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A union representing
faculty members of the
University of Nebraska has
been granted a charter from
the American Federation of
Teachers and is currently in the
final stages of organization.
The University of Nebraska
Federation of Teachers, No.
2163, will meet at 3 p.m.
Thursday in the Nebraska
Union to elect officers and
ratify a constitution.
According to Ed Becker,
assistant professor of
philosophy and a member of
the union's steering committee,
an open discussion of contract
Governance committee interviews
ASUN will be select three student delegates to
participate in the Summer Committee on University
Governance. Interviews for the positions will be Friday
and Saturday. Students interested in going through the
interviews can sign up for a time at the ASUN office,
334 Nebraska Union.
In addition to the three representatives there will be
research groups to investigate particular problems and
concerns prior to the convention. Those interested in
serving on the research committees should leave their
name and phone with the ASUN secretary.
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issues will also take place. The
ideas will be used by the
contract committee this
summer in preparation of a
teaching contract for next fall.
Of primary concern to the
union now is the recruitment
of more members. Current
membership is about 75
faculty126 names were
submitted with the petition for
a charter from AFT.
Besides contracting dues
paying members, organizers
have also been seeking faculty
signatures authorizing the
union to bargain for them
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faculty has either joined
the union or given the AFT their
bargaining rights, the union
may approach the Board of
Regents to be recognized as a
legal representative of, the
faculty.
Craig MacPhee, assistant
professor of economics and
another steering committee
member, indicated that the
union hopes to have its faculty
quota by the end of the
summer in order to begin
deliberation on the issues next
fall.
Attempts to contact faculty
members to inform them about
AFT was initially hindered by
an administration decision to
prohibit the use of campus
mail to AFT, he said.
However after the steering
committee bargained with
administration personnel and
pointed out that groups similar
to AFT, such as the American
Association of University
Professors (AAUP), have been
permitted to use campus mail;
the AFT was granted use of
campus mail facilities.
In approaching faculty
personnel, Becker noted that
many of his colleagues
considered the AFT as just
another organization, not
really different from any other
teachers's group.
However no other group
will have the legal advantage
that the AFTcan have, he said.
"We need people to join in
order to gain our legal power,
we can't have it without
faculty support."
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amounts to is whether or not
we have confidence in the
President of the United
States."
President Richard M. Nixon
is "a dedicated man", Proud
said. He called Nixon "a man
of vast experience and
maturity."
Proud added: "I will vote
for him and not this
resolution."
Chambers turned against the
resolution he helped sponsor
after the amendments were
added. He said it was only
"realistic" to call America a
war-mongering nation, and that
it was "wrong to praise the
President." His motion to
postpone the resolution
indefinitely failed.
To Klaver, Chambers said
"you don't have to be ashamed
or apologize for me,"
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of the males gave the same response.
Although Nebraska is known as part of the bible belt
country, only 36 per cent of the respondents reported
frequent attendance in church. A slightly higher number, 38
per cent, said they go only rarely while 25 per cent reported
occasional visits to a place of worship.
Regardless of the lackluster attendance record, a full 72
percent of those returning questionnaires considered
themselves to be members of some organized church.
In the political spectrum, Democratic party identification
was preferred over Republican by 29 per cent to 25 per cent.
However, both major parties were overshadowed by the 30 per
cent who claimed no party affiliation.
Registered voters in the sample also went Democratic, but
by a margin of only five per cent. The breakdown was 42 per
cent Democrat, 37 per cent Republican, and 21 per cent
independent.
Following a similiar pattern, most students rated themselves
politically as "'moderately liberal" (45 per cent) or
"moderately conservative" (28 per cent). "Very liberal" (14
per cent) and "indifferent" (7 per cent) followed with "very
conservative" (four per cent) just behind them. The
Self-adjective "radical" was listed by two per cent of the
respondents.
Construction bill
excludes Love Library
Unwilling to risk an increase
in sales and income tax rates,
Nebraska's state senators voted
Monday to accept without
change Sen. Kicnurd Marvel's
Appropriations Committee's
recommendations for the
1971- 72 capital construction
budget.
For Marvel, chairman of the
Appropriations Committee, it
was a second legislative budget
victory. The 44-1 approval of
the capital construction
measure was added to the
earlier endorsement of the
committee's operational
budget.
An attempt by Sen. Roland
Luedtke's to include a $5
million appropriation to
finance an addition to Love
Library on the University's
Lincoln campus was turned
down by a two to one margin.
Luedtke introduced the
proposal for Lincoln Sen.
Harold Simpson, who was
absent.
Monday's approval of $6.1
in for capital construction
seemed to clear the way for the
Unicameral to adhere to Gov.
J. James l.xon's proposed tax
limits. Lxon's 2'A per cent sales
and 13 per cent personal
income tax limits have been
endorsed by a majority of the
Appropriations Committee.
However, the Unicameral
must still deal with two more
appropriations bills before
going home. LB573, a personal
property tax exemption bill
which was vetoed by Gov.
Fx on, will be reconsidered.
LB264, which would increase
state aid to public schools, is
also awaiting legislative action.
from Omaha's Near North Side
said: "I have in my hands some
slave manacles that have helped
shape my views of this
country."
Ord Sen. Rudolf Kokes,
who lost a son in the Korean
War, said it was in Nixon's
"political interest" to end the
. war as quickly as possible and
in a way that would
demonstrate Americans had
not died in vain.
How the senators voted:
For: Barnett, Burbach,
Carpenter. Carsten, Craft, DeCamp,
Duls, Elrod, Holmquist, Mahoney,
Marvel, Morgan, Moylan, Orme,
Savage, Schmit, Skarda, Srahmer,
Swanson, Waldron, Warner, Wiltse,
Ziebarth.
Against: Chambers, Clark, Epke,
Goodrich, Keyes. Kremer, Lewis,
Luedtke, Proud, Snyder, Stull,
Syas.
Not Voting: Carstens,
Hasebroock, Johnson, Kennedy,
Kime, Klaver, Kokes, Maresh, Nore,
Simpson, Stromer, Waldo, Wallwey,
Whitnpy.
Even with the austere
appropriations, current
estimates indicate that a slight
increase in the state income tax
rate will be necessary to fund
the measures already approved
by the Unicameral.
"We're approaching rock
bottom," Marvel cautioned
Nebraska's legislators when
LB103 7, the capital
construction measure, reached
the floor for consideration.
Sen. Terry Carpenter of
Scottsbluff heeded Marvel's
warning and decided to forego
several amendments to finance
new programs not accepted by
the Appropriations Committee.
A proposal to provide
planning funds for a $4 million
veterinary science disease
research building at the College
of Agriculture was withdrawn
by Sen. Willard Waldo of
DeWitt.
Luedtke, in refusing to
withdraw his proposal for
library construction said, "the
No. 1 University priority now
should be the addition to Love
Library ."
Luedtke noted the past lack
of construction funds, "We
have a tremendous backlog of
capital construction, all the
m ore . reason to get started
now."
The defeated Love Library
addition proposal would have
provided a basement and three
floors for book storage.
LB 1037 allocates $180,000 to
cover library planning expenses
and only anticipates a further
$3.3 million for library
construction during the next
fiscal year.
TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1971
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