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ByLzayLutz
Campaigning for his father and trailed,
by an assemblage of campaign aides, re
porters and religious crusaders, one of the
lint political nomads of the semester con
tinned his swing through Nebraska and the
Midwest Thursday,
James Earl (Chip) Carter III, who has
visited 41 states since beginning his cam
paign odyssey in June 1975, travels alone
except for the variety of people connected
with his appearance.
Although he is not protected by Secret
Service men, no one could say Carter is
not being watched. NFive members of Col
umbia Broadcasting System's 60 Minutes"
news magazine program have been filming
Carter for a segment of their program
comparing his campaign techniques and
experiences with Jack Ford's.
Especially noticeable was CDS newsman
Dan Rather heading the CBS crew. Rather
said he was especially interested in pursu
ing questions Carter had trouble answering.
Rather said the braodcast on the candi
dates' sons w21 be aired some time in Oct
ober, possibly with a segment on Carter's
appearance in Lincoln. v
Off-camera jckfcg
They have been following Carter for
several months. Carter's previous stop was
in Lawrence, Kan. The occasional traveling
companions have become well-acquainted
and joke with each other off-camera. While
in Lincoln, Carter and the CBS crew went
to a bar together and "heard a great jazz
band," Carter said.
Carter said he is used to the bright
television lights interrupting interviews, but
said he doesn't feel he deserves the atten
tion. Despite this attention, Carter told the
Daily Nebraskan Thursday he enjoys cam
paining even though he has not had much
chance to "stop at home in Plains, Ga.
He said he was home only six times dur
ing the first year of campaigning, but will
continue to campaign until the November
election.
- '. Carter said his main purpose in cam
paigning is to ""meet the people and get
ideas for my father while on the road."
- Carter doesn't just walk up to people on
the street and ask them their ideas, though.
Two advance people for the Carter cam
paign precede him, scheduling appearances,
making contacts with local Democratic
leaders, and arranging food, travel, and
lodging. -
"' Fe3 schedule p Issscd -4.
For his Nebraska junket, the Carter
people planned a full schedule with a
variety of public exposure. While Carter
concerned himself with questions about
domestic and foreign policy, those cam
paign aides worried about who's car was
parked where and which streets ran one
way. The aides said they scheduled Carter to
appear at a variety of places so he could
get the maximum exposure to the maxi
mum number of people." Included in his
schedule were six political rallies, a
drought-striken farm, a senior citizens
dance, an appearance at the State Fair and
lots and lots of hand shaking" an aide
added.
- The aides said their main problem was
"keeping Chip on schedule, including all
the arrangements" Chip, however,' said he
did not share their concern, which contri
buted to his habit of tardiness.
One problem the aides said they did not
have was deciding when to eat. Forty five '
minutes were scheduled for each meal,
they said, but if that didnt work out
we d just stop when we were hungry.
That's one part of the campaigning Car
ter said he wouldn't miss because he likes
home-cooked meals. He said he and his
wife Caron have a "shared marriage" and
both do cooking and cleaning at home.
Keep in touch by phone
Carter said Caron and the rest of the
Carter family are campaigning in different
parts of the country. He said they seldom
get together to discuss campaign strategy,
but keep in contact by telephone. -
Carter said other family members also
trav el alone, and that only his mother and
father have secret service protection. He
said he probably has the largest group of
people traveling with him that aren't assoc
iated with the campaign.
One such group calling itself "the Child
ren of God," distributes pamphelts by
Moses David proclaiming Jimmy Carter
as "America's last Chance and soliciting
donations to "help our youth.
One pamphlet handed out 2t UNL de
picted Gerald Ford and Ronald Reazan as
." the "antichrist forces" and a smilins Jim-
ray Carter holding up the Bible. The three
wo
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Photo by Scott Swoboda
Stumping for 'daddy . . . Chi? Carter, surrounded by newsmen and pcllikzl
groupies, .made the roundi Wednesday cn the UNL city campus to drum up some
sss rods support.
Cy Torsi Eaton
"I don't see why we little peons at $4300 a year
should have to tell people making S30JOO a year that
they should get together and iron out their differences,
said Sate Sen. Robert Clark of Sidney.
But that is what the Nebraska Legislature's Appropria
tions Committee decided to do. In a session Thursday, the
legislators agreed to send letters to the Nebraska Depart
ment of Administrative Services (DAS) and the NU
administration. The letters will ask the two groups to
meet and dizcuas differences concerning a state informa
tion system.
In 1974, the LegrJ-rcrc asked DAS to form a "com
prehensive employe information system. The system,
czZzd the Nebraska Employe Information System (NEE),
was to be created by July 1975 and include all state
agencies, 'according to Appropriations EI3 1054. Later,
the Legislature asked the univensty to create its own data
system, the Msnsment Information System. -The uni
versity system was outlined, in LLSIO, psssi in 1975.
