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Sen. Terry Carpenter's grass (roots) legislation is hashed over,
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,
Constitutional Convention
on March 1 with
by Jim Pedersen
Nebraskan Staff Writer
The ASUN constitutional convention
will be convened at 10 a.m. Sat.
March 1 for the purpose of re-writing
the ASUN constitution.
The convention will be chaired by
ASUN" First Vice-president Tom
Morgan and will not exceed 30
delegates in membership.
The Interdormitory Association
council will select six representatives
from the dormitories. Three
'Meaning of
different for
by Jim Pedersen
Nebraskan Staff Writer
Violence has a different meaning
for the black than it does for the
white. It means more man just
beatings, burning and riots. It is the
everyday discrimination and fear a
black man must face.
"Whites don't really know what
violence is," according to Rev.
William Peters, aPresbyterian
minister in Omaha's North Side ghet
to. "I have been afraid all my life.
That is what I mean by violence."
Peters served as moderator for
several discussion sessions of an
ASUN sponsored "live-in" in the
Omaha North Side black ghetto held
last weekend.
Virtually all the black speakers at
the "live-in" emphasized that the
racial problem is a white problem.
"A WHITE MAN KNOWS what
racism is," Peters said. "He has
dedicated this nation to it. He has
institutionalized racism."
jCharles Washington, news editor of
the Omaha Star the only black
newspaper in Nebraska blames
white power instead of black power
for racial turbulence.
"White power is the biggest detri
ment to better race relations," he
fcaid. "While power causes the black
man to earn in a lifetime about one-
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by Connl" Winkler
Nebraskan Staff Writer
A voluntary armed forces bill has
been introduced into the U.S. Senate
by Senator Mark O. Hatfield. Bill S.
503, the Voluntary Military Manpower
Procrement Act of 1969, calls for a
fully voluntary armed force six
months after the bill is passed.
Hatfield is calling on those who have
fought conscription in the past to enter
into the new discussion and make
'heir views known. He feels that local
wees would be Instrumental in
securing the consideration of the
Armed Services Committee and thus
get the bill on the floor of the Senate.
He recommends that proponents of
a voluntary armed force write letters
to their Congressmen, the Armed
Services Committee and letters to the
editor of local newspapers that would
encourage labor, business, farm and
professional leaders to express their
views.
IN HIS INTRODUCTION OF the
bill, as reprinted in the
'Congressional Record" Hatfield says
that criticism of our present military
draft system and support of a fully
voluntary military manpower pro
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representatives will be chosen from
the Greek system by IFC and
Panhellenic.
A lottery will be conducted by the
ASUN executive committee to choose
nine at-large delegates. They shall be
chosen from all full-time independent
University students who live off cam
pus. FINALLY, SEVEN delegates will be
chosen to represent the colleges from
the Senate. They will be chosen by
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half of what the average white man
earns.
"WHITE POWER causes the
unemployment rate of Omaha to be
three per cent while the rate in the
ghetto is 14 per cent. White power
is what keeps the black In the ghetto,"
Washington said.
Blacks are tired of just summer
programs in which whites don't come
to grips with the problem, he added.
They are tired of Kennedys or
McCarthys and having to choose
between the lesser of two evils.
Black pride was the theme of
Rodney Wead, director of the
Methodist Wesley Foundation in the
ghetto. He used the words of Bill Cos
by to explain his attitude.
"Black is so beautiful that I painted
my house biack inside and out and
then I couldn't find my bowling ball,
wife or kids."
Wead is proud of being black, but
he feels separatism is unrealistic.
"STRONG PEOPLE live with
strong people," he said. "We have
to feel tough enough to comfortably
join a tough system.
Blacks also won't put up with "dirty
workers," according to Wead. "Dirty
workers" are social workers, teachers
and ghetto policemen who might use
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curement system has grown since he
introduced a similar bill two years
ago.
He feels his bill has gained support
because of the growing discontent
with the Vietnam adventure and a
growing concern about infringement
on our individual liberty and freedom
from unjustified government in
trusion. "I firmly believe that each man
has a moral obligation to serve his
country, but he must be granted as
much freedom as possible to choose
what form this service shall take.
Conscription must always be the last
resort in meeting military manpower
needs and not merely the easy way
out as it is now," Hatfield said.
THE OREGON SENATOR sees the
draft as militarily inefficient, in
herently inequitable to draft-age
Americans and productive of low
morale in the Armed Forces. Whereas
a volunteer system would provide an
efficient military force with emphasis
on quality rather than quantity. The
present draft system only provides
large number of men, he added.
If the armed forces are manned
wiih personnel of minimum or
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by Susie Jenkins
Nebraska Staff Writer
The legislative bill which would
suspend students found in possession
of marijuana may not be dead yet.
LB 8's sponsor, Sen. Terry Carpenter,
announced Tueday he would seek
Legislative support to override Gov.
