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1 111.- - ". &. D , '- -- -- - .C.--T- Y -- 93J By our wilt services WASHINGTON -Despite the talk of "momentum" in presidential politics, toe campaigns of nearly all file leading candidates have been slowing since the last federal matching funds were paid out three weeks ago Senate and House conferees agreed Tuesday on extensive changes in the law governing the 1976 campaign, but the action came too late to permit restoration before mid-Ma- y cf federal subsidies for presidential candidates The one campaign that appears to be proceeding without severe money problems is that of President Ford, whose approval of new legislation is required before his challengers again can get funds from the Federal Election Commission. Ronald Reagan's campaign was $1 5 million in debt April 1, while Ford's had a surplus of about $750,000, official financial reports showed Tuesday. Fund reports for Jimmy Carter and George Wallace had not been received Morris Udall showed a $250,000 deficit, and Henry Jackson had a surplus of $150,000. "It's really incredible to think that anyone who can come up with $150,000 now has a good shot at the nomination," said Harold Pearson of the New York advertising agency that handles Jackson's account But, with the $1,000 limit on campaign contributions by individuals still in for-ce, it is necessary to find a minimum of 150 donors to raise that land of money FEC reorganized See story, Page 2 . ., Increasingly, the candidates are being diverted from the campaign trail to help with fund-raisi- ng Jackson's schedule, for instance, calls for htm to spend most of Thursday in a hotel room in Philadelphia making appeals to likely contributors Jackson once said his financial resources would enable him to pull ahead of his rivals at this stage of the campaign Money problems also have con-tributed to a second reorganization in less than three months of Udall's cam-paign Reagan's financially troubled cam-paign was helped by his nationwide television show, which cost him $100,000 but raised $750,000 Those funds were not counted in the April 1 report Most of his debts were for fund-raisin- g and campaign expenses The report also showed Ford had pulled ahead of Reagan in fund-raisi- ng for the first time in the campaign Ford has raised $7 5 million and Reagan $7 3 million The totals include about $2 million in federal funds received by Ford and $1 7 million by Reagan Reagan's lone primary victory in North Carolina was expensive, the reports showed He spent $359,823 to Ford's $195,804 Reagan outspent Ford heavily $659,580 to $551,780 m the Florida primary, which the President won The former California governor also spent more in unsuccessful primaries m New Hampshire and Massachusetts Ford outspent Reagan in Wisconsin and Illinois, both of which he won The reports showed the delegate-ric- h California and Texas primaries now are the main targets of the GOP con-tenders Ford has spent $140,000 in Texas and $178,000 in California Reagan has spent $97,000 in Texas and $96,000 in his home state The Texas primary is May 1, with California voting on June 8 Ford has asked the election com-mission for another $701,000 in federal money, while Reagan has asked for $282,000 Among the Democrats, Udall has asked for $128,000 and Carter for $57,000 Students may strike in France Unemployment, possible reform add fuel to fire ByMfltFrendenheim Chicago Daffy News NANTEBRE, France In the same dingy modem-slu- m buildings where the May 1988 student revolt began, univer-sity students again are agitating for national strikes and street demon-strations. Their strike action eight years ago spread to barricades in the Paris Latin Quarter and closed French industry The final, delayed result was the resignation of French President Charles de Gaulle. As activists cover the drab concrete skyscraper campus with strike posters and as marathon "assemblies" debate ideology and strategy for hours, it all has a "perfume of May," for many Frenchmen. The issues this tune center on the unemployment waiting just offstage for practically all young French university graduates The universities have become "fac-tories turning out the unemployed" at fee rate eSWifiHO a year. Of France's nearly 1 million official jobless total, 47 per cent are under 25. Onehalfofthe university graduates of 1970 found no work in their field of study or went straight onto unemployment rolls The government has a reform plan to cut back enrollment in liberal arts sub-jects and to point the 800,000 students in 75 universities toward the needs of French industry "This reform is a scandal," said Claude D., a 20-year-- old second-yea- r law student active in a far-Le- ft movement called MARC "They are trying to make the univer-sity run according to the laws of profit Research or anything to study what's wrong with our society would be discar-ded as unprofitable " He was standing outside the law school auditorium where an assembly was called to approve an "unlimited" national strike starting Thursday. Thir-ty universities already were striking. Claude is the son of a business executive who recently was out of work for a year in France's worst recession since the 1930s. "We live in a middle-clas- s part of (See FRENCH, Page ISA) jinmiiillllliailiBlliiMI ,1 an Citizen says he will end losing drive against F&Z By Brian Cooper Missourian staff writer Boone County voters twice have told Oscar Roberts that they want county planning and zoning. Despite his belief that there is "no chance" of abolishing planning and zoning, Roberts said Tuesday he will continue his petition drive to place the issue on the ballot a third time. Roberts said he has about 1,400 of the 1,572 signatures needed for a spot on the November ballot Roberts, who supported losing cam-paigns to abolish planning and zoning in April and November of 1975, said student voters have helped retain coun-ty planning and zoning "If the students wouldn't vote we could eliminate planning and zoning," Roberts said "The students don't have a moral right to vote on P and Z " Pointing out that without the three local colleges and the University, Columbia "would be a horse and buggy town," Roberts doesn't resent students living in Columbia only that they vote on planning and zoning The city's Fourth Ward, in southwest Columbia, soundly defeated the drive to abolish planning and zoning last November by a 1,728-30- 2 margin Roberts said planning and zoning never will be abolished as long as there is a Fourth Ward He will not make the petition rounds a fourth tune, he said "I like to think that I have a little sense and this is my last time (to cir-culate petitions)," Roberts said "I don't see how we can win ' ' If be can not live without planning and zoning, Roberts apparently won't live in Boone County He said that he has all his property for sale and probably will move with his wife to Florida 68th Year No. 172 Good