KU and Berkeley
Political Scientist Compares Protests
By Barbara Phillips
The differences between student demonstrations at KU and at the University of California at Berkeley are size, proportion of students involved, and objectives, John G. Grumm, professor of political science, said.
Grumm spent a year with California Gov. Pat Brown's staff on a Ford Foundation faculty fellowship. He was one of five college and university teachers named to positions in state politics.
GRUMM WAS in California when UCLA President Clark Kerr called upon Gov. Brown to send state police to arrest students blocking Sproul Hall in protest of alleged free speech restrictions.
Comparing the trouble at Berkeley with KU, he said, "There were probably tighter restrictions on the University of California campus than there were here."
The main protest in Berkeley was against the political speaker restrictions. "In 1956 there were rather strict rules against political speakers." Grumm said.
"WERE A little more tolerant of diverging opinions," he said, giving the KU Minority Opinions Forum as an example.
When the late Adlai Stevenson wished to speak to the students, he had to speak off-campus.
He added that while on the Berkeley campus, the question revolved around political activities; at KU the movement concerned student housing.
As far as the removal by state troopers of students participating in the Berkeley movement, Grumm said, "It was about the only thing he (Gov. Brown) could have done.
"LAW AND order was in jeopardy. It was unfortunate it had to happen, and to come to that point, but Gov. Brown had to do something," Grumm added.
"Gov. Brown was severely criticized on the Berkeley campus for using this method to remove the students, but his decision seemed to be motivated only by what he saw as preserving law and order," Grumm explained.
Grumm established the anti-poverty program in California in the first six months of his job. He said that one of the possible reasons for the riots in Los Angeles was that the anti-poverty funds never reached the area.
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with the state's broad-based Economic Opportunity Federation. The Federation was set up according to Sargent Shriver's plan for administering the federal anti-poverty funds.
The reasons for Yorty's refusal included wanting "to control the financial aspect himself," Grumm said.
HE SAID Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty refused to merge his staffed Youth Opportunity Board
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— Expansion of the military draft has been accompanied by a rise in voluntary enlistments in all the services, according to the Pentagon.
Volunteers Helping Fill Draft Needs
The Johnson administration ordered draft calls to be more than doubled as it carried out buildup of the forces caused by the Vietnamese war.
Draft calls last summer were running about 17,000 a month. They were jumped to 33,600 for October, 36,450 for November and 45,224 for December.
--which was 2,700 above its goal, in September. That compared with 11,800 in August and 9,076 in July when the attention to boost the draft was announced.
While a man is drafted for two years, when he enlists voluntarily he goes in for three or four years depending on the service, but he has a choice of service and, within limits, a job.
In the draft, now at the highest point since 1953, both the Marines and the Navy are taking some men. The Air Force has not needed to use the draft. Customarily, the Army is the only user of Selective Service.
The Pentagon's figures today showed that the Army's voluntary enlistments were 13,300.
The Navy, which had been suffering manpower squeeze and turned to the draft for October and November, was able to recruit 15,801 men in September, 4,200 more than it had expected. That compared with 13,622 in August and 11,165 in July.
He added, "It was just an attempt by a local politician to build up his area.
"WHEN PRESIDENT Johnson sent in the investigators after the rioting, they agreed with our office and our interpretations of the regulations. They said Yorty must accept a broad-based administration of the funds."
The second half of Grumm's year was spent as a legislative liaison for the governor's program.
Grumm foresees the reelection of Brown, since leading Republican contender Ronald Reagan has no experience and is vulnerable because of his right-wing connections.
Grumm has been invited to return in the summer to help Brown with the campaign, but Grumm feels three months is not enough time to get actively involved in a gubernatorial campaign. He felt the year's experience, though, was invaluable for a political scientist.
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