But the university has been kasSant shout presiding all
cf the
and of ccllcctin adiltfcnd information cesdad by the
Varntr outlined several concerns xbnut the , stele "
system. One area is control of the unhcrsily:
. . NEIS, as currently envisioned, would require that
all bits of data, inches every jab desuri-tioa and every
change of asfnsssst, be procebsd thro-i th Impart
ment of dniaMrstrire Ssrvices. It is a short stq from
thM point to reqsnsg4 thst zH job descxtsons and
changes in asnrnt be approved by the Dzrtment of
Administrative Services. If this shnu!J occur, the (NU)
Cord of Rents wi3 hae lost a sfscst pcrtba cf the
1 ICp
men were posed on a scale with the balance
in Carter's favor.
Amidst this crowd, Carter remained
calm, saying he was used to all the things
that go along with campaigning.
Carter effort launched
One reason Carter said he came to Neb
raska was to launch "the Carter effort in
Nebraska, which we are sure will win the
state for us.
Carter denied that he was sent to Neb
raska to persuade Gov. J. James Exon to
head the state's Carter campaign. Exon
supported Sen. Henry Jackson until the
Democratic convention this summer.
Chip stressed that he came to Neb
reaka to "get people talking - about the
campaign and answer any and all ques
tions." He answered questions from UNL
students for about a half an hour
Thursday in front of EroyhiH Fountain.
During the session he also displayed his
sense of humor, which he described as
"good ... just like Daddy's, but notas
dry." ,-',';'-'.
When asked about his father's views on
marijuana laws, Carter said his . father
was in favor of decriminalization, but
jokingly added "my brothers and I have
been pushing for decriminalization by
amount and we've been pushing for five
pounds." .
Rare personality display
That rare display of personality is
one Carter tries to suppress, continually
saying he wants to retain his private
life.
In an interview Tuesday, he said the
only thing he wanted to do after the cam
paign was "to go home and farm." How
ever, an Qmaha World-Herald story quoted
him Wednesday as saying, "If Dad asks me
" to come up there, I'd go," in reference to
any job offers in Washington, D. C.
Carter clarified that statement some
what for the Daily Nebraskan Thursday
by saying the "idea of working 'in Wash
ington really appealed" to him and he
would like to go, but couldn't work for
the government if his father was President.
His voice is steady and booms over the
microphone, although he said he prefers
to .talk to "folks on a one-to-one basis,
because that's the way I'm used to."
He said he felt his trip to Nebraska was
'very successful because he was a farmer
and could talk to Nebraska's farmers and
understand their problems.
From Nebraska, Carter will go to South
Dakota, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota and
North Dakota.
responsibility which rests solely with the Board of
Regents the control of the employes of the uni
versity ..."
Vamer also summarized a July meeting about the
computer systems between university administrators and
the chancellors. At that meeting, five concerns were cited,
Varner said. They are:
The state plan would call for 70 to ICQ new pieces of
information, in addition to the 30 pieces of data the uni
versity already provides.
A3 work on the university's information system
wouM be brought to a halt to meet the state Jan. 1
deadline. ; . -
It wouM cost S250JCC0 to implement the state's
system.
AdinisEtrsirrefoswcnM increase. ;
-Faculty groups hrse ncd "serious questions shout
privacy.
Vsmsx said cne concern was because ' someone :
Isiied infonnstaoa shout fkculty income and addition- "
-dearnhstoabcslcsrpsper. '
Stsnby Uitike, DAS director, said the information
"Tht is speciScsIIy puhlic nfennatssa, ilitzke said,
dscked .ith the (state) tttomey gtaeral before the
Iitzke trgusi that both systems ccEsct the same in
fcrmatbn, and ft vculi be expensive to operate two
separate payroll syrens. ... ,
"The lpT we dsfar fcaCffisatiag KES, the more
duUcuIt it irf3 be to continue cur payroll system as ft
nawis,tlitzkesdd. .
Siate Sen. Gcnn Goodrich cf (incha said he beevsd
the mrjor prchbm is ccntrcl-tht the rcsnts fear the
state system would weaken their control of the university.
Because of this, the committee decided to ask the
regents to meet with them to discuss state and university
information systems.
Qark sail, "I would like to meet with the regents to
see how much they really know about the university."
- . , , . ' - . "
However, the committee's approach to the regents will
be a request, not a command.
Steven Shovers, IMversity cf l&hraska at Qm:2
(UNO) student body presiient and studimt regent, dedsd
Thursday knowing anything shout being placed ca
disciplinary p rcbdinn at UNO and called any such reports
gossip and rumors.
"I don knoy anything shout it," Sioers said. This
is the Cr3 I've heard about it."
Rossll Eser, UNO vicechsncellnr for educafend and
student services, said Thuxsdry he diia't knes how that
can be and restated that Clovers had been placed ca
prcbatin for an inddant that tZZy occurred Iri July.
tier a3 refuasd to discuss details cf the tUsrtd
incident.
Shovers said he could not understand why Ear fc:3
sriihewascni
isypTcsan.