New fuel feeds custodial discord
By PAM LANDON and ELLEN IWAMOTO Staff Reporters
a new conflict in an old struggle between KU custodians and American Management Services, a custodial management service, emerged last week when a group of the custodians levelled allegations of work loads and unnecessary work loads against AMS.
The custodians, represented by the Custodian Action Committee, have been meeting since late August to research and document complaints against AMS.
Irving VanDuyne, CAC chairman and a member of the board of the committee is to let the public know what the (AMS) contract says and what problems it has caused for KU.
Custodians
VanDyne estimated that 40 to 50
Lawrence campus custodians were
members of the committee.
VanDayne said the CAC had not planned any specific legal action at this time.
The AMS was hired by the University to improve efficiency in KU housekeeping and food service programs. The program at the KU Medical Center and in December 1977 it took over supervision of the AMS.
However, the University's transition to AMS has been marked by controversy.
At the Med Center in March of 1978, petitions were circulated by the USPS to prohibit custodians from presenting Customs卫士 later threatened to stage a walkout to protest working conditions, but they were denied.
At a press conference Friday afternoon, the CAC alleged that the AMS had been giving custodians a work load longer than usual, especially handicapped and other workers.
DAVE BALDWIN, AMS director of housekeeping at the University, said he had been instructed that only the main AMS office would be involved, he could comment on the CAC alterations.
An official from the office, Frank LaFaso, director of management development for AMS, he was not familiar enough with the KU situation to
comment on the specific allegations by the CAC.
But he said AMS made every effort to assign handicapped employees jobs they could handle according to job descriptions.
He said AMS building cleanliness standards were based upon both national averages for the specific type of institution and on the conditions of the individual institution.
"WE DO NOT expect more work than the average individual can perform," he said.
proportion to the volume of the calculator.
Customists have been disciplined for such things as punching out a few minutes late and talking on the job, he said.
However, LaFasto said that AMS used a "progressive discipline system."
Employees go through five stages of discipline before they are fired, ranging from a verbal reprimand to suspension to termination, he said.
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes said he thought AMS had made improvements in the KU housekeeping department, but he was not completely satisfied.
Rodger Oroke, University support services director, said he thought the statement of complaints the CAC made Frida was unfounded.
"I think they are a group of employees who have refused in their own minds to accept reasonable work assignments and have been disclassified." he said.
OROKE SAID employees with problems should express them through the established grievance procedures.
The University would not negotiate with the CAC because of an agreement with the Kansas Public Services Employee Union Local No. 1422, which serves the Lawrence area and supports the union was the sole bargaining point for facilities operations workers, Borke said.
Union officials advised KU night custodians at a union meeting yesterday in Lawrence that the CAC should work through the union to express its grievances against
Francis Jacobs, international representative for the union, said the
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10,000 'munchkins' frolic in Topeka Oz II festival
Staff Reporter
By KATE POUND
The munchkins, more than 10,000 children, cavorted Saturday during the dayling OI II, a children's art festival held on the statehouse lawn.
Somewhere over the rainbow in Topopea to be precise - the worked with became one of our specialties and was replaced by friendly policemen and the statehouse dome towered like the Emerald City.
The children, brought by scout troop leaders, teachers and parents from as far away as Wichita, participated in the festival free of charge.
sponsored by the state Department of Social Rehabilitation Services and the Kansas University Hospital in Kansas, the festival was given in recognition of the International Year of the Human Rights and the state and honorary chairman of the Kansas IYC Committee, was one of the organizers
THE DAY BEGAN with a parade through downtown Topena. More than 800 children and performers were led down the route by a float carrying Gov. John Carlin, Mrs. Carolin and Margaret Marriott, who played in the 1930 movie "The Wizard of Oz."
Looking more like someone's grandmother than the evil witch of Oz fame,
Hamilton waved and smiled to the children who lined the streets. At the parade's end she sat on the float, signed autographs and gave eerie, witty laughs.
"Mommy, she doesn't look like a witch," a curly haired little girl said just before Hamilton gave one of her famous laughs.
"But she sounds like one!" the little girl cried.
THE CHILDREN unwilling to face the Wicked Witch found comforting friends in the Cowardly Lion, the Tinnman, the Scarecrow and Dorothy.
"How come you're always so scared, Lion?" a small boy asked.
"Well, wouldn't you be scared too, if there was a witch after you?" the tousled, maned beaked reilied.
