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Wednesday, novcrrsber 10, 1973 vol. 100 no. 33 lincoln, nebrsska
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Copyright T27S, The Daily Nebraskan.
Glenn Kreuscher, director of the
Nebraska Agriculture Dept., may be the
top candidate President-elect Jimmy Carter
is considering for VS. secretary of agri
culture, the DaUy Nebraskan learned
Tuesday.
Kreuscher said he had not been contact
ed by Carter, but declined to say whether
any of Carter's aides had contacted him.
He said it would be premature for him
to comment.
He also declined to say if he would take
the job if offered, but added that it would
be hard to turn down an offer from Carter.
Kreuscher, who has been state agri
culture director since 1970, is also
president of the Mid-America Agriculture
Council.
Carter aides at meeting
Kreuscher said he does not think Carter
has contacted anyone for a cabinet posi
tion yet.
Kreuscher said he will be at a meeting
for the state directors of agriculture within
10 days, whereas Carter aides will be pre-,
sent At the meeting, the directors will
discuss proposals, to submit to the US.
Senate's Agriculture Committee.
He said the Carter aides will be there to
"sound us put."
The fact that a lot of people are being
considered for the job is proof that there
are many qualified men from which Carter
.can choose, he said. ,. ;.
He added it is important that Carter
picks someone familiar with the agriculture
problems of the nation and not just a single
region.
No campaigning
He said the person picked also must
know about new farming and ranching
methods. He added that he fills those
requirements. " .
A person should not campaign for the
post, he said.
It is important that the man Carter
picks is free to think for himself and name
his staff, Kreuscher said.
"I think the assistant secretaries will be
very important," he added. '
Gov. J. James Exon also may be
considered for the position.
Kisby may be candidate v
It also has been reported that Vincent
Kirby of Norfolk has started a campaign
to be Carter's secretary of agriculture.
Kirby, a lawyer who has farmed in western
Nebraska, has said he has contacted top
Nebraska Democrats and some Carter aides
about the job. -
John Knebel recently was named secre
tary of agriculture by President Gerald
Ford. Knebel, a graduate of Creighton
University Law School in Omaha, had been
acting agriculture secretary since the
resignation of Earl Butz.
Clayton Yeutter, VS. special trade
representative in Washington, D. C, was
thought to be among those considered to
be a candidate for the post had Ford won
the election. Yeutter is a lincoln native
and is a candidate to succeed NU 'President
D.B.Varner.
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By Lsny Luiz -- - --
The Felice Review Board, that often maligned arm of
city government, picked up some new critics at Monday's.
City Council meeting.
While no one has been abls-to offer a solution accept
able to all, many city officials have agreed the present
board is not working as planned.
At Monday's Council meeting, CouncHmen Max
Denney and Bob Sikyta introduced an ordinance to
abolish the review board. Denney said Tuesday he wanted
to abolish it because it is not working as it was designed
13 months ago. -
When he voted for the original board proposal, Denney
said he would not support the board if it caused undue
harassment of police officers or became something other
than a review board. He said the present structure makes
the board a judiciary body and none of the members of
the citizens board are qualified for the work.
Baley has amendment
Denney said he ''was not adamant about abolishing the
board" and would be willing to accept an alternative
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Lincoln City Coandbssa llzx Denney, who along with CouncILnsn Dob Skyta introduced an ordinance to
sbci the fto!2X!ttrrcsi,sifhe present beard has become a judiciary body.
proposal if it amended the procedure. To be acceptable,
he said, the amendment would have to implement an
intermediary conference step between filing the complaint
making the final decision.
CouncHwoman Sue Bailey said Tuesday she had
conferred with other Council members and was drawing
up an amendment to the ordinance. She said her proposal
would be offered as an amendment to Denney's and
Sikyta's proposal and be patterned after the Human
Rights Commission's procedure on grievances.
