Chairman Says Voting Heavy
Dick King, Kansas City sophomore and elections committee chairman, said the voting has been particularly heavy for this early in the election.
The total number of votes at 11 am. this morning was 652. Voting is the heaviest at the two polls in Strong Hall where 416 votes have been cast. The vote is considerably weaker at the polls in the Kansas Union and Murphy Hall, with 113 and 123 votes cast, respectively.
Last spring election, the total vote at 11:30 a.m. was 825, with a total of 586 votes being cast in Strong Hall.
THE POLLS, which were scheduled to open at 8 a.m., opened around 8:30 this morning. King said that this was good because it usually runs about 9 a.m. on the opening day.
King said there are two candidates from the large women's residence halls district to replace Peggy
Conner, Sacramento. Calif. senior, who has been recalled.
The two candidates are Beverley Nicks, Detroit, Mich., junior, running on the Vox ticket, and Jean Borlaug, Sierra Guadarrama, Mexico, junior, running on the UP ticket
A petition, last week, to recall Miss Conner was ruled void by the chief justice of the Student Court, but a new petition, circulated by Marsha Dutton, Colby senior, was certified by the elections committee last night.
Miss Conner said she did not think she would appeal to the Student Court this time.
Total votes cast at 11 a.m. in the school districts are: college men, 246; college women, 179; engineering and architecture, 66; education, 82; fine arts, 37; journalism, 10; graduate, 17; pharmacy, 7; law, 19; business 28.
are; senior class, 18; junior class, 33
sophomore class, 34.
Total votes cast for class officers
Ten votes had been cast by 11 a.m. for the large women's residence halls seat.
King said the polls will close at 6:15 p.m. and will open at 8 a.m. tomorrow.
In addition to the election of student body and class officers, one proposed amendment to the ASC Constitution was being voted on today
The question is concerned with whether or not to count invalid ballots, during the fall elections, in determining the number of representatives from a living district.
Last autumn, invalid ballots were not counted, and some living districts lost a representative because of this.
The proposed change would count all ballots cast, both valid and invalid, toward determining the number of representatives.
Daily hansan
61st Year, No. 116
Wednesday, April 1, 1964
UP Introduces Platform; ASC Asks Rebate Trim
Bv Garv Noland
Twelve hours before the spring election even began, University Party members last night introduced their entire platform to the All Student Council.
Five pieces of legislation, containing five of the six planks in the UP platform, were automatically referred to the Committee on Committees and Legislation, and will be taken up at the next ASC meeting.
Bob Stewart, Bartlesville, Okla., junior and UP candidate for student body president, said afterwards:
"THIS IS THE first time in the history of a KU party that a platform has been proposed in its entirety before the election in which it was proposed."
"The fact that they were introduced tonight is unimportant." Tom Bornholdt, Topeka senior and Vox president, said. The criticism Vox has been voicing of the UP platform is still the same. Bornholdt said.
The sixth plank of UP's platform, which would establish a temporary library committee to work with the staff of Watson Library to bring up to date and improve the files of examinations and course material, was passed as a resolution.
The four proposed bills and a proposed amendment, if passed at the next meeting, would mean the establishment of an ASC student employment committee, a food committee, a committee evaluation board, and also the establishment of a freshman leadership program, and a student-teacher evaluation system. The function of these committees are outlined in the UP platform.
IN OTHER BUSINESS, the council approved a Union executive committee to reduce the Kansas Union Bookstore rebates to students from 8 to 5 per cent in order to make more loans available to KU students under an expanded National Defense Student Loan program.
The resolution was introduced by John Stuckey, Pittsburg senior and ASC chairman, who explained that the 3 per cent of bookstore rebates would be turned over to the University to help pay for loans which the University could borrow in order to be eligible for larger grants from the federal government.
Under the program, the federal government supplies $9 for every $1 supplied by the school, Stuckey explained.
THE 3 PER CENT of rebate funds would be used to repay loans for the
"The new limit for federal funds supplied annually to any participat ing school is $800,000." Stuckey said. "Available funds for the institutional portion of the program at KU are rapidly being exhausted."
purpose of financing the University's share — $88,889 — of the program, Stuckey said.
Once the repayment has been completed, the funds diverted from the 8 per cent of bookstore rebates can be returned again to the students, Stuckey said.
The resolution will be sent to the Kansas Union executive board for its consideration.
The council passed a resolution establishing a committee to investigate broadening the powers of the ASC.
The resolution was introduced by Bill Panning, Ellinwood junior, who suggested that the committee examine the ASC constitution and write to other schools to find ways the ASC can become more effective.
Also passed was a resolution, introduced by Walter Bgoya, Tanganika junior, to recommend that the Board of Regents either reconsider the recent action banning the sale of cigarettes on campus or prohibit smoking altogether
BGOYA SAID MANY students have complained of the ban on cigarette sales. "Prohibiting the sale of cigarettes on campus is ridiculous. Smokers have rights, too."
Ali Hassan, India sophomore, said,
"We should not be treated as high school kids at the university level.
Farring (cigarette) machines is not going to reduce smoking; students are just going to make sure they
have enough cigarettes so they won't run out."
Gary Walker, Wichita sophomore, said the Board of Regents was not attempting to take away a right, but that they didn't want to be responsible for encouraging smoking, since it is considered unhealthy by the U.S. Surgeon General.
In other business, the Council unanimously passed a resolution, introduced by Dick King, Kansas City sophomore, permitting the distribution of a campus humor magazine called "The Bird."
