Frizzell calls for lobbying law changes
TOPEKA—(UPI)—Attorney Gener I Kent Frizzell, who ruled Monday on violations of the law surrounding the pari-mutuel wagering bill in the 1970 legislature, has called for a change in recently-passed state laws governing lobbyists and their salaries.
Frizzell said the laws should require the dollar amount of payment received by lobbyists for their work.
If the dollar amount paid to
lobbyists on the betting bill would have been known, Frizzell said, much of the "suspicion, rumor and innuendo" surrounding the measure would not have resulted.
But the dollar amount of payment is not mandatory.
The new laws enacted by the 1970 session require lobbyists earning $1,000 or more a year to disclose the source of their pay, the manner in which pay was determined, and the manner in which expenses were reimbursed for the preceding calendar year.
Frizzell's ruling Monday culminated a five-week probe into reports of possible lobbying violations for the wagering bill which died in the 1970 legislature.
The reports stemmed from a $30,000 payment to Topeka lobbyist Donald L. Deam and innuendoes of a possible connection between votes on the measure and invitations extended to 25
lawmakers by Sen. Jack Robinson, R-Wichita, a proponent of the bill, to go on a South African trip.
Frizzell said $30,000 was supplied to Deam, but it was "expended for lawful purposes." He said there was also no connection
found between the bill and the trip, although some statements made by Robinson were "misleading"
Frizzell admitted some of the practices might have been questionable on ethical grounds, but there were no laws broken.
Docking 'doubtful' of Frizzell
TOPEKA (UPI)—Gov. Robert B. Docking said today the "personal involvement" of Attorney General Kent Frizzell "raises serious doubts" about the investigative report on lobbying for the pari-mutuel wagering bill.
Frizzell, a candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, released a report Monday on his probe of possible wrongdoing in lobbying for the parimutuel bill killed in the 1970 Legislature. He said no laws were violated.
Docking, a Democrat, said in a prepared statement he would study the report closely.
"Until all questions I have concerning lobbying procedures are answered, I will not consider the case closed." Docking said.
"Unfortunately, the personal involvement of the attorney general in the matter raises serious doubts about the investigation and the subsequent report. Even
Ambrose Saricks, professor of history at the University of Kansas, has been appointed dean of the graduate school at Wichita State University.
KU professor WSU dean of grad school
Saricks was appointed during a meeting in the Kansas Board of Regents in Kansas City. He is also associate dean of the graduate school at KU.
He has been at KU since 1950, and has acted as director of the Experimental Teacher Fellowship Program in History, director of the NDEA Institute in History and as coordinator of conferences for high school and junior college teachers of history.
Saricks served as chairman of the campus United Fund drive and president of the Lawrence Kiwanis Club in 1968. Saricks was co-chairman of the Student Faculty Committee on University Governance and chairman of the Senate Council Executive Committee.
He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Bucknell University at Lewisburg, Pa., and his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin. He formerly taught at Ohio State University and the University of Wisconsin.
Judiciary Committee dismisses first case
The incident before the Judiciary dealt with the misusing of university documents in an incident March 10 involving traffic and parking regulations.
The University of Kansas Judiciary Committee disposed of its first case last week because it did not fall into its jurisdiction.
In a statement issued by Harold Rosson, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering and chairman of the Hearing Division of the University Judiciary, the case was dismissed because it involved University Parking and Traffic Regulations which, according to the Senate Code, fall under the jurisdiction of the University Student Court.
in the closing days of the legislature, it was commonly known that the attorney general personally contacted key Republican senators, urging them to kill a resolution which would have provided an independent investigation of lobbying activities," Docking said.
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an investigation of the reports by the governor's committee on governmental ethics died in a conference committee.
In the waning hours of the 1970 session, a resolution calling for
Docking said Kansans deserved an "independent, objective, nonpolitical investigation."
The governor said since he had taken office he had attempted to bring lobbying under more public scrutiny.
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