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University Daily Kansa Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1964
LBJ's Stable of Autos Grows
By Alvin Spivak
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—Despite stringent economizing that has reduced federal expenditures from President Johnson's electric bill on up, there is one place where activity has continued to increase over recent years—the White House garage.
According to old timers in a position to make comparisons, there are more vehicles, personnel and activity at that garage now than ever before.
The step-up is reflected partly in the fact that the garage, once in the charge of an Army master sergeant, now is commanded by a lieutenant colonel.
THIS OFFICER is assisted by two WAC's and a sergeant major for dispatching and administrative duties, plus dozens of drivers — all soldiers in civilian chauffeur uniforms. Most of the drivers are sergeants and are volunteers.
As part of his economy program, Johnson ordered a reduction in limousines for below cabinet officials. His order did not apply to the White House.
The only limousines, as such, at the White House are those used by the President and his wife. But the White House motor pool includes dozens of four-door sedans, radio equipped and driven by the sergeant-chauffeurs for use by presidential aides.
During the Eisenhower administration, there were 22 such sedans. The number and the mileage went up during the Kennedy administration.
THE GOVERNMENT does not own the sedans in the White House fleet. The government leases them at rock bottom rental fees from the manufacturer.
Thus, increases in the number of vehicles and activity would boost government costs mainly in terms of manpower and maintenance.
It has been considered for years an emolument of office for presidential assistants to have White House cars pick them up at home in the morning to drive them to work, take them wherever they may have to go
during the day and drive them back home at night.
This has been going on from administration to administration—and probably began when White House transportation consisted of horses and buggies.
MOST OF the staff assistants at the White House make frequent use of the chauffeured cars, with priorities based on availability of automobiles and rank of the requestors.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's highest aide, Sherman Adams, chose to drive his own car to and from work. Despite his dour reputation, Adams sported a snappy convertible.
Eisenhower's appointments secretary, Thomas Stephens, used to walk to and from work or take a taxi.
But despite the accent on physical fitness in the Kennedy administration, and on economy under President Johnson, the White House garage has been a neehive. And the rank of passengers has extended downward with assistants to assistants being able to commander chauffeur driven cars when superiors are not using them.
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Design Dept.Revamps Evaluation System
Eugene George, chairman of the department of architecture, announced yesterday probable establishment of a "consistent jury system for design teaching and evaluation in the design areas."
The juries will be composed of the instructor of the student in question and two other faculty members. The instructor will have a vote equal to the other two jurors, Prof. George said.
THE PRIMARY function of the jury is to educate, while its secondary function is to evaluate the student, he continued in an assembly of architecture students.
Prof. George termed the establishment of the jury system as a means of "upgrading education." It is an educational device through which the student can profit by the mistakes and successes of both himself and others, he said.
"We're not meeting our potential intellectual capabilities. Our School of Architecture is potentially as good as any in the country—bar none."
Prof. George also appealed to students for a concentrated and cooperative effort to refurbish the interior of Marvin Hall.
He correlated the poor "educational environment" of Marvin Hall to the architecture students' failure to realize their high potential.
Student Architects Plan "Pedestrian Way" Designs
Models of designs for a "Pedestrian Way" by first and second year architecture students are currently on display on the third floor of Marvin Hall.
"A pedestrian way" is "a space between buildings which serves as a means of circulation," Robert Asbury, assistant professor of architecture, said.
They are designed to serve as passageways between stores and parking lots located behind stores. Asbury mentioned a large department store in downtown Lawrence as an example of a good situation for a pedestrian way.
THEREWOULD BE entrances into the shops from the pedestrian way allowing "vertical and horizontal circulation into stores," Asbury said.
The 31 students in the two sections of Design 11 have each produced their own concept of what a pedestrian way should appear.
One model makes use of vertical
Soviet Traveler Speaks Tonight
An associate professor of history who spent the last semester studying in the Soviet Union will discuss some of his impressions this evening.
Prof. Herbert J. Ellison will speak at 8 p.m. today in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
Prof. Ellison spent the summer doing research in Leningrad.
He was the director for the KU Summer Russian Institute in Finland and Russia in 1963. The institute sponsors a group of KU students traveling in the Soviet Union each summer. Prof. Ellison came back to the U.S. with the student group before returning to Leningrad for his research.
The talk will be sponsored by the Russian Club.
slabs to achieve a Grecian column effect.
Another rendition of the pedestrian way is made up almost entirely of discs and intersecting cylinders. The discs serve as steps, floors and roof. Several models have an arborlike effect.
ONE CONCEPT of the pedestrian way makes almost exclusive use of parallelograms.
The third floor of Marvin Hall features exhibits similar to the present one every three to five weeks. The exhibits are the works done by architecture students in attempting to solve assigned architectural problems.
The models are judged for unity, consistency, and whether they are functionally and aesthetically pleasing.
Help elect McDill "Huck" Boyd governor.
Do You Want A "Governor's Student Advisory Commission?"
Hear "Huck"speak tonight, 7:30, Union
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