY SALARY
IN 1967 DOLLARS
But Kissinger p*mised to stand by the allies despite the disagreements and proposed the development of a unified energy program to tackle an oil shortage he said would have developed even without the October war.
U.S. actions were as much in West
Europe's interest as the United States.
THE SPEECH KAS WISKER's first to the council, which is holding a two-day ten-day meeting. It was paraphrased for newsmen by U.S. officials who said the secretary emphasized that the alliance cornerstone of American foreign policy
At one point, Foreign Minister Michel Jobert of France and Kissinger had a sharp exchange over the issue of consultation. Jobbert said Europe should have been advised before President Nixon and Soviet Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev worked out their declaration last June on the prevention of nuclear war.
Kissinger attempted in mrs speeck, however, to heal the wounds that deepened when most of the allies separated them from each other. His stance during the war and its aftermath.
INFORMED DIPLOMATES reported that Kissinger disavowed any intention to keep Britain and France out of the Middle East peacemaking process. But they said he also told the NATO ministers both inside and outside the conference room that British representatives would complicate the peace talks due to begin in Geneva Dec. 18.
First, Kissinger listed a growing Soviet military force which he said was the primary reason for the search for detente. He also said upheaval in developing nations a number of economic problems have great urgency than differences across the Atlantic.
He said differences between the United States and Europe paired in comparison with those in other countries.
JOHN RUBY SPECTACULAR CONFIDENCE IN PROSECUTION LEGAL MEDIA NOW KANSAS POLICE PROTECTS HIS
wife PATRICIA AT the Dec. 18, Geneseo peace negotiations was a government decision.
Israel says Syria has refused to turn over names of the 102 Israel POWs believed in Syria, and the International Red Cross has confirmed the
An Israeli refusal to negotiate with Syria be a serious blow to chances for the success of the negotiations.
Congressional tax experts received the first documents of Nixon's tax returns.
The material Nixon released in disclosing his tax affairs confirmed that he paid about $80,000 in federal income taxes over the past four years and no state income taxes. He asked the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation to review the returns.
Gas retailers want Phase 4 controls lifted so prices can rise $1^{c}$ to $3^{c}$ a gallon.
"We are fighting for our survival," said Charles Binsted, president of the National Congress of Petroleum Retailers during a convention. He made his comment at the same time an industry publication told of rising gasoline prices.
KU 'Preachers'
Put Faith
In Bible
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iay, December 11, 1973
Nixon Tapesator Disclosed
aspirator E, Howard Hunt and so said it would be no problem dilton to buy the silence of the 1 Waterate defendants.
ed that the March 22 meeting of Watergate and the rigate committee hearings open seven weeks later.
I newsman Monday that art were taking a second look a June 20, 1972, conversation President and then-White staff H. R. Haldeman in an irritant what caused an 18
at two weeks, Sirica heard what might have caused the je 20 tape which was one of aed.
HINICAL EXPERTS had tape at a laboratory in New I returned it to the judge and the weekend they asked irica said, adding he hopes to at the end of the week.
into evidence at the court letter Jaworski wrote Nov. 1 red Buzhardt, White House
Jaworski asked for the June
The request for an injunction was made by Chester Davis, attorney for Summa Corp., a company controlled by billionaire Howard R. Hughes. The Senate committee has been taking testimony in closed sessions about a $100,000 cash contribution from Hughes to Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo, the President's close friend.
Tapes of telephone conversations on those two days between the President and Colson Brown.
4 and tapes. He requested the tape of a meeting between 3:05 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on June 3 involving the President, Halideman the律医man, then his domestic adviser.
Dean has testified that a plan to offer executive clemency to Hunt was discussed during those two days. In a related development yesterday, a federal judge refuted the Senate Watergate committee from questioning witnesses in closed sessions.
Bebozo and the President have said the money, held in a Florida bank for nearly three years, later was returned.
HE ALSO ASKED for the tape of a meeting between 5:16 p.m. and 5:50 p.m. on June 4 between the President and Charles Johnson, then White House special counsel
cking to Adjustulty Pay Increase
by SUZI SMITH
Common Shell Resorter
I be couldn't say how much increase might be adjusted ved the budget.
there last night with student or class presidents from the res and universities.
lou. Robert Docking said last were able to be "some adde in the 5 per cent salary acity at state schools that inded at the state budget month.
that he was still "balancing gainst his demands." There hoices that have to be made d learning, he said.
*Regents had requested a 10 ease for faculty of the tansas. James Bibb, budget manager of the university, gave five net cent increase.*
that the money has limits,
e priority to be faculty
e Knopp, student body
mass State University, said.
Wichita senior and student
professor Jeffrey Baldwin
a "more malice depressant."
dent representatives agreed
lary increases were the top
r schools.
representatives also stressed proval by the legislature of a
$770,000 allocation to cover tuition fee waivers at the state schools. The program would give KU and K-State each $100,000 and each $30,000, and each of the three colleges $90,000.
Seventy-five per cent of the funds would be used to pay athletic scholarships, and the remaining funds would go to music, debate and journalism programs.
Victor Miller, student body president at Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia, Missouri, was a key important to the colleges than to the universities. He said the colleges were being hit harder by decreasing enrollments and were increasingly difficult to fund their athletic programs.
He said that the only way to avoid dropping minor sports and to face the coming enrollment crisis at the colleges would be through the waiver program.
Buckley said that he and Pat Neumstrom, Salina senior and senior class president, mentioned specifically to Docking faculty members the importance of courses and women's intercollegiate athletics.
"The desire for these programs was clearly made," Burckley said. "Now it lies in the hands of the program."
Neustrom said he thought Docking was very receptive to the student representa-
"I really don't know how much consequence this dinner is going to have on his
$ \textcircled{w} $ and price controls were lifted from industry but increases limited.
it of Living Corp said it extracted a commitment from Ford and General Motors Corp, to limit price increases for the of the 1974 model year to an average of no more than $150 a commitment came from American Motors for an average in-
*C Corp.*, the council said, declined to make similar commitments, niell decided to exempt it from controls.
artment of Labor filed suit against milk acers alleging unfair labor practices.
sman for the Associated Milk Producers, Inc. has no immediate
outline as it whatever the Fairfax Labor Standards Act.
for the start annoying that it won't leave the Labor Department petition assists that the association hasn't been paying some compensation to workers who have worked more than 40 hours weekly at branch plants in Rusk and Sulphur Springs, Tex., and Laurel, Neb.
Gov't, environmental group considering
separate suits on Alaska pipeline monopoly.
separate surest propels a pipeline
The government on the Sierra Club assert that the Alaska pipeline would
give oil an unfair monopoly.
At least one suit could seek to halt pipeline construction, scheduled to begin within weeks. Completion of the line, which will lift the rich oil fields of the region, is expected in November.
Nixon formally submitted to the Senate
Saybe's nomination to be attorney general.
I have a nomination to be attorney general.
Nixon pick Sen. William E. Saxbe, R-Ohio, to be attorney general more than a month ago but had been unable to make the nomination because the attorney general's salary was $80,000 a year from $50,000 while in the Senate.
That constitutional obstacle was removed when Nixon signed into law a hill reducing the attorney general's salary to its previous level.