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Wednesdav, April 30,1975
University Dally Kansan
KANSAN
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Bennett bloats billfold
Rumor has it that the recession will soon be over. As usual our fiscally responsible are the Kansas and our governor are already on top of things.
The Kansas legislature has approved a raise for all its members. Only a few months ago these legislators, who were then candidates, campaigned on the premise that the public must be ready to sacrifice for the sake of the economy. They planned to balance the Kansas budget. No one realized at election time that the legislators' pocketbooks would be part of the state budget.
In addition, Governor Bennett has been supporting the pay increase. Small wonder—part of the increase in his budget, he has increased for his majesty Bennett.
Apparently, Bennett thought that when he became the first Kansas governor to be elected to a four-year office would receive special privileges.
The governor isn't stopping at a pay increase. He also is asking for more than $180,000 to remodel the governor's mansion. Olivia has been spending all her money on plumbing and everyone knows how expensive plumbers are these days.
Perhaps the governor and his wife should take a tip from California Governor Jerry Brown. Brown refuses to live in the expensive California mansion but instead maintains his own apartment. Brown appears to be a man who is more suited to the tastes of Kansans. If the Bennett wants a palace they can go to the rich state of California.
tastes of either its governor or legislators.
Kansas can't afford the expensive
It's especially hard to sympathetic with the Bennett's problems when there are many Kansans who can't keep up the payments on their own houses. These Kansans aren't just a few bums and wanderers who were never expected to own a house. They are solid middle-class citizens who have worked hard all of their lives and are now caught in the troubles of inflation, the inflation that Bennett said he would work to control.
Not long ago, the governor was so concerned about inflation that he said it would be impossible for the state to offer an income tax rebate to the taxpayers of Kansas. I doubt that many people thought he was planning to use the money to give himself a raise and spend tax dollars on his personal home improvement program.
This same governor suggested that the instructors at the University be checked to make sure that they were working a 40-hour week. He was worried that they weren't earning their salaries. I don't recall any instructors on the campus who received a salary increase of $7,500—or anywhere near that amount.
The governor's fiscal irresponsibility demonstrates that he is unaware of the times. Kansas isn't a rich state. Most of its people aren't rich. Perhaps it's time that an education peka to make sure that the governor or working his 40-hour week. Obviously, he is not doing his homework.
—Kenn Louden
BY JAMES J. KILPATRICK
Every Congress has its "sleeper" bills—the measures that attract little notice until they climb out of committee and a rich chamber. One such sleeper to keep your eye on is the bill to provide collective bargaining by employees of state and local government.
Rv.JAMES.J.KILPATRICK
Government unions loom
A number of states already have blundered into the traps being set by trade unionism, and some have been especially active. Sanitation workers, public health nurses, bridge tenders and other workers have also taken the power of organized labor.
Thus far, the efforts have
been piecical. If the pending legislative proposals are written into federal law, we will have, for the first time, a national policy specifically authorizing trade unionism and collective bargaining on the part of government workers. Such a time-bomb policy should be rejected out of hand.
The stakes are enormous. An estimated 14 million persons now are employed by government—3 million at the federal level, 11 million on state, county and land levels, 161 and 162, government employment increased by 151 per cent, and payrolls by nearly 600 per cent. Not even the farm workers, still largely
unorganized, offer such a rich potential to organized labor
Union leaders are paving at the prospect. Last November the AFL-CIO's new Public Employees department held its first meeting. President George Georgeany a gentleman who doesn't easily, deftly unabashedly, take a crucial issue: "Certainly." "It's against the law to strike civil service, but it's AFL-CIO policy to ignore those laws." In Mr. Meany's sellioce view, a strike against government isn't distinguished from a strike against another employer: "If the guy帮 me be the mayor of a city or the governor of a state, it doesn't make a damn bit of difference."
The prospect of public service strikes is only part of the problem. The sleeping bills would authorize both the union and a company. Under a union shop contract, new employees must become union members within a stipulated time, usually 30 days, or be fired. Under an agency person in the bargaining position, a tribute to the union whether he belongs to the union or not.
