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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
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The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, March 1. 1977
Vol.87.No.100
See story page six
Staff photo by GEORGE MILLENER
Outspoken Hiss
Alger Hiss answered reporters' questions during a press conference yesterday afternoon. Hiss was accused in the late 1940's of
transmitting confidential documents to the Russians. He will speak tonight about the McCarthy era at the University Theatre
Hiss working to clear his name
Staff Renorter
By RICK THAEMERT
In 1950, after ten years of work in the state department, Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury and sent to prison. Now, as a salesman for a printing company in New York, he's obsessed with one goal: vining the laws. He writes that "miraculous justice" from the records
Despite 44 months in prison, a broken marriage, falling health and having his name smeared on job markets, Hiss isn't only fired. He's been trying for 25 years to work in the construction industry will happen next fall because of evidence that became available in 1975 because of the Freedom of Information Act. That meant he would have gave the U.S. secrets to a Russian agent.
IN AN INTERVIEW, yesterday, Hiss, 72. In an interview that kept me known was knowing right was right.
His voice quivered, yet was confident, Dark, dull, deep-set eyes revealed a frustrated past. The purple tint of his lips is the result of two strokes.
"I have been brought up to tell the truth and to respect people." Hiss said.
He still believes in that, despite being associated with communist activities during McCarthy's Red Scare in the early 50s. Bitterness, he said, won't accomplish anything. Endurance and learning from his experiences will.
Huss said he learned much about himself and nature in prison. As the oldest inmate,
"I MADE FRIENDS," he said. "I was
tired. I wore a scarf to immilate with kindness
and condescension."
Hiss spent most of his nighty free time—adult books, digital light in the bathroom and buddy about ways to improve his marriage, which had been weakened by a grueling trial that lasted 6 months.
But, he said, he rarely got depressed by
his situation, only ill from emotional strain. Unlike most people, Hiss becomes sick, rather than depressed, after a manic emotional state. Pneumonia and bronchitis were two results. Hiss said his "phobia" had helped him to cope with the strains.
HSS SAID jail was a miserable place. The absence of social rewards such as women, pets or outside contact with relatives, except for one visit a week, led to extreme segregation, loneliness and increased homosexual activity, he said.
Hiss said he didn't think jail was an answer to social problems because it isolated criminals from the environment in which they had to learn to live.
His being in jail didn't help his family, either. Hiss said his son, Tony, and wife, Priscilla, lived "very close to the bone" materially, and were subject to ridicule.
MRS. HISS, because of her involvement with the case, was moved from counter work in a store to the basement, where she wouldn't meet passers-by.
When Hiss got out of prison, he said, he was in a sense "blacklisted" from many jobs because of his alleged communist associations.
After being unemployed for six months and meeting other persons who were blacklisted, such as Zero Moselt, Hiss got a job with a printing company as a salesman.
He got a job with a manufacturing firm, which soon went defunct.
Hiss said a drop in salary from a state department employee to a salesman didn't bother him, because he said he had never been paid for the money, only traveling and meeting people.
He had a head start over other salesmen because people, even if uninterested in buying anything, "were curious to see me," he said.
Despite the new start, his marriage failed
"We both tried. It's no question it was the case that did it."
Hiss his said wife was unable to look optimistically toward the future and was hurt, shocked, wounded. She even con- tended to不变 change his name and leave New York.
HSS, SMOKING a pipe, said he was happy now, except that his name wasn't chancery.
WHEN SQUABBLES developed and communication fell apart, so did their marriage. They separated but didn't divorce.
But, Hiss said, he wasn't as sensitive to public ridicule as his wife, and, in fact, "doesn't care what the public thinks" as long as he is vindicated.
"The marriage deteriorated," he said.
"I have an active, full life with many friends," he said, adding that he enjoyed "theater, music and a small place in the country."
"I haven't lost any friends," he said. "No friend ever let me down."
Because of damage to his reputation by Richard Nixon, who Hss叫 came an opportunistic politician, and Whittaker the former vice-president that of a madman, Hss is touring the country. He is lecturing at 15 universities this year, trying to correct the work done by the '50s administration that forced people into ridiculous oil-based views."
THE PROCEDES of Hiss's lectures will go to the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee of New York, which is working to remove Hiss' case from the record.
If His succeeds, he'll write a book on the New Deal, and try to get back to tennis, ornithology, or birdwatching, and enjoying life of a woman he's living with in New York.
Most of all, he's waiting, proud and confident.
"I've waited 25 years," he said. "I can wait until next fall."
