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Daily Nebraskan
Tuesday, January 31, 1904
Greene wonders who will house Millions
New Yorkers are just too weird.
They think nothing of walking down
the same streets with muggers, rapists
and jackrollers. Derelicts vomit on
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them and they just shrug if off. They
get on the subways and are groped,
fondled and punched; that's fine with
them. Taxi drivers curse at them and
epithets; they think it's merely another
colorful part of the city life.
But let Richard Nixon try to move
into one of their buildings and they get
all fainthearted and dizzy. "Oh, no,"
they say. "We can't stand it."
Last week for the third time since
Nixon left office in 1974 a Manhat
tan co-op apartment board tried to
prevent him from moving in.
The former president had tenatively
concluded the purchase of a 12-room
co-op at Park Avenue and 72nd Street;
he was offering $1.8 million for it.
Nixon's reason for the proposed
move was a simple one. Since 1931 he
has been living in a 15-room house in
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though, ho3 suffered a stroke, and
Nixon thought it miht be better for
her to live in a smaller home.. "It's a
question of whether she wants the
burden of a big house," he said.
The six-member board of directors
of the co-op building had been expected
to approve the sale. But at the last
minute, a building resident named
Jacob Kaplan who was described as
"a 03-year-old millionaire philanthro
pist and longtime supporter of liberal
causes" won a temporary restrain
ing order in the State Supreme Court
delaying the sale.
Kaplan won the restraining order by
using a legal loophole; the co-op board
had been scheduled to meet by tele
phone, and Kaplan's lawyers argued
that telephone meetings were illegal
under the by-laws of the co-op. But
Kaplan made it clear that his goal in
the long run was to keep Nixon out for
good.
Kaplan contended that "the value of
our apartments would go down dra
matically if Nixon were admitted."
Kaplan said that if the former pres
ident were allowed to move in, "We
would be forced to ride with Nixon
and his entourage in the elevator." He
reminded his fellow co-op owners, in
case they had forgotten, that Nixon
had resigned the presidency during
the Watergate scandal; Kaplan said
that if Nixon had not been pardoned
by President Gerald R. Ford, "he would
have faced criminal proceedings, prob
able conviction and a prison sentence."
Now ... as I write this, the co-op
board is preparing to meet again, in
person; by the time you read these
words, a decision may have been made
on whether to allow Nixon to live in
the building.
But regardless of what the board
decides, I imagine Nixon must be get
ting pretty tired of having these groups
of New Yorkers tell him he is an
undesirable.
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After all, Nixon must realize that
New Yorkers are among the most ill
mannered, foul-tempered, shrill, ner:
vous, uptight, snappish sorts on Earth .
They deal with their Cl-mannered, foul
tempered, shrill, nervous, uptight, snap
pish neighbors every .day, and think
nothing of it. It's just part of New York
life.
But their standards are too high for
them to deal with Nixon?
Here is a man who twice was elected
president of the United States; who
opened the doors to China; who has
traveled all over the world to meet
with international leaders. Granted,
he had a little problem there near the
end of his term. We all know that. But
New Yorkers gladly suffer murderers,
psychopaths and sexual degenerates
walking blithely among them; now
they're saying that they can't put up
with a former president.
It's hard to understand exactly how
Nixon could cause the other residents
of the co-op trouble; his Secret Service
protection would probably make the
building the safest one in town. Nixon
turned 71 years old this month; do the
co-op members think he's going to
leave his garbage out in the hallway?
Maybe they're afraid that Nixon is
going to track mud into the lobby, or
let his dog run loose, or lift weights at
the crack of dawn and let the barbells
drop on the floor, waking up the neigh
bors below. Maybe they're afraid that
he will hold loud poker games,, or
invite his bowling team over at all
hours of the night, or leave his wet
galoshes in front of the wrong apart
ment. Whatever ... I hope that in the end
Nixon does get to move in, and that
he's very happy in his new home. I
hope that in a month or two this whole
controversy dies down. And next Hal
loween, when his neighbors in the co
op are all asleep, I hope he soaps their
windows and toilet papers their doors.
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Letters
Loungers unite
I am opposed to the converting of
the women's lounge on the first floor of
the Nebraska Union into a computer
terminal location. It is a relaxing place
to study or rest. Students who live off
campus and must spend the entire day
at school especially appreciate the
lounge for its quiet and solitude.
Everyone who is opposed to closing
the lounge should attend the Union
. Board meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the
union. A petition opposing the plan is
available to be signed at the Women's
Resource Center, 1 17 Nebraska Union.
Deb L Swinton
senior
Human Development
Column erroneous
Eric Peterson's column (Daily Ne
braskan, Jan. 26) on faculty unioniza
tion has errors of fact as well as the
usual misrepresentations. First, it pre
tends that AAUP seeks signatures of
all UNL faculty, when in fact one signif
icant group is being deliberately ex
cluded. Second, it is based on last
year's statistics.
UNO's union received a 6.6 percent
salary increase and UNL received 2.5
percent, not "zero," for the year '82-83.
Last fall the regents authorized elimi
nation of 19.25 UNO faculty positions
to meet the anticipated median of
faculty salary increases within the al
located budget. Salary raises have re
sulted in firings, not hirings, at UNL It
tarnishes the rosy picture of "intelli
gent and committed applicants" being
attracted there.
This year's UNO salaries haven't been
negotiated yet. Ours are reportedly
"zero", though most have received a
minimal increase. Two factors will keep
this from influencing new job appli
cants. One, the drastic shortage of
positions in all but a few disciplines.
Most applicants are desperate for a
job, whatever the circumstances. Two,
the competitive beginning salaries we
offer to attract good candidates in
most fields. They apply in droves!
I challenge you to prove that "many
departments have seen some of their
best teaching faculty leave in the past
few years, in part because of low salar
ies." As far as I know, our really great
teachers are still here. Oh, we've lost a
few "nibblers", but for most, moving is a
very costly, painful process that must
offer greater incentives than the 6.6
percent raise you're talking.
Finally, you must compare us with
other AAU land grand universities in
salary, and thus find we are 12.3 per
cent below their salaries, not 15 per
cent. And since Eric cited the Senate
debate, we should note AAUFs depend
ence upon the Commission of Indus
trial Relations. Law forbids public
employees to strike in Nebraska. Wage
disputes are therefore settled in the
CIR. But that has begun to rankle in
the Unicameral, whose budget alloca
tions have been "messed up" by the
court. The Legislature created the
Commission of Industrial Relations.
And IVe been told by Stn. Warner
and others, that if the CIR destroys
many more budgets, the Unicameral
will remove its power to arbitrate wage
disputes. That would leave the union
in a very tough place, indeed.
Nels W. Forde
professor
history
Hail Diversity!
Hail the students who actively pursue
their education. And woe to the uni
dimensionaliy trained business majors
on campus. College should not demand
of its students such pompous pursuit
of any one discipline. We are here to
learn about as many things as we pos
sibly can. Diversification is the goaL
Anyone who is here to study one sub
ject is in the wrong place. That's what
schools are for.
Jane Raglin
senior
journalism
