University Daily Kansan, January 14 1983
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ERA resurrected for another round
By KIESA ASCUE Staff Reporter
The tired pony that has trudged through every Congress since 1833 returned to the House of Representatives for one more ride this month.
The name has been changed to House Resolution No. 1, but the message of the Equal Rights Amendment remains the same: "Equality of rights shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex."
And feminists refuse to let the issue become a dead horse.
"We said we would resubmit it and keep it going," Kathy Brill, vice president of the local chapter of the National Organization for Women, said earlier this week. "If people knew more about it, they would support it. The ERA have been confused with issues of religion, abortion and homosexuality.
"MOST PEOPLE who are against it don't know why they're against it. Emotions and fear get in their way."
The ERA, the first resolution introduced in the House this year, had 221 co-sponsors. Since then, the number of co-sponsors has increased to 227.
A decade ago, Congressmen overwhelmingly favored the amendment in both houses, but it failed to get enough support to become part of the U.S. Constitution.
The ERA should encounter few problems in the house, but the Senate poses a bigger obstacle for feminists because of its Republican majority, because of President of the National Organization for Women, said in a prepared statement.
Republicans may have to choose between supporting the ERA and supporting President Reagan, who opposes the measure, she said.
KATHLEEN SLOAN, legislative assistant to Rep. Larry Winn, R-Kan., said the amendment should move easily through Congress as it did in 1972. She said she foresaw problems gaining approval from the states.
"The ERA got longer than any other amendment had to get ratified by the states." Sloan said. "If it couldn't do it, then time, it might not be able to do it again."
Winn has supported the amendment in the past and intends to continue his support. Sloan said.
The ERA needed ratification from 75
Congress granted a three-year extension to lobbyists, but when the June 30, 1982, deadline approached, the ERA was still three states short of becoming law. Five states rescinded approval of the amendment.
"THERE'S NO chance that it will succeed," said Barbara Hannah, representative of the Pro-Family Forum. "We're not here in time and money, necessary to defeat it."
favor passage of the ERA. Public opinion varied, with 71 percent of the East Coast residents and 55 percent of the Southerners polled in favor of it.
"People are sick and tired of hearing about the ERA. The people have spoken out and said they don't want it. Why should we have to go through it again? Why are we wasting our time on something the people don't want?"
The statistics quoted by feminists have not changed much since 1972, Goldsmith said. A woman makes an average of 59 cents for each dollar made by a man in the United States, and a female college graduate can expect to have the same income as a male high school dropout, she said.
percent of the states to become law after it was passed by Congress in 1972. After seven years, only 70 percent of the states had passed the amendment.
"The ERA is the only way to comprehensive elimination of sex discrimination through full constituent rights for women." Goldsmith said.
Brill said feminists would lobby strongly on the national level and fight with renewed vigor to pass the amendment in every state.
"We want to guarantee full rights to everyone, men and women," Brill said.
"The books provide useful information, not specifically for undergraduates, but also for the serious scholar." Melton said.
The University of Kansas Libraries have a handbook that could help students, researchers and faculty members avoid having to sift through long, detailed resources to get information they need.
nowhere, a recent Harris poll indicated that 65 percent of the U.S. citizens
New library handbook to make research easier
Handbook to the Libraries, a guide published this year to coincide with last fall's rededication of Watson Library, is available in Watson Library's front hall, the Student Assistance Center and the University Relations office, Robert Melton, writer and editor of the 48-page handbook, said yesterday.
The red paperback handbook, which cost $4,500 to publish, lists the collections, hours and services of KU's libraries.
THE HANDBOOK was produced through special funding from the office of academic affairs, but Al Johnson, assistant to the vice chancellor for academic affairs, said he did not know where that money came from.
Less than half of the 10,000 books have been distributed, Melton said, but more people are starting to pick them up. He said distribution would be easier if the libraries had more money for mailing and handing out the books. Melton said about 1,400 copies had been paid to faculty members last fall.
"Another problem is that we really don't know where to distribute the books," he said.
Melton said he thought of publishing the handbook after seeing publications by other university libraries around the country.
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