Decision May Ban Employers' Views
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed down a far-reaching decision today which could ban an employer from expressing his views to his workers while bargaining with their union.
The board by a 4-1 vote ruled that the General Electric Co. had failed to bargain in good faith with the AFL-CIO International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE) in 1960 contract negotiations.
One of the major findings was that the company's effort to present its views through plant newspapers, press releases and radio announcements was part of a campaign to undermine the union.
NLRB member Boyd Leedom dissented in today's vote which upheld a recommendation made in April, 1963, by trial examiner Arthur Leff.
Leedom said he was "particularly disturbed" by the decision concerning the firm's communications with its workers. He complained that the board offered no guidelines to employers and added: "Surely the respondent (GE) can lawfully communicate with its employees."
A spokesman for GE said the firm would appeal the ruling of the courts.
"In our judgment this split decision rewrites the law and, if upheld by the courts, it would undermine free collective bargaining and freedom of speech," he said. "It would impose a new restriction on the ability of American business to stay competitive and provide jobs."
The board charged that an attempt by GE to get its views across to workers through plant newspapers, telephones, press releases and radio messages was part of a campaign to undermine the union.
The NLRB noted that an employer is not permitted to "bargain directly or indirectly with the employes," but must deal directly with their union.
Luther Hodges Quits Post
WASHINGTON —(UPI) Commerce Secretary Luther H. Hodges resigned today, President Johnson selected John T. Connor, president of Merck and Co., a pharmaceutical company, to succeed him.
Johnson made the announcement of the first cabinet appointment under his administration at a White House ceremony.
Hodges, 66, was present when Johnson made the announcement
Hodges, 66, was present when Johnson made the announcement Connor, 50, who served as a special assistant to the late one-time Defense Secretary James Forrestal, also was present.
Johnson said he would send Connor's nomination to Congress at an early date and hoped his new cabinet choice would be able to take over from Hodges on Jan. 15.
The appointment will require confirmation by the Senate.
Johnson praised Hodges' leadership in the Commerce Department as "progressive and prudent." He said he accepted the resignation of the former North Carolina governor with deep regret.
He also praised Connor. Johnson said Connor, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Syracuse and the Harvard Law School, was the kind of man he wanted in the cabinet.
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- A bill transferring to the ASC, 25 per cent of the Jayhawker profit and setting a minimum amount of $1.200 in the Jayhawker reserve fund. Sponsor: Lee Ayres, Park Ridge, Ill., graduate student (UP—unmarried-unorganized).
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1964
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- A bill providing for the appointment of a student body vice-president if the position is vacated. Sponsor: Ayres and Janet Anderson, Prairie Village freshman, (UP — freshman women).
GEORGE TANNOUS, Lebanon senior, was elected vice-chairman of the Council. He defeated Bill Brier, Overland Park senior. Tanous (University Party) represents the unmarried-unorganized district.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION and sponsors are:
ASC Marathon Session Passes Dead Legislation
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The All Student Council passed 30 bills and amendments, introduced seven items of legislation and elected two officers in a marathon session lasting into early this morning.
More than 2100 pages of legislation, 53 to a person, were distributed to Council members as the legislative marathon began. The Council left the Kansas Union when it closed and continued its meeting at the Sigma Chi fraternity house.
Among the legislation passed was a bill concerning human rights at KU, a bill affiliating KU with the Associated Student Governments of the U.S.A. and the 21 bills and amendments which had previously passed but had not been sent to the Chancellor for approval or veto.
Mary Ruth Lanning, Lawrence junior, was elected secretary. She defeated Nancy Sturgis, St. Louis, Mo., junior. Miss Lanning (University Party) represents College momen.
- A bill establishing a Facts and Statistics committee to aid the state-wide activities program. Sponsors: Ayres, Miss Anderson and Mary Waller, Girard sophomore, (UP — journalism).
- A bill empowering the student Blood Bank committee with the organization and conduct of all University blood drives. Sponsors: Carl Lindquist, Prairie Village senior, (UP — College men), Conrad Wagenknecht, St. Joseph, Mo., senior, (UP — professional fraternities and cooperatives), Bill Henry, Leawood junior, (UP — fraternity) and Larry Geiger, Mission junior (UP — men's large residence halls).
THREE BILLS were also presented which would change the wording of several phrases in ASC Bill No. 3, a bill concerning standing committees and executive appointments. Sponsors are Ayres, Russ Cummings, Topeka graduate student (UP — men's large residence halls), and Mike Johnson, New York City, N.Y. Junior (UP — married).
