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Wednesday, August 18, 1971
Differences don't alienate 2 Kansas delegates
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By SHERI BALDWIN
Assistant Campus Editor
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Despite differing political convictions, Kansas delegates Jack Brand, Lawrence attorney, and Dwight Sutherland, Lawrence third-year law student, spent their afternoon free time together Tuesday.
By their hotel's pool, they trick to away each other's votes on that night's platform
Brand has insisted on remaining uncommitted until Wednesday night's first ballot. Of the three candidates, followers of the delegation say Calvin James of Jewell, not brand, is
Each is a controversial delegate, but Brand and Sutherland agree that their agreement is satisfactory.
"A delegate has two functions," Brand said. "One to vote, and two, to be an advocate for a candidate. What we're looking at are the two best candidates for the election." He then says he advocates for either because I don't want to run an advocacy against either one."
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BRAND SAID HIS decision had been made but was unannounced.
Sutherland is one of four Kansas delegates committed to Ronald Reagan. He is also called the "phantom delegate" because his hat caucuses and the hotel is unpredictable.
REPRESENTING SENTIMENT among the four Reagan delegates that convention
preparations and leadership have resulted in a "Ford-stacked deck," Sutherland appeared Monday before the convention's headline. The organization to issue a formal complaint.
"Guest passes, hotel rooms, every single convention officer—it's all been handled in a shabby way." Sutherland said. "Farent are favored every time you turn around."
The major controversy is that all convention leaders are Ford supporters—from Mary Louise Smith of Iowa, Republican National Chairman; Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee, the convention's keynote speaker; and former temporary convention chairman, to Sergent-at-Arms Jack Ransom of Wichita and several powerful committee leaders.
SUTHERLAND'S STATEMENT was one of several actions taken by the four Reagan delegates, including a mid-July letter to Dole, former Republican National Chair and then Delegate Betty Hankinic, Overland Park, appealing for neutrality at the convention.
Hanicke wanted Reagan supporters appointed co-chairman of the positions now occupied by Ford supporters. Sutherland said the actions taken before the committee statement had been considered merely as a suggestion by Ford people, not an controversial issue.
"It would be practical politics," Sutherland said. "If Ford win, the nomination, he'll have a hard enough time as it is without allening half his party."
Staff photo by JAY KOELZER
SUTHERLAND SAID HIS nickname as plantant delegate" derived from trips to plants and gardens.
Kansas Senator Bob Dole tried to quiet the crowd at the Republican National Convention Tuesday night before in-
producing another speaker as part of his duties as temporary convention chairman.
"I'm not necessarily willing to represent the KU student population," Sutherland said. "I don't like opinions and got a tremendous response. But most students' opinions right now are a mindless, fashionable liberalism or something a fourth-rate sociology professor
He said scutting his spring academic career to get involved as a delegate had been worth it. And he explained his and Branl's connections to law with a quote from Dick Chenken: "As many lawyers live off politics there are maggots living off dead dogs."
Immediately before the convention, he took a two-week trip to Rhodesia.
on platform issues, Sutherland and Brand agreed that both Reagan and Ford supporters would vote their individual choices in the elections, changing changes would be by party camps.
SUTHERLAND SAID HE thought John Connally, former Texas governor, would be Ford's best choice for vice president. Brand said he favored William Scranton, U.S., the United Nations, Washington Gov. Daniel Evans or Iowa Gov. Robert Ray.
Kansas leader
Kansas delegates are divided; there are Ford supporters with "soft spots" toward Reagan. But on the whole, the Kansas delegation is acting in a dignified manner with many casual talks such as Brand and Sutherland had by the pool.
As P+and said, "the people in the delegation are getting along a lot better than they did before."
Students who reach the end of enrollment line next fall will dig deeper into their pockets before they are officially enrolled at the University of Kansas.
Beginning with the fall 1977 semester, Kansas residents will pay $50 more for tuition at KU and the other five state colleges and universities. Out-of-state students will pay $150 more at Kansas universities and $102.50 more at state colleges.
Next fall's tuition up $50
The tuition increases won approval in June from the Kansas Board of Regents. The decision is expected to impact the
Regents' Council of Presidents that recounted the million in revenue for state-supported schools.
Glee Smith, Regents' chairman, said after the decision was made that the increases were due mainly to rising salaries and costs of college expenses at the colleges and universities.
He said that the Regents and the Kansas Legislature agreed 12 years ago that fee revenues should account for about 25 percent of a school's instructional budget.
Fee support had dropped to about 19 per cent of instructional costs in recent years,