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1967
University
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FRANCHISE-CONSCIOUS . . . students from the University and Nebraska high schools
literally packed the Unicameral galleries Tuesday as legislators advanced a proposed
constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 19.
Voting Age Bill Clears
Second Legislature Step
A bill that would constitu
tionally lower the Nebraska
voting age cleared its second
Unicameral hurdle Tuesday,
with an amendment changing
the age from 18 to 19.
The bill was advanced by
a 36-8 vote with five legisla
tors not voting. It will be re
turned to the Legislative floor
twice again before going to
the governor's desk, hopefully
by March 1, according to the
bill's supporters.
An amendment by Sen. Les
ter Harsh to change the pro
posed voting age from 18 to
20 was countered with a move
by Sen. Terry Carpenter to
make the age 19.
Carpenter said he proposed
the amendment to Marsh's
amendment as a compro
mise measure to get the nec
essary votes for the bill.
The Legislative galleries
were filled with young people
for the hour-long debate on
the measure, LB 132. At o n e
point during the debate, the
spectators burst into ap
plause but were quickly rep
rimanded by Lt. Gov. John
Everroad, the presiding offi
cer. The principal opponents of
LB132 were Sens. Arnold
Ruhnke of Plymouth, Eric
Chancellor
To Expound
On Issues '
A statement on some of
the problems facing the Uni
versity is expected to be
made by Chancellor Clifford
Hardin at Wednesday'3 Stu
dent Senate meeting.
Hardin is expected to speak
on the proposed merger of
the University with Omaha
University, the progress of
the University budget, and
the possibilities of a tuition
increase.
The Senate meeting will be
held in the Ballroom of the
Nebraska Union at 4 p.m.,
Wednesday.
"The faculty is invited to
attend, since the topics which
the Chancellor will be speak
ing on concern the entire
University community," said
Roger.
"I think it is important to
note that the students took
the initiative in arranging
Hardin's appearance," he
explained, "in order to pro
vide a service to the entire
community."
The Senate will be asked to
decide whether to fill the two
recent vacancies on the Sen
ate from Graduate College.
In addition, it is expected
that an ad hoc committee
will be formed to Investigate
the possibilities of paying the
officers of ASUN for t h e i r
Job.
jar ri .ate-AiJ
Rasmussen of Fairmont and
Henry Pedersen of Omaha.
Pedersen attempted to push
through an amendment that
would have made 19 year olds
responsible for their con
tracts and not to be designed
as minors. Everroad ruled
Pedersen's amendment was
"not germane" to the dis
cussion. Rasmussen suggested that
the age change could be taken
care of "mechanically" in the
proposed state constitutional
convention. He met only op
position. The Unicameral's most
vocal supporters of the meas
ure were Sens. Eugene Ma
honey, chief sponsor, George
Syas and Stanley Matzke in
addition to Carpenter.
Sen. Edward Danner of
Omaha said that it would be
"rank discrimination to deny
youngsters" the right to vof.e.
M a h o ii e y warned of a
"three year vacuum" facing
Tiemann Presents Tax Proposal
To Revenue Committee Hearing
By Dave Buntain
Junior Staff Writer
The Legislative Revenue
committee began hearings
Wednesday on LB377, Gcv.
Norbert Tiemann's proposal
for a combined sales and
personal income tax.
The Revenue committee
can either amend, kill or re
fer the bill as is to the Le
gislature for action. As of
6 p.m. Tuesday, no action
had been taken.
Tiemann and his legislat
ive assistant, Robert Bar
nett, discussed the philosophy
and mechanics of the mea
sure prior to discussion by
proponents and opponents of
the bill.
The governor's proposal
was necessitated by circum
stances which left the state
without a basis for taxation,
he said.
In 1966 Ncbroskans reject
ed LB797, a bill creating a
personal income tax, in a ref
erendum vote. In addition,
they voted out the property
tax which served as the oth
er basis for state taxation.
Tiemann called a combina
tion sales and income tax the
"only practical solution" to
the vacuum created by No
vember's referendum.
He indicated that he will
probably submit a budget "in
the vicinity of $K0 million",
and that the Legislature must
determine how to raise this
sum in taxes.
According to the Tiemann
proposal, a 2.5 percent tax
would be placed on thn sle
of all tangible personal prop
erty sold retail.
To avoid the possibility of
double taxing, certain items
would be exempted from the
tax, including alcoholic liq
uor, cigarettes, newspapers,
prescription medicines, feed,
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PHOTO BY DOUG KEISTER
18-21 year olds. Matzke said
that giving the vote to 18, 19
and 20 year olds would devel
op the students responsibility
and Sen. Herbert Norse of
Genoa said, "these teenagers
have never let me down."
Most of the senators
favored changing the age to
19 as a reasonable compro
mise move. The Carpenter
amendment was approved 27
19 with three not voting. .