To leaders of organized labor, civil service unions safeguard the public interest and contribute to the effective conduct of public business. Amplifying on this concept of "business," they insist that government today must be equated with
business; School boards, budget officers and officeman directors must deal with employees on wages, hours and working conditions. It's to negotiation on these matters that unions want that's wrong with collective bargaining in a government?
BOTTOMED OUT
The short answer is that plenty is wrong with it. Government isn't business. Taxpayers aren't voluntary shareholders. Governments are vested with power to provide the vital services and to secure power cannot possibly be bargained away to organized labor.
The odious practice of compulsory unionism, bad enough in private industry, would be intolerable in government. 34 of the 50 states now forbid such coercion of their public servants. But under the pending bills, this protection would need to be wiped out. Union—would be wiped out. Given a weak or complaisant city council, the union could take command.
This cannot be permitted to happen, a poll conducted by the Opinion Research Corporation on September 10 sentiment against compulsory unionism in government. Even among union members, a lopsided majority is opposed. A vote of 65% Conference strongness demands federal intervention. The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations not to join."
But in this Congress, the unions are riding high. Unless we are to look forward to a new era of unionism, the unions, and for the unions, their power must be trimmed back to size.
Societal barriers impede race relations
(C) 1975 Washington Star Syndicate, Inc.
By MARK EKLUND
Known Staff Reporters
The fight was over. It didn't last long, but several students sustained minor injuries. It all started with a silly misunderstanding. That quickly became physical blows were exchanged
As in most fights, many left with bitter feelings. But this time these feelings were more white students were involved.
Incidents like this one weren't uncommon at the University of Kansas in the late '60s and early '70s. But today the mood on campus, as well as the national climate, has changed.
DESPITE THE DEFINE of the number of racial disturbances at KU, social barriers to racial relationships still exist.
Black-white relationships remain a sensitive topic, but racial prejudice is much more subtle. Although open conflicts between white students haven't disappeared, they occur less frequently.
"Some of them are afraid of what their friends will say," he said. "And others are just too hard to make new friendships."
Blacks and whites at KU don't associate more because they're afraid to, according to Robert Miller. Houston senior.
Miller said the University provided a unique opportunity for students from various races and backgrounds to associate.
"Students here have an opportunity to learn socially as well as academically," he said, and suggested a advantage of the situation."
MOST WHITE students aren't racists, they're just unfamiliar with black culture, according to a report by the professor of African studies.
The problem of race relationships isn't a black problem, it's a white problem, that's why I don't want to be the professor of speech and drama.
Blubaugh said that whites would have to become aware of the prejudice they face in prejudicial actions of American institutions before meaningful change.
One way to bridge the cultural gap is to incorporate more black awareness into the college curriculum, Gordon said.
"I'm not suggesting just more courses in black studies," he said, "because a lot of white students won't enroll in them. But we ought to start recognizing the contributions of blacks as well as other minorities all courses at the minority sites."
Ambrose Saricks, vice
chancellor for academic affairs, said that the issue had never been formally discussed. Council of Deans meetings.
"We might try to persuade certain departments to do things," he said, "but this office doesn't have the authority to do that." That is largely left up to individual faculty members."
More minority faculty at the University would create better opportunities for a multracial
professionals to the community. The group plans to meet again in the near future, he said.
According to Malcolm Robinson, assistant to the dean of men, a larger black student in his class was better, racial understandings
More blacks in higher education would provide chances for increased exposure to racism and violence in student community, he said.
Marshall Jackson, assistant director of admissions and
Blacks and whites at KU don't associate more because they're afraid to. "Some of them are afraid of what their friends will say."
curriculum, according to Charles Sidman, chairman of the history department.
SIDMAN SAID he formulated a program to identify qualified minorities at the junior college level for pre-professional counseling and course work at the university. He received a $40,000 appropriation from the legislature and will begin July 1, he said.
"We'll never have the proper balance of minority faculty members until we have the ability to deal with minority students at the University," he said. "Once you have these students, you'll be a system, minority instructors will be more attracted to KU because its commitment to minorities will be recognized."
