KU Student Helps Make Laws
KU students who are holding down part-time jobs might consider the plight of Benjamin G. Morris, Quinter second year law student.
Morris said that his main job in the Dominican Republic was to defend U.S. policy and possibly to help affect a change in it. Morris feels that "the only cure for the evils which exist in all social government is through the government itself"
DURING THIS TERM in the legislature, Morris has been involved in the re-apportionment issue and he feels the resulting action has been un-constitutional. He feels that the rural areas have been left without
Morris, when he is not attending classes at law school, spends most of his time in Topeka where he is serving his first term as a Kansas State Representative. At 25 years of age, Morris is the third youngest representative. He was elected as a Democrat from Gove county which has a population of 4,439.
After the closing of the training school, Morris was offered the job as special assistant to the President of the Dominican Republic and served in this capacity for two and one-half years before coming back to the United States and school.
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MORRIS FIRST BECAME interested in politics during the 1960 campaign, but only as a casual observer. Shortly after, however, he went to Costa Rica on a KU language exchange program. While there he became the administrative director to a political training school which later closed. Morris majored in political science in his undergraduate work.
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a proper voice in the government. An example of this action is Morris' home area, Gove county, which currently has one representative. If the current apportionment bill is passed by the Senate, there will be only one representative for a total of five counties in the Gove county area.
on any gifts in excess of $3,000 and the other is a tax on legacies and estates. Morris said that he felt the two bills would supply nearly as much revenue as the sales tax bill but they were aimed more directly at the high-income levels.
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MORRIS is also opposed to the proposed sales tax bill. He said that the bill will impose too much hardship on the lower income bracket. He is currently co-sponsoring two tax measures. One of these is a tax
Morris is also serving on the agriculture, public utilities, municipalities and judicial apportionment committees besides being enrolled in five hours of law classes. Morris added that he was driving to Topeka daily but he was afraid to estimate the cost involved.
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