4 Wednesdav. Julv 30.1975 University Daily Kansan Forer ... From page 1 McKinney Report made no definite recommendation that the incentive system be abolished, but it suggested that something be done to cut down the amount The Forer Report also expressed dissatisfaction with the incentive program, but for different reasons. The program was tied only to speed, it said, not to the quality of driving. The program said "a 'fair day's work' be more closely determined, and that truck drivers and supervisors monitor the performance of the crews. RATE INCREASES. The McKinney Report said that no increase in garbage rates was necessary. Better management requires an increase to eliminate the need for an increase, it said. The Forer Report said the McKinney Report didn't show how increased efficiency would translate into specific savings. But for instance, if she could save money by becoming more efficient, the amount saved couldn't be firmly determined. The Forer Report recommended against cutting the number of weekly garbage pickups to save money. The proposed increase seemed justified, it said, because Lawrence's rate was lower than that of other cities in the area. "Even given the Lawrence City Manager's request for a 25 per cent increase in rates, the increase (at $3.125 a month) would still make it the lowest rate for the most comprehensive service," the Forer Report said. ★ ★ ★ in rereading my report, I felt somewhat saddened that such a report need be written in the first place. No issues of substance emerged; certainly none of the kind that inflame the civic fiber and make one want to beat down the door to Buford Watson's office. (He'll write you in and serve coffee.) I found no evidence of those scandallous truths on journalistic reputations are built: no evidence of anyone growing fat sucking the public udder, no idiots pouring water in the gas tanks or dropping wrenches in the gears, no laffers snoring in the shade of the trucks or shooting cramps in the garage job, no drunks punching time cards upside down, no careless, spendhrift purchase orders (There are 82 cents on the dozen), no rats spreading plague out of uncollected trash cans, no citizens having seizures because of uncorrected complaints, no impassioned workers plotting rebellion, no sadistic supervisors flaying the wage slaves with barbed绳, no slippery-fingered or flannel-tongued administrators blowing smoke in the public eye, no public money thrown down rat holes by the fiscally irresponsible (as if rats needed money), no hurtive calls to stock brokers or bookies during coffee breaks (for those few who take coffee breaks), no passing the buck when someone was stealing your property not the whole back), no collapsing organizational structure having a domino effect throughout the city, no payola or ripoffs, no venality, cuphidity, improbity, rascality, duplicity or any other Iscarotic quality that scorches the Sunday morning soul. Not much-hunk, although some occasion panky. Editor's note: The following statement is an appendix to the Forer Report. He titled it, "A Personal Indulgence." What emerged in this study, simply, was a group of local folks, supervisors and workers, trying to earn a modest living and at the same time perform a service that was hard, dirty, hazardous and thankless. None of them, when they were growing up, planned on becoming garbage men. Yet here they were, grappling with those petty yet complex inefficiencies, inequities, miscalculations and misconceptions that are the legacy of all modern productive units, and witnessing that pettiness being portrayed to the public as something approaching a capital offense. It's enough to turn any ordinary garbage collector into a philosopher. Through all the nit-pickiness of charges and innuendo, I ponder what it must be like to be a city manager. I suddenly realize that he either had to be a maschist or possess a sainted sense of humor. I know that I couldn't survive on such a job: nits drive me buggy. While the storm churns around them, the employees keep on working, not particularly happy, but in no a panic either, knowing that when the situation can improve and should improve, if'll never be perfect. In the final analysis, the job demands at bargain rates too. That should be some comfort to even the bitter cynic. For those who might have been awaiting this report in anticipation of some startling news, the news is that there's no news, and perhaps that's the best news of all. God's in His heaven, all's right with the world. (At least it's not all that bad because the Lawrence淀命 Damment it.) If decided to destroy the department, and probably now we'll find dogs in the sanitary landfill, hauled there by the overtime crews, foot stamps in their pocket's. It's not likely he'll surface in the forseeable future. ACCIDENTS. The accident rate in the department was extremely high, according to the FOER Report. A sample of 50 per cent of the workers showed that none of them were uninjured during a year and that most several injuries during that time, it said. Injuries were accepted as an occupational act of life, the report said, and many accuse employers of negligence. juries included "cuts not requiring stitches, bruises, heat exhaustion (a common injury), carbon monoxide poisoning (also known as coughing), trucks, dogs, and muscle strains." Ferea said yesterday that his study snowed that charges against the depart- ment of the U.S. embassy in Libya. *Perhaps the Kansas can arrange to Prof. McKinsey and I throw marshmallow at him.* Forer said the best solution to the problems in the Sanitation Department was to encourage cooperation between workers and officials in arriving at workable solutions. By The Associated Press American League BASEBALL STANDINGS W L W. L. Pet. OB Boston 51 41 209 8 Baltimore 53 48 209 8 Columbus 51 48 209 8 Milwaukee 51 53 400 11 Detroit 51 53 400 11 Cleveland 51 48 401 15 MKinney said he hadn't had a chance to study the Fereport Report and would wait to see if it was ready. Oakland 65 35 47 431 Kansas City 65 35 47 431 Tampa 50 50 11 8/9 Texas 48 58 462 17/8 California 48 58 462 17/8 Milwaukee 44 44 32 21 Tuesday's Results Baltimore 7, Tuesday 7 Baltimore 12, Wednesday 8 Milwaukee 4, Boston 0 New York City 6, Miami 2 Cleveland 5, Miami 2 California 4, Chicago 7 National League W L W L Pet. NC Pittsburgh 59 48 3473 216 Philadelphia 59 44 373 16 St. Louis 51 41 300 11 St. Louis 51 41 300 11 Chicago 51 58 403 12 Michigan 51 58 403 12 | | West | | :--- | :--- | | unicast | 67 54 37 644 | — | | Los Angeles | 37 51 31 135 | — | | San Francisco | 37 51 31 135 | — | | San Diego | 49 55 402 18 | — | | Atlanta | 49 55 402 18 | — | | Miami | 37 68 340 | — | Chicago 4, Montreal 3 St. Louis 5, New York 3-11 Philadelphia 6, Cleveland 3 Pittsburgh 5, Pittsburgh 1 San Francisco 6, Cleveland 2 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Kansan Telephone Numbers Newsroom--864-4810 Advertising--864-4358 Circulation--864-3048 Published at the University of Kannas weekdays during the academic year, all materials are free to use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license or $15 per page, submissions by mail are e-mailed to kannas@uak.edu. Editor Ward Harkavy Associate Editor Campaigns Ian Kenenth Faxon, Porter Porsche Copy Editors Cathy Bersh, Richard Faxon, Kyle Buchert, Copy Editors Business Manager Jim Merrill Assistant Business Managers Promotions Manager Associating Manager Cludy Long, Jerril Kernel Bake The Foods Gary Burch FINALLY! The full-length film, THE LEARNING TREE, written and directed by Kansan Gordon Parks and produced by Warner Brothers-Seven Arts has arrived. Originally scheduled to be shown in connection with Dr. David Katzman's lecture on "The Black Experience in Kansas," the film had to be postponed when it did not arrive. It is now scheduled to be shown in SWARTHOUT RECITAL HALL on THURSDAY, JULY 31 at 7:00 p.m. ADMISSION IS FREE! THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS THEATRE LANDMARKS OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE LOOKING FOR A NEW NEST? Jayhawker Towers on campus 1603 W.15th Lawrence, Ks. COME NEST WITH US! 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