"In some areas of instruction you might have only three or four blacks with PhDs in the entire country," he said. "This creates a very competitive situation."
DEL SHANKEL, executive vice chancellor, said that four or five minority faculty members would be added to KU's teaching staff for the fall semester.
"Every one of our departments is looking for well qualified minority instructors," he said.
records, that between 400 and 500 blacks attended KU out of a current population of 19,738 students. The black student population has remained fairly stable for the past few years, he said.
More minority professionals are also needed in the Lawrence campus to serve as role models for KU students, Shankel said.
More blacks aren't attending KU because of the lack of support systems for them at the university. Kimbail, known as Mumbi, assistant to the dean of women. She said more blacks were needed in the student government and central administration.
He said Lawrence professionals and KU faculty members recently discussed bringing more minority
Positive steps have been taken to help blacks and other minorities at KU, Shankel said.
He cited the Office of Minority Affairs, staff additions to the Office of Affirmative Action and
KANSAN plays a great part in creating a rift between black and white students at KU, according to Mumbi.
"In many cases, the UDK serves to escalate, misinform and perpetuate incidents involving black students that would have been better off forbidden," she said.
"I attribute to the UDK's inability to relate the news in a manner that is constructive to a white and white students," he said.
Robinson said that the Kansan should actively recruit blacks and other minorities as staff reporters and as members of the student board of publications.
Robinson said that there had been a resistance in the black student community toward the Kansan.
THERE'S NO single reason for the lack of black reporters in Kansas according to Samuel Kansan, an associate professor of journalism.
Another part of the problem is the Kansan's insensitivity, Adams said. He said it was easier for the Kansan to assign himself to campus events than to have to deal with black reporters.
William Hogan, faculty adviser for SCORMEB, said that organization was an important part of the University. We both educated and recruited blacks and other minorities.
Adams said that the Kansan wasn't totally at fault for the riff between black students and the white students. He intercepted by pixel by black students and
Adams said that in the past the School of Journalism had been remix in recruiting enough black students. He said that about five blacks were enrolled at 24 colleges and that 13 they are now enrolled.
"But the University is limited in that role," he said, "because it cannot function without regard to the large social context."
Dykes said that the University had an obligation to demonstrate leadership in campus race relationships on campus.
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"In many cases, the UDK serves to escalate, misinform and perpetuate incidents involving black students that would have been better off forgotten."
"When I came here in 1973, we worked on work on the campus because was a racist publication and the editor would change their name."
organizations to withdraw from the news. he said.
The Black Student Union (BSU) chose to bccoyt the news because the BSU couldn't dictate exactly what was printed in the paper about its organization. Adams said
Sherry Jones, who was president of the BSU during the spring and fall semesters of 1974, said that the BSU had been "reasonably cooperative" with the Kansas.
organizations hadn't discouraged other blacks to write for the Kansan.
JONES SAID that as far as she knew black students and
Many blacks would like to write for the Kansas but they have the feeling that some of them aren't educated, not printed at all, she said.
John Pike, editor of the Kansan, said that more black reporters might improve the Kansan and its rapport with black students, but that this wouldn't necessarily occur.
The Kansan hasn't had any blacks volunteer their services to the paper this semester. Pike has been actively south black reporters.
"Possibly the Kansan should go out and recruit blacks to write for us," he said.
It will take more than recruiting black reporters to improve the Kansan, according to James Posey, president of the Black American Law Student Association.
The Kansan must also demonstrate a greater sensitivity toward black students, be said.
A perfect example of the Kansas overemphasizing a news event that involved black students is the Lewis Hall incident and subsequent trial Posey said.
THE TRIAL was prompted by a controversy on Feb. 24 at Lewis Hall over a broken alarm clock. Two white women signed complaints against seven black women alleging that the blacks were or used force against them or insolent, insolant or angry manner.
Four of the black students were found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of battery.
"IT WASN'T a racial situation to begin with," Posey said, "but it was played up to be racial. And the UDK taken over reported as just another incident between students."
