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University Daily Kansan
Monday, May 18, 1964
Congressmen, Johnson Engage in 'Light' Battle
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — For every 100-watt bulb President Johnson turns off at one end of Pennsylvania Avenue, Congress at the other end currently is turning on bigger ones by the dozens.
Johnson has claimed (somewhat optimistically, it would appear) to be saving $2,000 to $2,500 a month by blacking out un-needed lights at the White House, in places like closets and rooms not in use at the moment. He says he is trying to set an example.
The lawmakers meantime say all they are trying to do is light the House's new Rayburn Building, and also to crank up its new elevators, escalators, and subway cars to the Capitol building.
BY THE END of the year the Congressional light bill as a result will be up by $340,000 annually for a new total of around $118,000 a month. Johnson couldn't save that kind of
money even if he put the White House on candles.
Actually Congress has been on a lighting spree for several years, installing for the first time brilliant new fixtures in the traditionally gloomy areaways halls and public rooms of the Capitol.
The current step-up reflects mainly the immensity of the new, new House office building, into which Congressional underlings already are moving and which after Jan. 1 will provide work space for 169 of the 435 House members.
WHEN (SOME MEMBERS say "if ever") the Rayburn Building is finished it will have cost $86.4 million. Recent testimony shows that there is more to the story:
- "Maintenance" of the building will run more than $2 million a year. (That covers 284 extra cleaners, carpenters, electricians, bulb-changers and janitors, and a muscle-rubber
for the new lady House members' gym. It does not cover 24 new police and 14 additional mailmen—nor the bigger light bills.)
Building a block-long underground railroad to the Capitol building (supposed to be running before the end of the year) will have cost an additional $7.7 million.
- Remodeling existing "old" and "new" House office buildings to make their two-room suites comparable to the three-room suites in the Rayburn Building will cost maybe $8 million to $10 million per building, although there are no hard figures on this.
- With new and expanded quarters, the members will have space to hire bigger staffs. Currently they get by with 3,186 helpers at a cost of $21 million a year.
So it's regrettable but not altogether surprising that Rep. Odin Langen (R-Minn.), has been getting mail from misinformed tax-
Seniors Prepare for Graduation At Senior Parties, Breakfast
Seniors have more than finals to anticipate during the remainder of the semester.
Scheduled activities include a "Last Blast" barn party, a "Last Gasp" senior paper, a peace-pipe smoking senior breakfast, Baccalau-ate and Commencement.
First, this week seniors must pick up cap and gown receipts at the Business Office. Seniors who have not paid their senior fee must pay a year-end fee of $4.50 before they get their receipt.
A "LAST BLAST" party is planned for 1 p.m. May 30, the Saturday after finals, at the Big Barn. Hamburgers
Senior Paper Calls for Ads
Students wishing to run classified advertisements in the senior paper about their senior friends, or nonfriends as the case may be, should contact Steve (Scoop) Clark this week.
Clark, Coffeyville senior, is editor of "The Last Gasp," the senior newspaper which will be given out at the senior breakfast on the morning of commencement.
"There's no fee for an ad in the classified section, and the topics or persons advertised is wide open, as long as it's not libelous." Clark said.
"I WILL ALSO welcome contributions to the "Remember When" section, which is in the same general humor category."
Clark stressed the fact that most of the senior newspapers in the past have been strictly informational regarding commencement procedures and class activities.
"Although this paper will contain the necessary straight information we also hope to add senior humor and make this a souvenir paper which the seniors will both enjoy and want to keep.
"USUALLY THE paper has been put together at the last minute." Clark said. "This year we started kicking around ideas in February and have been planning special tricks all semester."
Although Clark would not give out many "tricks," he indicated that a few humorous overtones would be included in a four year chronological history of the class of '64. A special cartoon spread by Mike Smith, Bartlesville, Okla., senior, will depict a topic of senior interest.
CLARK ALSO said the makeup and format would be quite different than in past years and the eight-page newspaper will have a new masthead.
One of the big improvements this year is the fact that advertising solicited by John Anderson, Prairie Village senior, will almost pay for the paper. In past years, the majority of the cost has been absorbed by senior class funds.
and beverages will be free. The price for non-senior dates is $1.50.
Sunday activities include checking out caps and gowns from 3-5 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium. Seniors will need to know their height, head measurement and the school from which they will be graduated.
The All-University Commencement Supper at 4:30 May 31 in the Union Ballroom requires advance payment and advance registration in the Alumni Office, 127 Strong. Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe will deliver his "State of the University" message and will award life-time alumni memberships.
At 7 that night graduates will assemble either in front of Strong Hall or the Field House, depending on the weather, for the Baccalaureate Services at 7:30 in Memorial Stadium.
GRADUATION DAY begins at 7:45 am. Monday in the ballroom with the traditional Senior Breakfast. Students will wear caps and gowns. According to Sandra Garvey, St. Louis, Mo., senior and co-chairman for the Breakfast committee, the event will feature the smoking of the corncob peace-pipe, led by Chancell-
lor Wescoe. Jay Cook, Webster Groves, Mo., senior, will be master of ceremonies for the special program and Richard Winternote, alumni secretary and senior sponsor, will outline commencement procedures.
At 10:45 a.m. Army, Navy and Air Force graduates will report to Murphy Hall for military commissioning ceremonies at 11 a.m. after which there will be a reception in the Union.
A university reception for graduates and guests will be from 3:00-4:30 in the Union. Graduates should not wear caps and gowns.
Preparation for the walk down the hill begins at 6:35 p.m. in front of Strong Hall or in the Field House, depending upon the weather. Caps and gowns are required. Nothing should be carried.
Commencement will be held at 7 p.m. in Memorial Stadium unless weather forces it into the Field House.
The last official activity for the seniors of the class of 1964 will be to check in their caps and gowns and pick up their diplomas.
payers complaining about the $500 million" new Rayburn building. Around Capitol Hill such misinformation is generally blamed on the press.
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REP. TOM STEED (D-Okla.) says the fact is that Congress remains the biggest bargain in town. If we got it free, Steed contends, each voter would save about 5 cents of every $1,000 he antes up to the Internal Revenue Service.
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In a hearing transcript published as background for the bill Steed said he had seen too many "distorted and misleading" stories about the new Rayburn Building, and he wanted all the facts spread on the record.
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The Rayburn Building emerges as the costliest office building to date, although the far-larger Pentagon if built now would cost more. Steed said square foot construction costs of the Rayburn Building compared favorably to that of any similar structure.
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