The costumed characters, played by employees of the state Department of Economic Development, served as assistant development and officer and assistant-tenders during the day.
one UZ character also coordinated the day's activities, ranging from performances of the Lawrence High School Chorale to the IYC Troupe Clump from Wichita. The children have more than 90 boots with performances entertaining children and adults alike.
"HI, HONEY! You want a mustache like ol' Doc here?" asked Connie Hudnett,
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Members of several groups gathered outside Shenanigan club a Saturday night to join with the International Committee Against Racism's protest the club's audience.
New members join InCAR after rally
By JUDY WOODBURN
No disco
Staff Reporter
Members of the International Committee Against Racism, which helped to organize a protest rally Saturday night at a local disco bar, said yesterday that the rally had ensured the formation of the ICAR branch group in Lawrence.
Grace Moreno, Kansas City, Mo., IncAR student, said nine Lawrence residents and KU students had signed up nightly to become members of IncAR.
"About 30 people signed up to receive more information about InCAR," she added.
JOHN  SHEPPARD, manager of
Shenanigans, told reporters before the rally that the club would remain closed if the club were to leave the club would not airsvate any conflict.
Members of INCAR and the Progressive Labor Party, a Marxist-Leninist group, organized Saturday's rally, in protest of alleged oligarchy in municipal policies of the San Francisco 901 Mississippi SX., a private luxury club.
He was not available for comment last night.
Employees of Shenanigans kept the disco closed during the rally, which began at about 8:30 p.m.
About 30 protestors, wearing white armbands and bearing signs with slogans such as "Smash Racism" and "Stop the assaults entrusted in a circle near the club's entrance."
Lead by inCAR members who chanted over a loudspeaker from the front steps of a building, such as "Asians, Latius, Blacks and Whites, to smash racism, we must
The rally ended at about 10; 10 p.m.
THE MULTI-RACIAL group of the University of California, MECIA group, a Mexican-American student organization; the RU Committee on South Africa and Gay Services of the University.
Norman Forer, KU professor of social welfare, also marched with the protestors.
"I think we're doing some good here," he said. "We shut it down tonight and we'll shut it down again if we have to."
As marchers chanted anti-racist slogans, their faces were lit by the repeated flashes of cameras and the alarming flood light of a television screen.
of the nearly 50 bystanders, about 10 represented news media.
M. AJ.DARLEE STEPHENS, assistant chief of Lawrence Police, watched the rally from the noon to evening. Mr. Stephan had not expected any trouble, but were prepared nevertheless.
Capt. John Mullens of the KU Police said most of the KU police force had been on call during the rally.
Stephens said he was concerned that reckless drivers turning at the southwest corner of Ninth and Mississippi streets would create a hazard to the crowd of people.
Members of inCAR, however,
welcome the traffic, pass leaves
denouncing Shenanigans through
the open windows of cars that passed.
Dee Phillips, Overland Park senior, a bystander, voiced her support for the rally.
today.
"I THINK IT'S GREAT," she said.
"That's why I went around in the circle eight times."
A member of Shenanigans who waited at the door to be let into the club following the rally said he thought the "hair" had not proved much."
"I don't think the club is prejudiced," the member said. "I've seen some black people in the club frequently."
Paul Showalter, InCAR member, said he considered the protest a success. He inCAR and the Progressive Labor Party had scheduled a rally this Saturday to begin at 13:00 p.m. in the lobby of the March. Showalter is to commemorate the work of John Brown, a 19th century slave activist.
Regents may boost faculty raises
By JEFF SJERVEN
Staff Renarter
The Kansas Board of Regents decision to recode faculty pay proposals is in accordance with an indication from schools will receive larger salary increases than now are budgeted, Campus Archeter Acheline.
“这 indicates the Regents concern for our faculty members at time of unparalleled inflation,” Dykes said. “This is a positive sim.”
The Regents will reconsider the present 7-percent base-pay increase when the Carter administration releases its new inflation guidelines.
ministrative heads of all Regents schools. The Council forwarded the recommendation to the Regents.
Glew Smith, a Regents member, said the board was likely to support faculty salary increases more closely tied to the cost of living.
Dykes called last month for the maximum pay increase allowable under Carter's new guidelines at a meeting of the Council of Presidents, which comprises the ad-
"WE'VE done all we can do under the present guidelines. 'Saint said: "But we need to be careful about needs. When the new guidelines come out, we'll give our consideration to increasing them."
Evelyn Swartz, University Council president, said the Resden decision to reconsider faculty salaries was a step in the right direction.