The Kansan identifies individuals by their race only if that identification is relevant to the story, Pike said.
"In the case of the Lewis Hall incident," he said, "trace was a relevant factor according to the police report."
The police report was the only account of the fight that the reporter could use in his story, Pike said.
"We couldn't get any information out of the director at Lewis Hall," he said.
Robinson said that the guilty verdict in the Lewis Hall trial had caused a deterioration of race relationships on campus.
Troubled times are ahead for the University if future situations are handled in this manner, he said.
ROBINSON SAID that political pressure could have been applied to the county attorney's office to force the county attorney to prosecute the students.
David Berkowitz, Douglas County attorney, denied that his office had been subject to political pressure.
"We haven't been contacted by any legislators about this," Berkowitz said.
Dykes said that he knew of no unordinary calls to the University on the Lewis Hall case.
"The only call I know that we received was a request from the Board of Regents for a full report on the incident," he said. "And that's standard procedure."
The offices of the vice chancellor for student affairs and the dean of women did all they could to resolve the matter internally in order to avoid a trial, Dykes said.
THERE IS A DEFINITE need for more blacks in student
Jones said that the BSU was no longer a functional organization.
student could become a member of.
"Black students appear to be apathetic," she said, "because they feel isolated and powerless."
She explained the decline of the BSU by saying that the issues pertinent to blacks were no longer real.
"Now that the issues have died down," she said, "black students no longer feel the need for a BSU."
BUT BLACK STUDENTS at KU do recognize the need for black fraternities and
"Now that the issues have died down, black students no longer feel the need for a BSU."
ROLF'S RECENTLY voiced his disapproval of the new KUAC bylawls which were approved at an athletic board meeting March 12. The new bylawns were approved membership on the board to include one woman and one minority person.
Ed Rolfs, student body president, said that the Senate had only one black senator out of 14 students and officers.
He said that about five black students had been nominated and accepted for Senate committee positions and to the Kansas University Athletic Commission (KUAC) board.
government and activities to insure input from the black student community. Posev said.
"I disagree with the policy of the KUAC in principle because they are who are just as capable," he said. "I see that we have an obligation to minorities, but it's not a problem for them who are equally qualified."
Rofs said that he recently formed a Minority Affairs Council which would serve to initiate better rapport between the Senate and all minority groups on campus.
Frank Burge, director of the Kansas Union, said that he encouraged minorities to help determine Union policy. He said that there were no fewer than 16 committees that any interested
None are members of the Interfraternity Council (IFC) or the Panhellenic Association which govern all other fraternities and sororites at KU.
sororities, according to Bonita Gooch, Wichita sophomore.
Gooch said that fraternities and sororites were the main outlets for black social life on campus. Two sororites and three fraternities at KU are exclusively black.
Goch, who is a member of Delta Sigma Theta, said that her security wasn't a member of the organization of a lack of common concerns.
"We just don't have much in common with the white sororites," she said.
"The main thing is enjoying yourself and doing the things that you like to do." Gook said. "Blacks and whites generally have different ideas about how to have a good time."
FRANK BELL, treasurer of Alpha Phi Alpha, said that black fraternities have remained separate from the FC because a merger wouldn't be financially or socially.
Membership in the IFC is $25 per pledge, according to Mark Pemington. IFC president.
Pennington said that the IFC had about 1,400 members. There are about five blacks whoided the IFC agreed IFC fraternities, be said.
Steph Daleen, Panelllenic president, said that a sorority must have a house to belong to Panelllenic.
It costs $5 per house member to join Panhellenic, Daleen said.
Neither of the black sororities has a house.
According to Daleen, about 1,200 women have pledged sororities in Panhellenic. None of those women is black, she
Both Daleen and Pennington said that they were hopeful for mutual cooperation with black leaders and sororites in the near future.
Robinson said that a merger of the black fraternities and sororites with the IFC and Panhellenic couldn't work for organizations wouldn't have a voice in the decision-making process.
Robinson said he didn't rule out the possibility of mutual cooperation between the fraternities and sororites.
"We have to both groups to feel that there will be some benefits from working together," he said.
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