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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1971
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ar hearing set for May 5
A mass-participation debate on the
Indochina War, scheduled for the
north steps of the State Capitol, has
been set up with the revival of a public
hearing on State Sen. John DeCamp's
resolution asking Congress to set a
date to cut off funding of the war.
The hearing, to be conducted as
one of the Unicameral's committee
hearings, will be held Wednesday, May
5, at 1:30 p.m., Don Reeves, president
of Nebraskans For Peace (NFP),
announced at a Wednesday press
conference.
Two Vietnam veterans and
members of NFP, Leroy Shuster, an
NU junior, and Robert Kerrey, a
graduate of the Pharmacy College,
presented a statement in support of
the resolution and urged attendance at
the hearing. Kerrey, who is from
Lincoln, was awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor several
years ago.
The resolution, identical to
DeCamp's Resolution 32, calls for
provisions for exchanging prisoners,
ASUN settles Hansen
by CAROL GOETSCHIUS
Staff Writer
Weeks of controversy over John K.
Hansen's position on the Search
Committee for a new campus
president were finally, but noisily, put
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safe and systematic withdrawal of
American personnel, and asylum for
Vietnamese who" might be placed in
danger of reprisal.
In response to statements of some
legislators that Nebraska lawmakers
have no business discussing the war,
DeCamp said the war is the most
expensive item in the state. He said the
cost to taxpayers exceeded the
University budget and has cost the
lives of nearly 400 Nebraska citizens.
State support of the University
budget for 1970-71 is about $41.9
million. Reeves said "Nebraskans will
pay over $70 million in individual
taxes for 1971 for support of the
Indochina War."
DeCamp, the only Vietnam veteran
in theLegislature said,"If the Nebraska
Legislature cannot take a stand on
this, we're in sad shape."
The Neligh senator added that he
expects attendance at the hearing to
be "a thousand or more."
After- the hearing, he continued, he
will reintroduce a similar resolution.
to rest at Wednesday's ASUN meeting.
Out-going ASUN president Steve
Tiwald told senators, "I have been
officially informed that John Hansen
meets the elibibility requirements and
is eligible to serve on the Search
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His first resolution was assigned to the
Judiciary Committee, which voted 5-3
to order a public hearing against the
wishes of its chairman, Sen. Roland
Luedtke of Lincoln.
Later, under suspension of rules,
the resolution was returned to the
floor of the legislature without the
hearing, and was killed 33-1 1-5.
Other Senators agreeing to attend
the hearing are Omaha Sens. P. J.
Morgan and Earnest Chambers, and
S cot tsb luff Sen. Terry Carpenter.
DeCamp said Luedtke, who is opposed
to the resolution, also has been asked
to attend.
Reeves said he expects the hearing
to last about three hours, with the
time equally divided between
supporters of the resolution and
opponents.
"Within the limits of time, every
person wishing to offer testimony will
be granted the opportunity," he said.
Persons wishing to speak at the
hearing, either for or against the
resolution, may contact Nick
Meinhardt at the NFP office at 327 N.
1 3th St., Reeves said .
appointment
Committee. Hansen is now the
appointee of the Student Senate."
The sharp debate which followed
his announcement began when Sen. Ed
Eggleston moved that the Senate
"reconsider the appointment of
Hansen." His motion failed after a roll
call vote, and Hansen's appointment to
the committee was reaffirmed.
Hansen is one of three students
appointed in March to serve on the
15-member committee charged with
finding a replacement for campus
president Joseph Soshnik.
Hansen was declared ineligible on
April 2 to serve on the committee
because he was a part-time student.
Campus regulations require
participants in extracurricular activities
to be full-time students. At that time
Hansen was registered for 10 hours.
Wednesday, Melvin D. George, dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences,
informed Hansen that the college had
accepted his course add in political
science 199. The two-hour credit
course is an independent study of farm
politics under Stephen L. Rozman.