SUSAN FLOOD, Hays senior and a member of the ASC publications committee, reported the committee felt there was a definite need for a campus humor magazine.
Included in the ordinance are such businesses as hotels, motels, places where food, drink or refreshments
The magazine will be published by a group from the School of Business. One of the students appearing before the Council said that it will be "a satire of campus life" and be of "high literary quality." He said it will be a quarterly magazine, and that there would only be one issue this semester.
An amendment, introduced at the last meeting, to abolish the housing committee was passed.
The ordinance makes it unlawful for any "owner, manager or employee of public accommodations to refuse services or facilities or to discriminate in providing services or facilities to any orderly person on the basis of race, creed, color or national origin."
Reuben McCornack, Abilene junior and student body president, had previously recommended, on the basis of a report from the Little Hoover Commission, that the Housing Committee be abolished because housing problems are adequately handled by the University.
City Council Passes Accomodations Law
The Lawrence city commission yesterday passed a public accommodations bill without discussion.
After the second and final reading of the ordinance by City Attorney Charles D. Stough, the council moved, seconded and voted to accept the ordinance.
THE ORDINANCE prohibits discrimination in certain places of public accommodation, authorizes the Lawrence Human Relations Commission to investigate complaints of violations of the ordinance, and provides for enforcement.
of any kind is served, swimming pools,places of amusement or recreation,theatres,retail and grocery stores,and trade,commercial or professional schools.
The ordinance provides for an investigation of an alleged violation by the LHRC. If the LHRC cannot persuade the person or establishment to comply with the ordinance, the city attorney can file a formal complaint in police court.
THE ORDINANCE does not,however,apply to private clubs or social organizations and businesses of a personal nature,such as barber and beauty shops.
Any person convicted of violating the ordinance can be bined a maximum of $100 and is subject to a maximum jail sentence of 90 days.
If the owner, manager or employee of any establishment is twice convicted of violating the ordinance, business can have its license revoked or suspended for 90 days.
FIRST BALLOT—Craig Stancliffe, Topeka junior, casts the first ballot in Strong Hall this morning as voting for the student body president, vice-president, and All Student Council representatives from the various schools, gets underway.
Talk "Tapping" Fires Campaign
On the eve of campus elections University Party (UP) and Vox Populi (Vox) party members and candidates were concerned with the political implications of a tape recording made at the Theta Chi fraternity house, last Sunday evening.
The tape recording occurred under circumstances which were described by Bob Stewart, Bartlesville, Okla., junior and UP candidate for student body president; Tom Bornholdt, Topeka senior and president of Vox Populi; Marshall Crowther, Lawrence second year law student and Vox candidate for student body president, and Peter Marsh, Overland Park sophomore and president of Theta Chi.
Stewart said that Alan Stamper, Plainville senior and member of UP, Charles Whitman, Shawnee Mission senior, and secretary-general of UP, and himself went to the Theta Chi house in "good faith" to discuss a possible change of Theta Chi's party affiliation from Vox to UP.
Stewart said, "At 6:30 it was arranged for us to talk to the Theta Chis about affiliating with UP."
He further stated that he was at the Theta Chi house discussing the matter from approximately 6:30 to 8:45 last Sunday.
Both Bornholdt and Crowther stated last night that at the present time to best of their knowledge, the statements made by Stewart as to the circumstances under which the meeting occurred were true.
Bornholdt said: "I did not know the tape had been made until right after it had been taken."
Marsh, president of Theta Chi fraternity, said he was taking the personal responsibility, not as a member of Theta Chi but as an individual, for the tape recording made of the conversation between three UP members and four members of Theta Chi.
"We talked about two and one half hours and covered every issue on campus." Stewart said.
Stewart further stated that the recording of the conversation "is an invasion of my personal privacy."
Weather
The low tonight will be in the 50's and tomorrow's high will be in the lower 70's.
Skies will be partly cloudy with chances of thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow, the Topeka weather station predicted.
The tapes were edited after the meeting at the Theta Chi house Sunday night. Marsh said: "I edited it (the tape) and took the small talk out."
STEWART, who has heard the edited tape, which he states was approximately 18 minutes long, said, "The comments are taken out of context." He further stated: "Things were not only out of context but out of place."
Members of both political parties declined to state what was on the tape.
The tape recording and the editing was made without the sanction of either candidate. Neither candidate knew about the recording or the edited tape recording until after both had been completed. Stewart said that he did not learn of the recording and editing until Monday morning about 9 a.m.
Crowther said that he did not know of the tapes until early Monday morning about 1 a.m.
THE TAPES then came into the hands of Vox after they were edited. Brian Grace, Lawrence senior and member of Vox, said it was delivered by a Vox party worker. Grace said that he was one of the members of Vox who happened to be at the Delta Tau Delta house when the tape was given to Vox.
In the early morning hours on Monday morning, Bornholdt said, he listened to the edited tape all of the way through.
Although there were members of the party (Vox), Bornholdt said, who wished to use the recording in the campaign, he did not think that it should be used. Bornholdt said that he stated his view at the time and considered that the question of using the recording in the campaign was closed. He understood at that time that the recording would not be used.
Bornholdt also explained the circumstances under which the recording was made. He said: "This (the taping) was an individual action by people who were members of Vox Populi. However, this was not officially sanctioned by Vox Populi and Vox does not participate in this type of campaigning."
LATER ON Monday morning, Grace invited a UP party member, an independent, to come to the Delta Tau Delta house and listen to the edited tape.
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