Casson Construction Co., general contractor for the new School of Law building, is considering legal action against one of its subcontractors. Mid Continent of Omaha.
Legal action considered over law building delay
By JOHN MUELLER
Staff Renorter
John Casson, president of the contracting firm, was interviewed yesterday at his company's Topека headquarters. He and Jim Cook, project manager for the building, said they didn't know whether the building had been finished by its new June 7 deadline.
Casson and Cook initially declined comment on Mid Continent's role in the building's construction. Casson was asked last fall by state and KU investigators to replace 17 defective concrete panels for the building supplies supplied by Mid Continent.
CASSON SAID, "We still have contact with the subcontractor, but the subcontractor is not an attorney."
Classon later said, "I wouldn't want to say anything until the end of our contract with Mid Continent. Well, we may have a court case with them.
But Mid Continent, he said, would continue to supply the panels until the building was completed.
Casson refused to give further information on Mid Continent.
CASSON'S STATEMENT on the delay in supplying the panels, which form the outer skin of the building, confirms the views of Martin Dickinson, dean of the School of Architecture at the university, that the faculty-student meeting that the building wouldn't be finished on time.
According to minutes of the meeting, Dickinson "indicated that, because of the continuing failure of the subcontractor to deliver the precast concrete blocks, and other difficulties, it is now virtually certain that we will move into the new building until January of 1978."
DICKINSON HAS declined to say why he didn't think the building would be finished on time. But according to law school sources close to Dickinson, he has told them of persistent problems in construction related to the Casson Co.
The sources said that defective concrete panels were being delivered to the building site, and that one panel had been dropped and broken two weeks ago. Casson and Cook yesterday said they didn't want to comment on either one of the panels had been dropped.
possible fines, which could have accrued under state law.
But Cook said, "Yes, we have had problems recently the two or three of the three on my team."
COOAK said the Casson Co. might not have the building completed by June 7, its new deadline. Its previous deadline was May 23 until Robert Kruger, state architect, gave the company an extension on Feb. 8.
The extension saved Casson Co. $7500 in
Kruger said he granted the extension because Casson couldn't work during bad weather in January. He didn't specify how many days Casson lost during the bad weather, but Robert McFeeters, chief of architectural services, has said that "Casson lost four or five full days because of the weather."
COOK AND Casson said they didn't know how many days their company lasted during the bad weather. But Cook, hands clenched and eyes locked at the floor, said "it is our opinion that they haven't given us enough extra days."
Cassion asked Cook how many extra days the cook has been given. Cook responded. (A laugh.)
Cassan said, "We're moving as quickly as we can. We're not even thinking about the job."
He also said that Casson had put extra
men on the site to speed up the building's completion.
Asked how many extra men, Cook said, "I can't answer the question. You can assume
Cook said that "our present progress schedule shows progress in certain areas". He said he couldn't say whether there were areas in which progress wasn't being made.
Casson said, "Jim meant to say were
add of activities in certain areas." He
had said that the study was not
conducted.
CASSON, WHO often answered questions directed at Cook, said, "Last week, we had five on the site. This week, we have 10 or 15—it varies."
"WE DONT anticipate a wall collapsing." Cook said.
Cook and Cassion agreed that the back completion wouldn't need dents by the collarbone, but walls last week. Cook said the collapse was caused by high winds, citing the "gut angle."
See LAW BUILDING page three
Questionnaire results in whistle's revival
By SANDY DECHANT
Staff Reporter
Although the results of a Student Senate questionnaire filled out in the past Senate election were made available only yesterday, they already have influenced decisions of University of Kansas administrators.
Chancellor Archie Dykes and Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, have decided to resume the between-class response to student response favoring its resumption.
Shankel said yesterday that the whistle would be resumed sometime this week. He said the whistle's blast might be shorter or divided into two short blasts.
THE WHISTLE, a 64-year-old KU tradition, was silenced this semester because administrators, students and faculty members generally charged that the whistle disrupted classes that were being taught and affected people's nerves. Shankel said.
A total of 3,271 students, or 81 per cent of the 4,022 voters who answered the question, wanted the whistle resumed. The other 751 wanted the whistle permanently silenced.
Kevin Flynn, Senate Elections Committee chairman, said the purpose of the committee was to review and evaluate
Although Shankel said he had received many comments favoring the whistle's resumption from students, faculty and staff members, he said he and Dykes made a decision only after seeing the results of the questionnaire.
and the administration an idea of student opinion when they formulated policy.