"I don't know what to expect from the Regens," she said. "The outcome will
depend on what the guidelines say and what happens on the state level."
The Regents also decided to allow universities to request additional state funding because of unexpected increases in enrollment.
INCREASED ENROLLMENT, Dykes said, resulted in an increase in student fees collected.
"However," Dykes said, "all fees collected by universities are state funds. Even though we have the extra money, we demand the legislature for permission to use it."
If the Legislature released the funds, Dykes said, the Lawrence campus would be entitled to approximately $300,000 in additional funds, and the College of Health
Sciences in Kansas City, Kan., would receive about $7.000.
The Regents also approved a proposal to allow universities to seek increased state funding for non-student use of student unions.
SMITH SAIED THE Regents this summer appointed a task force at the request of the Regents Student Advisory Committee, to examine non-student use of Regents school unions. Based on the task force's recommendations, the Regents cleared the way for Regents to be distributed among Regions unions. Cover the response of non-student use.
In addition, Dykes told the Regents Friday that the University of Kansas was exploring the possibility of starting a health maintenance organization at the KU.
Band's day
KU quarterback Brim Bettie (left), KU football coach Dennis Baugh (with arm runs) and KU offensive coordinator John Hunt (right) were among the players.
the Marching Jayhawks with the game ball from KU's 24-victory over Iowa State Saturday. Fambrigh said the band "played like hell and helped me and the football team." See story page six.
Commune life stresses sharing
Rv.JUDY WOODBURN
Staff Reporter
Jennifer Powell smiled broadly and recalled how she had put her hand on her pregnant friend's belly and felt the baby kick the other day.
Powell, a member of East Wind, an equilateral community or communicate in unison with other communities to unborn child's new movements because she will share a special function in the infant's life.
She is one member of a four-woman birthing crew that helps the expectant mother through breathing exercises and aids midwives during labor and birth.
"Our friend doesn't have a primary relationship with a man," Powell said, "so the barring crew is there to act as a support for her."
Powell came to KU Thursday with another community member for a two-day visit with women living groups and the NCDC. She said it was acceptable at East Wind for a woman to choose to have a child although she was not committed to one man, who would care for her.
"SHE CHOSE A man in the community who was agreeable and he impregnated her. They are very close friends," she said.
After the child is born, the sharing of parental responsibilities will continue at the community she said.
Marcia Aitken, also a member of East Wind, said she was a "primary adult" for one of the three children in the community.
one of the three children in the family "Every child has three primary adults who have a special relationship to the child
East Wind, like the five other communities in the Federation of Egalitarian Communities, was inspired by behavioral psychologist B. F. Skinner's utopian novel *Warhead*. F. Federation is a group of warheads in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
and spend time regularly with them. The primaries may or may not include the child's biological parents, but they usually do." Alken said.
ATKEN SAID ONE of the purposes of East Wind, which was founded in 1973, was to form a society that would allow its members to shed租契, sexist and violent or competitive behaviors. The community has its 100 acres of land, its resources and its
Personal relationships in the community are free of jealousy, even though women or men may be involved in more than one loving relationship at one time. Aitken said.
POWELL SAID, "And we're friends. We all work together too much to let something like that stand in the way."
A primary relationship would mean greater commitment and intimacy with the partner. A secondary relationship means a less frequent relationship, with less contact.
The group supports itself by growing much of its own food and by the manufacture and sold of woven hammocks, hanging chairs and sandals, Powell said.
"For instance, Jennifer and I have had a relationship with the same man. It was a long time ago that we had a relationship for her. We avoided the subject for a while, but then we realized that it was a mistake."
"We base our labor system on the premise that all work is equally honorable." Aiken said. "If some work is particularly hard to do, we make sure that everybody has a little of it."
"WOMEN FIND that this is a good place to learn to skills, such as mechanics, from men who have these skills because society said they should be the ones to learn them," she said. "You'll see women with their heads under car doors or women driving in cars as often as you will, so you'll be sitting at the kitchen sink or dinner babies."
each member must accumulate at least 45 labor credits a week, a credit being worth one hour of work.
Men and women have equal opportunities to choose the types of work that appeal to them. Alfta said.
Members receive an allowance of $2.40 a week to spend as they choose.
"I buy Pepas with my money," Jennifer said. "But other people buy bounce or food goods. Marcia buys backpacking equipment - very slowly, I might add."
AITKEN SAID neighbors of the community regarded its members as hard-
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