The Council also passed two resolutions one of which voted to thank the Sigma Chi fraternity for its hospitality in letting the Council continue its meeting there.
The other resolution approved the solicitation for funds for the John F. Kennedy Library that has been progressing on campus this week.
THE COUNCIL ALSO tabled a bill concerning special representatives to the ASC until presidents from the organizations effected could be present at a meeting.
The Council also voted to allow an additional two-week period for financial reports from organizations
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KU Man to Deliver Humanities Speech
"Recent Archaeological Discoveries and the Bible" will be the next Humanities Series Lecture, Tuesday, January 5, by Dr. James E. Seaver, professor of history. He will use slides to illustrate his talk to be at 8 p.m. in Fraser Theater.
Dr. Seaver has just returned from a year of teaching and study, under a Fulbright grant, at The Technion, a technical university at Haifa in Israel. He traveled and studied throughout the Holy Land, Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey. His special interest is in the history of the Jews.
DURING 1953-54, he had another Fulbright grant and spent the year in Italy and the Mediterranean area, continuing his studies in ancient and medieval history and in the history of the Jews during the fifth and sixth centuries.
Dr. Seaver is director of the Western Civilization program and has also presented since 1952, a weekly radio program on KANU-FM called "Opera Is My Hobby." In it, he plays records from his large personal collection.
Every year, the Humanities committee brings five or more visiting scholars to the campus but also selects one KU faculty member to five a Series lecture.
Million Dollar Memorial Drive Began in 1919
By Susan Hartley
In 1919, the students, faculty, and alumni of KU undertook a million dollar fund drive to build a memorial to the 129 KU students who lost their lives in World War I.
A board of directors was set up to organize and supervise the fund drive and the memorial when completed.
The World War I Memorial Corporation was the name of this board. It continues today, with the name of the University of Kansas Memorial Corporation.
THE NON-PROFIT organization now operates the Kansas Memorial Union under the supervision of the Board of Directors which held its annual meeting last Saturday. Two subdivisions of the board, the Executive Committee and the Union Operating Committee, carry on its work during the year.
John H. Kreamer, an attorney in Kansas City, Mo., has been elected president of the University of Kansas Memorial Corporation for the coming year.
The Executive Committee has eight members; two students, one the president of Student Union Activities, and one of the opposite sex selected by the All Student Council; two members elected by and from the Board of Directors; 1st vice-president of the Board of Directors who serves as chairman; the president of the Board of Directors, the
comptroller of the University, and the director of the Union.
It is responsible for making all decisions regarding the policies of the board on a day to day basis, and has full powers of the board with the exception of election of officers.
It is composed of the 1st vice-president of the board, who serves as chairman; five staff members selected by the chancellor; three alumni, selected by the Alumni Association, one of which is the secretary of the Alumni Association; the president and treasurer of SUA; the director of the Union; the manager of the Bookstore; the director of SUA; and seven additional students selected by the ASC.
THE UNION OPERATING Committee supervises the student activities of the Union and the welfare and development of the present building.
In its first six years of existence, this board raised nearly a million dollars for the construction of the memorial stadium, the memorial union, and the statue of "Uncle Jimmy" Green.
ORIGINALLY, only one memorial was planned but three different groups of people had been working for a stadium, a union building, and a statue of "Uncle Jimmy" Green, and, since they could not agree which one to concentrate on, they decided on all three.
On Dec. 1, 1919, a resolution was passed by a group of students, representing all campus organizations and interested faculty members, calling for
"immediate action to raise a one million dollar Loyalty Memorial Fund for the erection of a University Service Building on the campus, and a stadium, to be built section by section in such athletic field as may be determined."
About the same time as the drive got underway, the graduates of the Law School began to raise funds to set up a memorial to "Uncle Jimmy" Green, who had been dean of the Law School for 40 years.
"The campaigns for funds for the two memorials conflicted to the extreme," the Oct. 25, 1926 issue of the Kansan said. "As a result, the management of the Uncle Jimmy Green Memorial Drive and the University of Kansas Memorial Fund made an agreement whereby both memorial funds were merged into one."
IT WAS AGREED that two sections of the stadium would be completed first, at a cost of $288,000; then the Uncle Jimmy Green memorial, at a cost of $33,000; and finally the Union building, at a cost of $210,000.
On Dec. 12, 1919, a University convocation was called to open the campaign. The speaker called for support of the million dollar campaign, and asked one student from each county to be responsible for calling a meeting of students from that county to gain support for the drive.
"There are three reasons for organizing the county clubs," Judge Ruppenthal, the speaker said.
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