The bill provides that the
age question appear ci the
Nov. 1968 ballot as a proposed
constitutional amendment.
Mike Tefft, chairman of the
Teenage Suffcrage Committee
said "I'm sorry we didn't get
this down to 18, but we're
going to take it at 19 and try
to get it passed."
John Schrekinger, chair
man of the Nebraska Com
mittee on Children and Youth
Committee on 18 voting, said
"We've won the first battle."
seed, and agricultural cases.
Coupled with the sales tax,
the governor has called for a
"use tax" of 2 T per cent to
be levied on any items of
tangible property purchased
outside the state for use in
Nebraska.
The third part of Tiemann's
bill calls for the establish
ment of a personal property
tax, which would be assessed
on a similar basis as federal
income tax.
Under the personal income
tax provision, the Legislature
would establish a graduated
scale each session, depend
ing upon size of the budget.
LB377 provides for maximum
rates, varying from 2 per
cent in the lower income
brackets to 6 per cent in the
upper income brackets.
Tiemann stressed that
these were maximums that,
depending on the approved
budget, the Legislature could
choose to set the rates con
siderably below these figures.
According to the measure,
the sales tax would go into
effect May 1, 1967, or on the
date of passage, whichever
is sooner. Because of admin
istrative problems, the in
come tax could not be imple
mented before 1968.
Since no funds will be
available from the property
tax after this year, Tiemann
emphasized that a new sys
tem must be affected at "the
earliest possible date "
Barnett added that if a new
revenue act is not enacted by
July 1, the state's general
fund balance will "dip below
zero."
Discussing the philosophy
behind the combination tax,
Barnett said It is 8 "flex
ible" tax. Hi v enues will in
crease with the state's pros
perity, he said, with n need
Justification
AWS Raised
By Cheryl Tritt
Senior Staff Writer
Astatement answering
ASUN- president, Terry
Schaaf's request for a justifi
cation by AWS for their "sole
legislative power" in women's
regulations was given by AWS
Tuesday.
The letter said AWS has
raised questions similar to
the ones posed by Schaaf and
AWS Constitutional Conven
tion has been proposed speci
fically to answer these ques
tions. No Interviews . .
AWS Board To Hold
General Election Set
Final elections for a new
AWS Board and officers have
been set for March 8, accord
ing to Candy Sasso, AWS
Board member.
This year, for the first
time, a primary election will
be held a week prior to the
general election. The candi
dates for the final election
will be determined by those
women receiving the highest
number of votes.
There must be twice as
many final candidates as
there are positions available
in the various areas.
The top three presidential
candidates will be the nomi
nees. The candidate receiving
the highest number of votes
in the general election will be
come president and the re
maining two will serve as
vice presidents. The outgoing
board will designate the areas
for the vice presidents.
Any full-time woman stu-
Education Hearing
Action Delayed
Senior Staff Writer
By Julie Morris
Action was delayed Tues
day on Legislative Resolu
tion 6, dealing in part with
for increased rates.
The gove'nor fidded that an
income tax is necessary in
addition to a sales ,ax be
cause a sales tax is "regres
sive" it places "inordinate
responsibility" on the low in
come families.
A graduated income tax is
"progressive", Barnett add
ed, since such a tax places
a higher burden of tax pay
ment on those who can most
afford to pay.
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A NEW WAY ... to cut down on transportation costs? Perhaps. And Fanny and her
relatives could cut down on the parking problem. Besides, where would a campus po
liceman put the over-time parking ticket?
Four major issues will be
considered by the AWS con
vention, according to the AWS
statement.
One issue the AWS conven
tion will consider, the letter
said, is whether the derivation
of AWS authority through the
Dean of Student Affairs Of
fice is the most satisfactory
situation.
The convention will also de
termine if AWS is a student
organization.
"Presently, AWS is a stu
dent organization by virtue of
dent with a 2.3 cumulative
average who desires to run
must file for election by 5
p.m. Monday.
All applicants must submit
a petition signed by 25 wom
en students, an application
form and two pictures of them
selves. Each applicant must desig
nate on her application the
area she desires to repre
sent. No applicant may apply for
more than one area except
those running for president.
They may also apply to serve
as representatives from one
area in the event that they
are not elected to the position
of president or vice-president.
The AWS Board will con
sist of 25 members. Six wom
en will represent each of the
three upper classes.
There will be seven living
area representatives of which
one represents East Campus,
University tuition rates, by
the Legislature's Education
Committee.
The committee will prob
ably take a vote on the meas
ure next Monday or Tuesday
at their regular meeting," ac
cording to Sen. Ross Rasmus
sen, chief spont.r of the reso
lution. Rasmussen said the com
mittee delayed action on t h e
matter to clear up two ques
tions on the resolution. The
senator said the committee
would like to include some
guidelines in the resolution
for computing the percentage
of educational costs a student
would pay at a state college or
university.