Norbert Tiemann's veto of the bill.
The bill passed its final reading
before the Legislature last week by
a vote of 34-8. Thirty votes are re
quired to override an executive veto.
HOWEVER, TIEMANN said Mon
day he knows of enough senators who
have changed their minds regarding
the bill that will allow the veto to
stand. Tiemann vetoed the bill Mon
day before he left for Washington,
D.C., for the National Governor'
Conference.
Senators' reaction Tuesday morning
pointed to a coming showdown
between Tiemann and the Legislators,
whom he has apparently miffed.
Carpenter announced his plan to
override the veto on Tuesday and urg
ed constituents to "write thei
Senators."
IN VETOING the bill, Tiemann
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thirty delegates
the executive committee and must be
approved by the entire Senate.
Each of the selected delegates will
be allowed to choose an alternate
voting member, but the procedure for
recognizing alternate delegates rests
with the Rules committee.
The officers of the convention will
function as the Rules committee and
Credentials committee. The Creden
tials committee will submit a report
on the status of all delegates and
alternate delegates to the convention
at the first meeting.
The Rules committee will also sub
mit a report which will serve as the
rules of the convention unless the
convention acts on the report. The
committee will also prepare the
agenda for each meeting.
All items to be considered by the
convention must be submitted to the
Rules committee by 9 a.m. March
1. The agenda will be submitted for
approval to the convention at the first
meeting. It may be amended by a
majority vote.
ONE OF THE primary reasons why
Senate called a convention was the
strong pressure in and out of Senate
for reapportionment. Two proposed
reapportionment plans have been
presented by the Senate's reappor
tionment committee.
The "at large system" calls for 15
senators to be elected in an at large
election. Nine other senators would be
chosen from the college advisory
boards (four from the undergraduate
boards, one from engineering, three
from the professional schools, and
one from the graduate college.
The "mixed system" would have
eight senators selected from
dormitory districts with two senators
chosen from each of four 1500 member
districts.
Fraternity and sorority members
would elect four senators from an at
large election within the Greek
system. The advisory boards would
supply nine senators as in the "at
large system."
TWELVE MORE SENATORS would
marginal capability, they cannot
achieve operational effectiveness in
proportion to the technical capacity
of the materiel, Hatfield contends.
Greater numbers of men do not
satisfy this need.
He feels that draftees who are taken
from civilian life against their wishes
and who spend two years counting
the days until they get out are ineffi
cient and result in low morale.
The draft also produces a high
turnover rate with its emphasis on
quantity rather than quality. The high
turnover rate ties many experienced
personnel to the training of new
recruits. Hatfield quoted a military
official who said "as soon as we are
able to operate as a unit, the trained
men leave, and we have to start all
over again."
S. 503 IS DIRECTED AT upgradin
the conditions and status of a military
career by improving educational op
portunities and social, cultural and
recreational facilities for military
men and their families. The bill would
accelerate the substitution of civilians
for noncombatant military personnel.
Another provision would Insure the
recruitment of the necessary number
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listed several reasons for the move
based on an opinion by the state at
torney general:
The bill "might conflict with the
constitutional concept of separation of
church and state if it were applied
to colleges having religious affilia
tions." A court challenge of the bill Is
"almost a foregone conclusion" due
to constitutional questions. If the bill
were overturned, Ttemann said, "th
result might be to discourage further
interest in the enactment of legisla
tion in this area."
Tiemann felt legislation on t h e
subject is "premature until and unless
it becomes clearly apparent" that the
colleges and universities aren't
handling the problem within their own
governmental structures.
THERE IS absolutely no
evidence the problem isn't already
being handled "quickly and fairly"
by college administrators.
Tiemann said the Legislators were
ignoring other narcotics by legislating
only against marijuana. He listed
heroin and LSD as two others not
covered by LB 8.
There are indications that high
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be chosen in an at large election.
Dormitory, fraternity and sorority
students could vote for 10 senators.
Off-campus students could vote for
12.
Thus each Greek could vote for 14
senators, each residence hall student
12 senators, and each off-campus stu
dent 12 senators. The "at large
system" would have 24 senators in
all and the "mixed system" would
have 33.
Mike Naeve, president of ASUN,
thinks that there will be several dif
ferent proposals on reapportionment
submitted to the convention.
"I am not particularly satisfied with
either of the proposals myself," he
said Monday. "Of the two, I favor
the mixed system."
"Reapportionment isn't as urgent as
everyone thinks," Naeve added. "It
could have been placed on the spring
ballot as a constitutional amendment
and then go into effect a year later."
NAEVE FEELS THE convention
will not carry over into next semester.
"We aren't going to have spring
election until we do work something
out for reapportionment now that we
have started," he said. "But I don't
think the convention will last over
three weeks."