ACCORDING TO Flynn, 4,108 of the 4,200 students who voted filled out questionnaires. The results weren't available earlier and the candidate took so long to tabulate. Flynn said.
of 4,043 respondents, 2,001, or 49 per cent, said they had applied for a scholarship, grant or loan from KU or another lending institution. A majority of the cent, had never applied for financial aid.
Flynn said a follow-up question, which asked whether students who had applied for financial aid had had problems qualifying or applying, would have to be retabulated because some students who said they never paid for financial aid answered the question.
JERRY BOGERS, director of financial aid, said most students were denied aid because of incomplete or late application forms.
He said that a smaller group of students who applied for aid were rejected because they were not registered.
A total of 2,323, or 58 per cent of 4,037 respondents, said they wanted to see Jayhawk Blvd. closed to all but emergency vehicles, buses, medical and handicapped permit holders and other special vehicles from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on school days.
NOW, ALL vehicles with a campus pass and a blue parking sticker are allowed on campus between 7:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. All students and state vehicles also are allowed access.
See QUESTIONNAIRE page two
KU enrollment hits record high
A total of 21,681 students are officially enrolled on the Lawrence campus, and 1,861 are enrolled at the KU Medical Center. The cent cent increase over the rolling 40 percent
Enrollment at the University of Kansas jumped to a record total for the spring semester of 23,572, according to Gil Dyck, dean of admissions and records.
Official enrollment figures are tabulated after the 20th day of classes to allow for late enrolments and withdrawals and enrolment in Continuing Education classes.
Parking fees may be increased
The recommendation calls for a five dollar increase for most parking permits and a $10 increase on two types of permits, Dick Tracy, chairman of the parking and traffic board. said vesterdav
The cost of universal and green zone permits would be increased by $10, making them $4 and $3 a year respectively. Residence hall and other color coded zone permits would be increased by five dollars, he said.
Parking fees at the University of Kansas could be raised much as $10 next year, recommendation by the city. But a traffic fight could end them.
TRACY SAID that the recommendation would be considered by the University Council, which meets March 10. The council will then make a recommendation to Chancellor Archie Dykes, but, Tracy, said, the final approval of the parking fee increase rests with the Kansas Board of Regents.
Residence hall permits are $15 a year and most other color coded zones are $30 a year.
The parking and traffic board made the recommendation to help forestall a dwelling balance in the parking and traffic board.
get the increase, we'll have some problems the following year."
"We've been spending more than we're taking in. I'm not going to be an alarmist; we've not going to get out next week."
Even with the fee increase, Tracy said, parking and traffic will continue to use capital reserves, but on a much
THE MONEY from parking fees and fines, Tracy said, goes to pay for not only capital improvements and maintenance of parking lots, but also for salaries, equipment and supplies. This dual payment has caused some problems, he
Without the fee increase, Tracy said, an even larger increase will be necessary in fiscal year 1979.
"That really makes us have more problems than if we just paid for the lots," Tracy said. "We're paying for both sides of the parking operation, something most Big Eight schools don't do."
Compounding this problem is the time lag between the end of a fiscal year and the time new revenues from parking are collected.
"We have to go two months from June 30 when the fiscal year ends and the balance is forwarded until additional revenues are received. This means we have to keep a large amount of our cash, but it keeps getting smaller and smaller." Tracy said.
WITHOUT THE fee increase, he said, it is projected that
the balance at the end of fiscal year 1978, which begins July 1, will be $800,000 short on its balanced balance for the year. (The deficit is in fiscal 2024.)
That $33,000 difference could be reduced by about $66,000 with the proposed fee increase. Tracy said.
The fee increase would make it possible to begin work on projects to improve parking lots, he said. Among the $400,000 worth of priority capital improvements are completion of work on O-zone, behind Robinson Gymnasium, and improvement of UL zone, across from the Kansas Union.
No state funds are used for the parking fund, Tracy said; only money from parking fees and fines.
THIS YEAR, Tracy said, $100,000 has been budgeted for capital improvements, but the legislature is considering a supplementary request for an additional $100,000. For fiscal 1978, $150,000 has been budgeted; be said
"At least we'll be able to change the drift with this increase," he said. "But without it, there will be problems later and we would have to pay more than we would with this increase."
Last year, Tracy said, the University Council voted against a proposed parking fee increase. But because last year's increase was denied, this year's recommendation is more crucial, Tracy said.
Varied horizon
Staff photo by JAY KOELZEI
The modern architecture of Spencer Research Library contrasts with traditional and even more modern architectural styles on campus. See related photos, story page eight.
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