4 Mondav. November 4. 1974 University Daily Kansan THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN OPINION Reform infects parties GOP ELECTION DAY BUTTON Where are we headed with our two-party system? The question has been raising its puzzled head for quite some time, but the issue recurs with fresh perplexity in the pending bill for the financing and regulation of federal election campaigns. For whatever it may be wind up only with greater confusion. place on a uniform, nationwide ballot, would multiply like rabbits. In theory, the voter would have a greater choice; in practice, to judge from the European experience, we would provides a candidate with audiennes far beyond the reach of a shad bake, clam bake or party rally in the park. Other factors have played a part. A generation has grown up in institutions generally. Young people look about them and see With deference to the reformers, who sincerely want to make our skin this thick. This radical surgery is well-advised. Before the two-party system is further weakened, it might be prudent to reflect that we have nothing to take its place. There is not much satisfaction, after all, in marveling at the brilliant operation of the patient dies. (c) 1974 Washington Hiatus Syndication, Inc. By James Kilpatrick worth, my guess is that this well-intentioned legislation one day will be seen as the last step in prophecy may be wrong. The two-party system has been pretty well fixed in our republic for the past 120 years, since my father sprung its gussets and fell into shrews. The two-party system has survived Bull Moosers, Progressives, States' Righters and remarkably durable institution. Even so, the system is in trouble. A dozen causes have contributed to the slow decline. The antibiotic civil service has destroyed most of the healthy bacteria of political patronage. Other causes have replaced the scuttle of coal for the precinct worker. Parties have little to give by way of reward for faithful service, and they can impose little punishment for defection. Television Political scientists know that the federal government has had trouble attracting capable administrators to the higher positions of government service. One reason is that the pay is low compared to the pay of similar jobs in private business. For years, Americans have complained that only a millionaire could become a president, senator or governor. Now it appears that even the president has to have trouble attaining political office. Rockeferler has been able to give his time to public service because he is independently responsible for this distinguished public career, he was governor of State, and he assisted secretary of state, under secretary of Several criticisms of Rockefeller have been voiced. But all of these doubts are really only one suspicion about Rockefeller. In this post-Watergate atmosphere, politicians are aware that with enough money to influence someone else, There is a better than even chance that President Gerald R. Ford will withdraw the nomination of Nelson Rockefeller to become vice president. that "the system" has failed to end poverty, stop racism, prevent war and clean up the dirty environment. The two young people registering in the system. Almost half of the young people registering to vote in recent months have refused to affiliate with either major party. Like organized religion, politics is traveling at the edges. Critics mistrust Rocky's wealth The pending bill on campaign reform, unless I am wholly mistaken, will accelerate the parties' decline. This surely is not the purpose of the bill. The idea is to prevent the malodorous scandals that stink up the political landscape two months before they begin by ceilingings on the amounts that could be spent by candidates for the presidency and for Congress. The bill would create a new federal board to oversee campaigns. Public funds, voluntarily contributed through a check-off plan, would be channelled to presidential candidates and congressional candidates as well. The idea is to make our politics nurer. The Rockefeller family has neither jealously guarded its fortune nor squandered it. The Rockefeller Foundation has generously given the funds necessary for the legacy of national and international social problems. Health, Education and Welfare, a member of the commission and an adviser to three presidents. Rockefeller's personal life and finances have undergone some of the most intense scrutiny in American political history. He has come out of it remarkably unscatched, considering the complexity of his affairs and his many enemies in the right wing of the Republican party. Congress should confirm Nelson Rockefeller as vice president before he decides the job isn't worth all the trouble. If he isn't confirmed, we may end up with another mediocre compromise vice president like Spiro Agnew. And they are a dime a dozen. —Richard Paxson Contributing Writer The Bible says that it shall be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the gates of heaven. Let's set aside the hard for a rich man to become vice president. Hashinger residents show off some trifles The purpose is fine, but I doubt that this bill will accomplish that purpose. It will require the campaign expenditures outside the party system. It will cripple one function of the political party, which is to raise funds for a party campaign. If the bill fails to achieve the money available to candidates for the House and Senate, the effect will be to encourage third, fourth and fifth party