She said the commission conducts a private hearing
between the differing parties and tries to reach a settle
ment thesj. Under her proposal, the police officer,
complaintaut, their legal counsels and a member of the
review board would meet in private to try and reach
agreement.'-' ' " '
Under her proposal, she said, the board would act as
an arbitrator and meet collectively only if an acceptable
ssettlement -could not be reached in private. This would
remove from the board the respcndbHiry of deciding right
and wrong, she said.
Amendment splits council
Bailey said she had talked to the otka Council
members during their informal meeting Monday and
indicated that the seven-member council was split on her
proposal. She said Denney held the deciding vote and
could go either way on the board question.
She said there were three members, Steve -Cook,
Bob Sikyta and Richard Baker, in fawv of the move to
abolish the board.
Council members Bailey, Bob Jeambey and John
Robinson indicated they were opposed to abolishing the
board. -
Although the council is split, she said "there isn't
anyone who insists that the board remain the same "
Mayor Helen Boosalis, who supports the concept of the
board, left Monday night on a trip to the Soviet Union.
She has said, however, that she would veto any proposal
to abolish the board.
One city official who has supported abolition of the
board is Police Chief George Hansen. He said last week
he would favor revising the board because the department
can handle complaints internally.
Gerald Fischer, legal assistant for Hansen, had ore
pared two proposals for Hansen last week for revising the
board. One would abolish it. The other would insert a
conference step similar to Bailey's. Copies of those two
proposals were sent to the mayor, Fischer said.
Hansen said he would not comment publicly on the
' board until the public hearing at the Council meeting
next Monday.
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By A?Jta Stcrk
The UNL Faculty Senate took no action
Tuesday on a committee report that would
have hired a faculty lawyer and appointed
a budget officer to keep the Senate inform
ed of budget developments. .
- Senate president Henry Eaurnsarten said
the report would be considered further
bef'j-? a tltciwn was ra.?.
The report came from an ad hoc com-,-H;r.i
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Kisibf r!y, wha so prstd it before the
nVe don't want ycu to vote on it rht.
now," Kkzhaly ml, tut certsiry
trns cocn."
Ths report rrys an attcrnjy is needed
to Ufcrm Cs Zzzztt on 1:;1 'v&.
"Currentiy only the administration has
access to an attorney. When the administra
tion takes a position on a legal basis, it is
difficult for the faculty to respond in a
knowledgeable way," the report read.
Kimberly said a lawyer also is needed in
cases ia which the administration is asinst
faculty. '
- Tr Rents' iyh'-vf requre us to fcl-"
low the codes and procedures of district
c&izt" KkTiberiy sail. "Ve argue that we
need sttorn? y to do this..
A feudist officer is cesded, the rfport
tzyt, to n &cuiy input ino prcpirs
tioa cf the iU fcuctt and to pruviie an
ind.eperidert opinkra c.n budst cutteri.
thst the Stnste oi hn-; rrp ten
tative at the Nebraa Legiiature and ak?
at NU Boird of Regents neetings.
Senate member Bill Campbell, associate
professor cf physics, said it is important
to have a representative there who knows
what's going on. The Senate represen
tative to regents meetings also could attend
closed meetings, according io the report.
Tke report cf the Senate's Academic
Freedom and Tenure Committee vas
tcbkd ur,td Dxenber, sbr? with a mo
tion by Jim Lake, NU Law College pro
f::23r. Exeaitivs Ccrr.!ttee to confer with the
UIL chaaccHor bsfora finsncul exacy
Fh:"rr'il etr.ry is reccrized in aca
demic circles a reason to fire classified
employes, according to Baumgarten. If
there is so money, he said, then empbyes
can't be kept on the payroll
Kimberly sail the Academic Freedom
committee's involvement in both judical
and watdidog" functions enhances its
effectiveness. .
Judicial refers to hearing cases concera
irg academic freedom end tenure, ssd
matters tlat miht result in violatbn cf
current tenure policies.
LLle cczzl ths combination of the
functions.
.Te hare to lock at mhet we h
a body (Faculty Sends) sets policy sad
cn ths next Czy" ts said.
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