Morgan disagrees. He thinks other
issues may take up more time than
expected. If they do, the convention's
length will be proportionate to the
depth of the issues.
"If the convention is satisfied to
work with reapportionment, we can
solve that question before the spring
election," he said. "At any rate, it
will be a late election."
THE MAJORITY of the people
strongly in favor of a convention felt
it was necessary to reapportion the
Senate, Morgan continued. It appears
now that there will be more than just
the reapportionment issue before the
convention.
Sen. Bob Zucker, leader of the group
of senators who pushed for the con
vention, doesn't see any problem in
finishing before the spring election.
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of young men by accepting many
volunteers who are rejected because
of slight physical or education defi
cinces. With additional training these
men could become productive
members of the armed forces.
To recruit more young men Hat
field's bill would also increase
military pay scales. He says pay in
creases will come to $5 to $7 million
more per year than the present costs,
but other costs would be cut.
Presently it costs $6,000 to train a
serviceman, making the total training
cost for draftees now in uniform, those
men who will leave the service after
their two-year hitch, about $3 million.
THE MILITARY NEEDS five per
cent of the total number of draft-age
males in the 18 to 26 age category,
and Hatfield feels that sufficient in
ducement can be made to attract that
many.
If there is a crisis, his bill includes
a special provision for the improve
ment of the Ready Reserve and the
National Guard. "I submit that the
volunteer force would be more flexible
and, in conjunction with a
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marijuana
schools as well as colleges are ex
periencing difficulties with drugs,
while the bill deals only with institu
tions of higher education.
In presenting his veto message to
the Legislature, Tiemann said that if
marijuana was a serious problem,
Nebraska colleges are doing a
"superb" job of controlling the pro
blem. "FURTHERMORE, I don't think
college students should be treated as
a separate group," he said.
Senators who voted against the bill
were Elvin Adamson of Valentine,
Richard Proud of Omaha, Wayne L.
Schreurs of Seward, James Waldron
of Callaway, Ramey Whitney of
Chappell and Roland A. Luedtke, Fern
Hubbard Orme and Harold Simpson,
all of Lincoln.
A showdown between the Governor
and the Legislature became even
more apparent Tuesday as Sen. Elvin
Adamson withdrew his name from
sponsorship of LB 167 and LB 168,
which would lower the voting age and
the age of majority, respectively.
Adamson was the principal sponsor
for both bills, and news of his move
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Make the scene. Better. This is the message of a Vista Recruiter
as she signs up prospective members this week in the Union.
Vista seeking volunteers
Make the scene better. This is the
motto of Volunteers in Service to
America (VISTA), which is recruiting
on campus February 24-28.
Mrs. Marjorie King, VISTA
recruiter, volunteer trainer, Syracuse
University graduate and former resi
dent of the Detroit ghettos, said here
Monday that VISTA "will continue to
grow" under the Nixpn Administra
tion. "Nixon is in favor of volunteer
organizations and that's what we
are," she said. "We already have
been given more money this year than
ever before."
MRS. KING trains VISTA volun
teers and works with them in the field
"until we're sure they're ready to go
on their own"
"Volunteers are especially needed
in the rural and urban areas of this
country," she said. "Many people
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Shooting guns will be on a voluntary basis if Sen. Hatfield's
voluntary army bill gains acceptance.
also brought withdrawal from Sen. C.
W. Holmquist, another of LB 1678
sponsors.
THIS LEAVES Omaha Sen. Eugene
T. Mahoney as the sole sponsor of
the two bills.
Adamson said he withdrew because
of hesitancy to support a lowering
of the majorial ages below 20.
Tiemann prefers the ages on both
measures lowered to IS.
According to Adamson, the
governor's counsel Robert E. Barnett
told him the governor would veto both
bills if they were passed with the
ages lowered to 20. He would accept
the bills if passed at 19.
THIS STATEMENT brought reac
tions from the Legislators similar to
those after Tiemann's strong budget
message. At that time, Carpenter and
several others accused the governor
of trying to dictate to the Legislature.
The move to override Tiemann's
ifeto is a direct move to challenge
his influence over the senators. Once
a governor's veto on any issue is
overridden, his influence in Legisla
tive matters is traditionally lessened.
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don't realize how bad the rural situa
tion has become. In the South, and
even around here, the small farm is
becoming a thing of the past."
HOW CAN VISTA help those peo
ple displaced from their jobs by cor
porate farming or automation?
"We can retrain them," Mrs. King
said. "We have to help people with
dead skills learn new skills."
Asked why she joined VISTA. Mrs.
King answered "because I like to
work with young people."
Her most memorable experience in
VISTA was a volunteer she helped to
train:
"A girl whose father was a judge in
Rhode Island volunteered for VISTA
work. We trained her and sent her to a
ghetto in Kansas City and after she'd
been there a while, I had people in the
ghetto tell me they thought she was
the nicest person in the world."
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