incumbents, including incumbents, and placing plurality winners in office. By JANHYATT Music Reviewer Friday night, 14 Hashinger residents and guest artist Marsha Paludan, a dancer, and Movement: 'Sand' and Movement: A Mix Bagatelle in *Hashinger Theatre*. The program was a music followed by a dance. It was performed by Paludan and six dancers. Hashinger Hall residents once again have shown that their community is a creative, energetic one that encourages the performing talents of its members. David Huebert, Goodland sophomore and pianist, and Joe Hulse. Russell freshman and This additional probability: Once the national government gets involved in our elections, through the new administrative board and the campaign subsidies, the quiescent movement toward the direct national government on fresh momentum. We would then be headed toward a fundamental restructuring of our whole scheme of government. Minority parties, assured of a second pianist, gave a remarkable performance of Mendelssohn's "Concerto in G minor, Op. 25, No. 1." Huebert is a good pianist, but an even better performer. His bows to audience were low and long. At the end of his gestures, grimaces and looks of concentration of a concert pianist. The dancers, clad in leanders and sweat pants, began walking, rolling, swinging and swaying as they warmed-up for the demonstration. They were participants in Paludan's dance which she had been teaching for several weeks at Hashinger. A flute solo in a minor key performed by Karen Swinger, Englewood, Ohio junior, was quiet and mysterious in mood. Michael Bryant, Lubbock, Tex. graduate student sang two short numbers. His bartone voice was full but didn't require a display of strong volume or sustained breath. Paladun explained that the demonstration was an open class, a glimpse of the things she had been taught to focus was not on dance technique and specific steps and patterns, but instead on getting the dancers to feel comfortable in movement in front of others. Jon Davis, Hugton freshman and trumpeter, and Jeffrey Smith, volley also played in the league. He was a Johnson, Cinnarron senior and piano accompanist, performed "Concerto in D Major for Viola and Piano, Op. 1," by Carl Stamitz. Smith's playing got on and in the difficult allegro he played quite well. During intermission, the musicians moved the pianos and music stands off the floor, and they stepped on a tumbling mat, two bags blown-up balloons, rubber balls and strips of masking tape. "When I say the word dance, I mean the basic urge to what that's born in us, in every cell," she said. Paludan said people could dance all day long to the rhythm. ms or sounds by using natural body movements. "You are dancing when you are conscious of moving," she said. The dancers began a progression of movements. They rolled around on the floor, slowly got up and played with the balloons but went on with the motions of playing with them. The six dancers illustrated Paludan's ideas about the beauty and dancing found in simple, natural movements. The dancers can be traditionally, with no planned choreography, Paludan is the kind of teacher that all beginning dance students should study with because she emphasizes the naturalness of movement. At the end of the program, some of the audience joined the dancers on the floor. THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN An All-American college newspaper Kansan Telephone Numbers Newsroom—UN 4-4810 Business Office—UN 4-4358 Published at the University of Kansas weekdays annual publication. Subscription for animation periods. Second-class picture paid at Lawrence University. Subsequent student subscriptions or $1.50 each year. 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Recently Ellis and Bagley streets were resurfaced. The funds came from the parking fee proceeds. Stouffer residents didn't participate in the decision to use the funds for this purpose. It seems reasonable to assume that many Stouffer should at the very least have a voice in determining how these funds are used. Perhaps instead of repaving its roadways, Parking and Security might consider using these funds to initiate measures to protect the property and the safety of Stouffer's residents. Robert Bermant Stouffer resident Library fines Contrary to what seems to be the consensus, University of Kansas librarians get no joy from issuing fines. The truth is, sending fines is a pain in the neck. You're not going to be able to library patrons were responsible enough to return a library book on time. The library does not keep fine money; it goes to the University General Fund. If you want to buy with the money, I don't know. Many patrons seem to take delight in abusing their library privileges, then cannot understand why they are being fined. Fines serve as a punishment, an intended deterrent for keeping a book for longer than the three-week check-out you need to keep the book for longer than it will be happy to renew it. If you need it no longer, please return it; others may need the book library like a free book store. They seem to have no regard for other library patrons since we cannot fine them. This I think is a gross inequality. Professors should be forced to pay fines just as anyone else. Perhaps the business office should withhold their paychecks until they clear fines and then they would be sure to return books. Faculty members are the chief abusers of library privileges in Marvin Library, where staff and policy that faculty members have four-month check-out. It would