As t h e resolution is now
written, it states that students
at the schools should pay "no
more than one-third the cost
of their education." How the
colleges figure what percent
age the students are paying is
left up to the individuals fig
Request Provided;
Similar Questions
its membership, but because
its authority is delegated by
an outside body, it is more
than the ordinary student ac
tivity." The statement said that at
present AWS's "relation to
ASUN is unclear and at pres
ent, unresolved."
Another major issue to be
raised at the AWS convention
is the determination of AWS
membership and who is af
fected by AWS rules.
Although only women living
in campus living units" are
Primary:
March 8
one represents off-campus,
two represent sororities and
three represent city campus
dormitories.
Voters in the election must
vote for as many candidates
from each area as there are
positions to be filled. Thus, in
the presidential primary,
each woman will vote for
three candidates and will
vote for one in the general
election.
The existing AWS Board
will publish a list before the
primary election which will
contain the names, grade
point averages and past ac
tivities of each girl who ap
plies for a Board position.
A smiliar list will be pub
lished of the finalists for the
various positions.
No formal publicity or per
sonal printed campaign ma
terial will be allowed. Ver-"
bal campaigning, however, is
encouraged.
On Resolu tion 6
uring the percentages. The
basis each college uses could
be different depending upon
the college.
The committee also would
like to include some clarifica
tion of the costs paid by post
graduate and graduate s t u
dents at the colleges, Ras
mussen said.
Both Rasmussen and co
sponsor Sen. Richard Marvel
spoke in favor of the bill. Vice
Chancellor Joseph Soshnik.
ASUN President Terry
Schaaf. Curt Bormm and
Leonard H u s s, University
students, and a representa
tive of the state colleges also
spoke in favor of the meas
ure. Only one speaker ap
peared in opposition to the
resolution.
Rasmussen told the e i g h t
member committee, headed
by Sen. Lester Harsh of Bart
ley, that the intent and pur
pose of LR 6 is to place the re
sponsibility of policy decisions
PHOTO BY MIKE HAYMAN
subject to its rules," the let
ter said, "every undergradu
ate woman enrolled in the
University is a member of
AWS."
The letter added, while AWS
has no voice in off-campus
housing, hopefully the Consti
tutional Convention will be
able "to take a stand on off
campus housing for women."
Taking a stand on AWS's
sole legislative authority, the
letter said, regardless of the
future source of AWS author
ity, whether from the Ad
ministration, the women stu
dents, or ASUN, "AWS must
be guaranteed the sole juris
diction in legislating in the
area of women's regulation."
As long as restrictions are
placed on University women,
the AWS board feels the wom
en "living under such condi
tions are the best qualified to
represent, judge, and direct
the making of such restric
tions," the letter said.
The statement continued
that "special attention to wom
en's needs would be lost," if
AWS were to be incorporated
into the responsibilities of
ASUN.
If AWS "were robbed of
legislative authority," the or
ganization would become an
"enforcement agency," the
letter said, and therefore
could even lose its effective
ness to enforce regulations."
"A successful women's gov
ernmental organization, be it
named AWS or something
else, must have power to be
effective, and power comes
from legislative perogative,"
the statement added.
(The full text of the AWS
letter to ASUN will be pub
lished in Thursday's Daily Ne-braskan.)
on state higher education "in
the Legislature where I feel
it rightfully belongs."
The Hooper lawmaker said
the resolution would be in
tended to bind, "just for this
session (of the Legislature)."
Id what may have been an an
swer to Sen. Terry Carpen
ter's earlier suggestion that a
move of this type siiould come
in the form of a law, Rasmus
sen said a resolution would be
"better than a law" because
it is more flexible.
The resolution Rasmussen
presented to the committee
was amended in several re
spects from the original pre
sented on the Legislative
floor Jan. 20.
The amendment included
striking the words "research"
in two sections which deal
with the educational costs
that should be picked up by
students. The amended sec
tion reads:
"That resident students at
state public institutions of
higher education be required
to finance not more than one
third of all costs associated
with actual academic pro
grams of students at the under
graduate level."
The most vigorous commit
tee opposition to the resolu
tion came from Omaha Sen.
George Syas and Sen. Wil
liam Swanson of Lincoln.
Syas said "in order to get
me to vote for it (the resolu
tion) I think I'd have to g e t
Omaha University in there
someplace." Syas questioned
the resolution's provision that
would require the state to
contribute one-third of the ed
ucational costs of students at
community or junior colleges.
The senator said the provi
sion for junior colleges leaves
out Omaha University entire
ly. In answer to Syas' objec
tions, Rasmussen a a I d he
"would be willing" to strike
the junior college support
provision if it was necessary.
Soshnik told the committee
that the policy that has grown
up in state education has been
to keep tuition costs at higher
educational institutions down.
He said that the "lowest
possible percentage that
could be accepted as public
policy should be" noted on
the public record and urged
passage of the resolution.
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