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Tuesday, October 19, 1982 Daily Nebraskan Page 3 Women's economic plight discussed at hearing By Kema Soderberg "We pride ourselves in Nebraska on living the good life, but until this extends to all citizen's we are not doing our job," Susan Houchin-LaLuz, deputy adminis trator of the Lancaster County Mental Health Center. Houchin-LaLuz was among 13 people to testify before the Nebraska Legislature's Business and Labor Com mittee at a hearing Thursday on the economic status of women in Nebraska. Reports from the hearing, one of three that has taken place in Nebraska, will be given to the Legislature. Among the topics brought to the atten tion of the committee were in inequity of pay between men and women doing equal work, child care problems, the high amount of delinquent alimony pay ments and problems of pension plan benefits. Helen Moore, assistant professor of scoiology and director of the Bureau of Sociological Research at UNL, said that 70 percent of all job classifications are dominated by one sex or the other. Of those classifications, 665 are male domi nated while women are the majority in 207 job categories. Jobs women hold tend to fall at the bottom of the pay spectrum, she added. Moore said salary differences among these groups persist despite educational background and seniority. She said that in "these hard economic times," society seems to be saying that "we can't afford to pay women what they're actually worth." A problem facing mothers joining the work force is the lack of quality child care and its high cost, said Valdeen Nelsen of the Lincoln-Lancaster Commission on the Status of Women. She said that quality child care service costs $58 or more per week, the equivalent of two-and-a-half days pay. Women comprise the majority of day care supervisors and few make minimum wage or are eligible for retirement bene fits, she said. Possible answers to the child care problem could be to provide tax credits to mothers that provide quality child care to their children and to provide incentives for employers to provide child care centers at work, Nelsen said. Elizabeth Peterson of the commis sion's child support task force described the divorced women's "struggle for rights of receiving child support." Fifty percent to 60 percent of all child care payments are delinquent, she said, and laws governing payment are not enforced. Peterson said she believes that if these delinquencies were paid, welfare pay ments to women with children would decrease. According to E. Shelton Burden, assistant director of the Nebraska Com mission on the Status of Women, pension plans have "historically discriminated against women." Burden said that most pension plans start when a person reaches the age of 30. She says she believes this is unfair because most women will drop out of the work force to have a ch0d before they become eligible for the benefits. Another problem in pension plans, according to Burden, is that men and women draw different benefits. While men and women pay the same amount tiSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS into pension plans, the amount they receive is different because benefits are based on mortality rates, she said. Burden suggested that all employees be allowed to enter pension programs on their first day of work in order to help alleviate pension discripanciesf "This hearing should not be construed as an ending in itself," said Linda Robin-son-Rutze, chairman of the commission. "We must do whatever it takes to bring the economic status of women in equity with men." Applications available Truman Scholarship applications are being accepted until Nov. 1, according to the UNL College of Arts and Sciences. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of merit to a student who has demonstrated interest in public ser vice and shows outstanding potential for leadership in government. Eligible students must be sophomores who will have junior status next year. Application forms for the scholarship are available in Oidfather Hall 1223. Sororities, Fraternities and Private Clubs Have your FAC PARTIES at Johnny's Lounge 2604 Park ( on the way to Pioneers Park) 4 it Finest Bar in Town Call 475-8959 between 9 -1 2am. for leasing information. Ask your friends where they have their Best Parties. Yirfl . eveiu 85 off Gcbstcd Porto and Acccsoorbo 15 off Meat Dikes Featuring Quality Bicycles from Japan Europe and the US. 475-2453 27th & Vine oooooooooooooooooooo o o o o o o TUS OCT 10 .If! 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