Before spring vacation, George had
denied the add request because Hansen
had six hours of incompletes and
wasn't showing satisfactory academic
progress in his other courses.
He reversed his earlier decision,
George said, because Hansen "had
made sustantial academic progress in
the last two weeks."
Hansen said he removed one
incomplete over vacation and caught
up with his work in his other courses.
Before making his decision. George
said he checked with Hansen's
intructors about his academic progress.
Calling it a "purely academic
decision," George said, "It's a decision
I would have made for any other
student. We make these judgments all
the time."
Before transferring to the College
of Arts and Sciences, Hansen had been
registered in Teachers College and
attempted to add the course there.
However, Walter Beggs, dean of the
college, had refused to accept the add.
Although the elibibility question is
no longer relevant, Eggleston moved
that the Student Senate reconsider
Turn to page 3
by JIM PEDERSEN
Staff Writer
Gov. J, J. Exon notified the
Legislature Wednesday that his
"inclination" is to veto the proposed
cigarette excise tax to build a state
office building and NU fieldhouse.
The Legislature, aching to show
Exon it too can exercise power, is
already taking steps to override the
potential veto.
The Unicameral passed LB 87
Tuesday by a vote of 34-11. In
addition to naming the state building
and fieldhouse as recipients of the
five-cent per pack tax hike, the bill
also provides for $695,000 to build a
gym at the Beatrice State Home.
In a letter to the Legislature, Exon
warned that ear-marking funds for
construction projects "tends to
fragment and fractionalize our tax
base." He urged the body to
reconsider their action.
The Governor suggested the bill be
re-written to allocate two and one-half
cents of the tax to a permanent
sinking fund for capital construction
to be "allocated by the Legislature as
it reviews priorities" and the remaining
two-and one-half cents to the general
fund.
Exon went on to say that "while I
do not rule out the eventual need for
either a fieldhouse or a state office
building, I recommend our joint
reflection and consideration until next
January on the specific projects."
A motion by Sen. Richard Proud of
Omaha to reconsider the bill and
presumably deal with Exon's
suggestions was defeated soundly,
11-32.
Sen. Roland Luedtke of Lincoln,
the original sponsor of the bill, has
already filed a motion to override
Exon's veto if it comes. An override
motion requires thirty votes, and since
the bill passed with thirty-four and the
reconsider motion failed with
thirty-two votes, Luedtke would
appear to have the necessary majority
to send the bill back to the Governor's
office.
Exon has until Monday to veto the
bill, when it will become law without
his signature, if he has not acted.
Here is the vote on Proud's motion
to reconsider the fieldhouse bill:
For: DeCamp, Kennedy, Klaver, Maresh,
Moylan, Proud, Skarda. Stahmer, Stull,
Waldo and Wallwey.
Against: Barnett, Burbach. Carsten.
Carstens, Clark, Craft, Duis. Fpke,
tioodrich, Hasebroock, Holmquist, Johnson,
K5me, Kokes, Kremer, Lewis, Luedtke,
Marvel, Morgan, Nore, Orme. Savage.
Schmit, Simpson, Snyder Stromer,
Swanson, Syas, Waldron, Warner, Whitney
and Ziebarth.
Not Voting: Carpenter, Chambers, Elrod.
Keyes and Mahoney.
Talks and Topics
hosts education
reformer Holt
John Holt, author and education
reformer, will lecture at the Nebraska
Union Thursday as part of the student
sponsored Talks and Topics series.
Holt, who calls for some
tradition-shattering changes in the
elementary education system, will
speak at 3:30 p.m. in the Union
Ballroom. Following his talk he will
answer questions.
He has suggested the elimination of
schedules, grades and lesson plans,
abolition of compulsory attendance,
certification requirements for teachers
and compulsory testing and use of
"intelligence" tests.
Now writing his fourth book. Holt
is the author of How Children Fail ,
How Children Learn and The
Underachieving School .'
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