seem that people as learned as they would not need any book for longer than that. Some professors have had access to their book back from a professor is like trying to pluck a penguin. Some professors treat the Yes, $30 for a lost book does seem like a lot to pay when the book may not have cost that much. Your book is the age of inflation. Many lost books are no longer in print, thus making them more ex-merged to replace. The price of the repackaged processing are a part of the $30 charge. You can be assured that the librarians do their work well if you do not care to pay the $30, don't lose the book. The University Libraries are understaffed and over worked. There are bound to mistakes made. We ask only for your assistance in with any misunderstanding you may have with the Library. Grace E. J. Stoufer Student assistant Marvin library Legal Aid To the editor: Evidently the issue of the Legal Aid Society and its finances is still with us from the beginning. Gould's letter in the Oct. 30 Kansan so that he and others might better understand the Student Senate's actions and the situation in regard to the matter. Regardless of one's particular feelings on the previous question, it has been clearly recognized that students fund more of the Legal Aid Society's activities than, on a proportional basis, KU students actually use. Further funding by the Senate, then, would contribute rather than a contribution rather than a compensation for services. One might well ask why it is that the Legal Aid organization seeks funding from student activity monies at all. Are students somehow less entitled to federal revenue-sharing funds and union Fund sources than are others in the community? The problem of charity allocation has presented itself as a challenge. The attitude of most members of the Senate, including myself, is that it is totally inappropriate for the Senate to legislate away student activity funds for charitable causes, even though they may contribute to such causes. Contribution to such causes is a highly personal sort of thing and is best left on action on the part of students as individuals. The student has a right to expect certain benefits from activity fees in the forms of activities and services. In regard to student activity funds, then, Gould's perception of the Senate's limitations are about "no one but students should benefit from student money." The use of the Kansan as an organization analogous to the Legal Aid Society is foolish. The Kansan is funded not only by university students, but because it constitutes a tremendous service to its leadership, which is the entire KU student body. The Kansan, at least, is and will remain a resource for all of Clark Davis Clark Davis Executive Secretary Student Senate Solar energy To the editor: To the editor: It has come time for the people of the world to stop acting the part of the "Moles," as your editorial cartoon of Oct. 10 depicted, and realize that the most vast energy supply we will need to support life in such. The electromagnetic radiation in the form of sunlight that reaches the earth every 15 minutes is one of earth's energy needs for a year. The Congress passed the Energy Reorganization Act on Oct. 11, establishing the Energy Research and Development Act to call for priority development of solar energy, yet only 49 of the 7,124 employees assigned to the agency are working on solar power. The Energy agency opens" on Oct. 24 also states, the ERDA is "beginning operations 99 per cent devoted to atomic power and is not what the Congress asked for when it passed the bill. Each day our supply of clean air and water is fouled just a degree more. The burning of coal for our power and the use of oil in transportation and heating have already done tremendous damage to our air. Although you know that the water used to cool an oven has become uncontaminated, I crenge at the thought of what a spill of nuclear waste into the air or water might do. Jack Frankl, director of radiology and biophysics at the KU Medical Center has said, quoting your Oct. 24 article Kansas atomic power pondered that the danger could cause submarine cancer. . Plutonium has been linked to cancer in animals." So the dangers are not just imagined. What sense does it make to heat our homes directly by burning oil or indirectly by burning coal (electricity generation) to keep us from the relatively minor risks associated with simultaneously subject ourselves to the resulting very deadly sulfur dioxide and hydrocarbons? Solar energy is feasible. Experimental structures at the University of Delaware and Oak Ridge National Laboratory by Dr. Karl Boer and Dr. George Lof, respectively, plus a whole neighborhood of houses in El Cajon, California, have proven tremendously successful. Solar panels are equipped with electricity generation systems (solar collection panels, usually made up of silicon cells or cadmium sulfide) that provide up to 80 per cent of all energy needs, plus solar heating and solar cooking (by a variety of methods) systems. The houses built aren't advanced 'science project' buildings but we can put the sun to work for us, how we can provide energy for our everyday needs without having to burn some sort of fuel, from materials with atomic reaction and radioactive waste disposal. The prospects are fantastic, and you can know that the concept is proven workable and successful. Let us all look to it, because we do not endanger us, but rather, make life better for us. 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