THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (USPS 650-640) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989 VOL. 99, NO.108 Court rules in the favor of strikers Eastern says airline could hit bankruptcy The Associated Press MIAMI — A federal judge yesterday refused to order Eastern Airlines pilots back to work, though Eastern Airlines agreed to the 4-day-old Machinists' strike. Eastern sent 2,500 more non-union workers home, blaming pilots for leaving it with "no business on the books." A spin-off job action by pilots nationwide failed to clog airports as feared. Before the court hearing in Miami, company attorney David Ross warned that the airline could live only 48 to 72 more hours without its U. S. District Judge Edward B. Davis ruled from the bench within 30 minutes after nearly three hours of arguments and testimony. He denied Eastern's request for a temporary restraining order. "Yes, the ruling is appealable, but it has not yet been decided whether it will be appealed." Ross said. The company didn't have any comment immediately. Ross had warned during the hearing that without its intervention the Eastern was faced with bankruptcy. "If the pilots do not come back to work, Eastern Airlines is gone," Ross said. President Bush in Washington said pilots should not make the innocent traveling public a pawn. But he stood by his opposition to government intervention to stop the walkout by the 8,500-member Machinists' union, which represents mechanics and ramp service workers. Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner appealed to Congress not to force the administration to impose a 60-day cooling off period. Bush said that the Machinists tried to shut down rail service he would ask Congress to ban such secondary boycots. He said the machine was a loss to gaining, but no talks had been scheduled since the strike began Saturday. Secondary boycotts, particularly in the New York metropolitan area, could disrupt commutes for hundreds of thousands of people. Eastern, the nation's seventh largest airline, already has nearly shut down its operations, saying it was forced to lay off a total of 9.500 workers because of the pilots' adversity to a strike by the Marshalls in a contract dispute that lasted 7 months before Saturday's strike. Glass sculpture Putting on the final touches, Marvin Lipofsky, Berkeley, Calif., resident, helps students complete a sculpture in glassforming classes. Lipofsky, a visiting artist, was in Lawrence yesterday at the Chamey Barn on 15th Street. The visit was sponsored by the KU Glass Club. Senate gets letters from BSU students by Cynthia L. Smith Kansan staff writer Black students upset about Student Senate financing are participating in a write-in campaign. Frenchette Garth, BSU treasurer, said Shirling's comments insulted black students. Senate received about 30 letters yesterday from black students angered by tentative cuts in the Black Student Union budget and because Chris Shirling, senate treasurer, questioned BSU's responsibility at a finance committee revenue code hearing Feb. 26. "It doesn't look good for a black organization to have someone say you don't know how to manage your money when that's not the case," said Garth. Topeka sophomore. "Blocks have for many years tried to over the obstacle of being the ignorant man and that's not helping us." Kelleis Paris, BSU president, said she met with Shirling after his comments were printed in the University Daily Kansan on Feb. 27. "Of course he denied it," said Paris, Omaha, Neb., junior. "He said his comments were taken out of context, but he did say he said we weren't responsible enough for an increase." Shirling said he made the comments in reference to problems BSU officers had with the Senate's required voucher system last fall when the officers were new and unfamiliar with the Senate procedure. "I if we felt they didn't deserve it, they wouldn't receive it," he said. "I think it was blown out of proportion, and I wasn't happy when I read it. The way it read and what it implied in my opinion was not correct." Shirling said the Kansan article had implied that he thought BSU did not deserve revenue code status. The committee tentatively allocated $4.945 on Feb. 26, a 5 percent decrease from their previous budget BSU requested $9.545. A portion of the letter read: BSU members composed a form letter and asked black students to sign copies of the letter. "The Student Senate made it seem as if the Black Student Union was not deserving of revenue code status as well as recognition by the University. I would like to say as a concerned black student as well as a member of BSU that I am utterly appalled by the allegations made against the BSU. "Furthermore, I feel that this is another attempt by the Student Senate to undermine the black students as a whole." Paris said the finance committee was biased against BSU in allocating their funds. "I strongly believe that the treasurer and the finance committee do not feel BSU is important and definitely does not deserve funding," she said. "They felt it two years ago and they feel it today." Kelly Milligan, 1986-47 student body vice president, said that the Senate was divided on the issue of giving BSU revenue code status when he was in office but that he had supported BSU. Aaron Rittmaster, a present member of the finance committee, said. "I think there have been several groups that have been unduly sensitive to budget cuts, BSU among them." "BSU is a revenue code group," he said. "They have already had a status hearing, and they already passed it. I don't think a letter-writing campaign will increase their funding." Shriving last night that the finance committee had decided to recommend to Senate that BSU receive $5,203, the same amount the group had received when it was funded two years ago. He said the letter writing campaign had no effect on the decision. KUAC's halftime shootouts could be illegal by Candy Niemann