Morning! It's Wednesday, April 14, 1976 2 Sections - 28 Pages - 15 Cents I Bc&rtG.Raidffle Drunk 4I ain't got no place to land. I don't know how I've survived, but time's run-ning out. I'm drinking myself to death.' By Robert G Rafcliffe Missourian staff writer Gene was born in Columbia 50 years ago today To celebrate, he is going to get drunk But his birthday is only today's excuse for drinking, because Gene has been drunk for most of the past 30 years Until recently, Gene had neither income nor home His daily routine was to find some money to buy wine, get drunk and go to the bus station to sleep Gene would take one of the four chairs next to a station entrance for his bed He would sit sideways in the chair, and place his grey top coat across his lap His left arm would be laid protectively across the coat In stretching his right arm along the rail behind him he would expose a large Bowie knife tatooed on his forearm When the station closed, Gene would leave in search of a drink or a place to stay the night "I stay where I can get a place to lay down," he says "I can lay horizontal on a piece of concrete, and depending on your state of mind, I can think of it as a bed Hell, if you're going to feel sorry for yourself, you're going to lay there and die " The homelessness was frightening Gene, though "I ain't got no place to land I don't know how I've survived, but time's running out "I don't eat the average meal every day, but you can eat yourself to death I'm drinking myself to death " He says money is one of his biggest problems, but other people's charity helps "A guy asked me one day if I had a dollar I said, 'No,' and he gave me one " Two weeks ago, Gene moved into a five-roo- m, white frame house on Hickman Avenue The house belongs to his friend, Ernest, who receives a government pension of about $500 a month Ernest supports himself, Gene and a man named Jim With its well-ke- pt yard and neatly painted trim, the house looks no different from any other on the street But the inside is littered with empty wine bottles, garbage and cigarette butts crushed out on the nardwood floor The walls are bare The windows are covered with larps or old pieces of cloth Ernest sleeps on a mattress on the floor Gene sleeps on an old sofa Jim sleeps on a set of naked bedsprings Gene's life now is a long way from what he had as a child One of seven children, he grew up on the west side of town His father had a moderate income, and the family was close Two brothers, Don and Hank (not then- - real names), who (See ALCOHOLIC, Page 16A) By William Tarrant State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY Even after a committee hearing Tuesday night, senators remained skeptical of a University "State Relations Plan" disclosed earlier in the day that some senators think calls for a lobbying cam-paign to get the University better fun-ding Senators decided to delay the matter, however, for further consideration af-ter the session Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Norman Merrell, D-Montic-ello, said he was somewhat satisfied with the University's presen tation by President C Bnce Ratchford and Jack Hamilton, assistant to the president for communications But Merrell said he wants to pursue the matter to discover how much the University spent on "self per-petutaio- n," as opposed to education Sen Richard Webster, R-Carth- age, suggested that Ratchford, members of the committee and representatives from the Cole County prosecuting at-torney's office meet this summer to determine what lobbying efforts should be disclosed and reported under the state's lobbying regulation law The plan, published Tuesday in the Maneater, a campus newspaper, calls for using University employes, alumni and the Extension Division in a "legislative network" to "maintain contact" with members of the General Assembly and lobby on a number of University-relate- d issues The plan also states as a goal the "commitment of governmental leader-ship and candidates for office to review, in 1977, the system's potential and ex-penditures of state reveune " Senators interpreted this to mean active lob-bying for a tax increase Ratchford told the committee the memo was put together so University administrators on the various cam-puses could keep each other informed about legislative developments He said the original memo was labeled 'confidential" because it was meant for staff discussion only ' Had it been finalized," he said, "we would have been proud to release it " Under questioning, Ratchford said parts of the plan, aimed at a lobbying effort during this session, already had been implemented but that it was never the intention of the University "to get into endorsing candidates " Ratchford did admit that the Univer-sity has a lobbying effort underway to promote a tax increase But he denied the policy was a directive to the Ex-tension Division to mobilize employes Merrell told Ratchford, "You're taking money to pay employes to devise a plan on how to get more money "Maybe it's not empire building, but almost If you are using this for public relations fine But if this is a direc-tive from you and that's what this memo says then that's wrong " Earlier in the day, Columbia Republican Sen Larry Marshall said, "They are utilizing this plan to get a tax increase, to get more money for the University by using taxpayers' money It is a subterfuge ' Many senators said they were not supnsed at the University's memo Webster reminded the committee that last year it discovered a $20,000 letter-- writing campaign about University appropriations that was not reported as a lobbying expense Teachers detail cuts to save raises By Beverly Sims MIsssorisa staff writer " Columbia Public School district teachers will be considerisg a proposal by some teachers that kindergarten be eliminated as one of several means of cutting costs to ensure teachers get salary raises nestyear. The Columbia Community Teachers Association considered a resolution to the Board of Education from West Boulevard Elementary School teachers Tuesday that demands a salary raise even if same services and programs "essential to a good education program So? children may have to be reduced or elfoinatsd." About 79 members cf the largest teachers' organization in Columbia met at Hickman High School to consider how to counteract the defeat by the voters, twice, of a proposed 44-ce- nt ta-- crease in the school operating tax rate The resolution contends, in part, that "increased class sizes and reduction in teacher planmng-conferen- ce time should be the last areas affected by economizing." Increasing class size has been men-tioned by school board members and administrators as the solution to rising costs and a static budget The West Elementary teachers also contended that, "Salaries of personnel must be increased substantially for all school related personnel and --a minimum of seven per cent increases overall would still be far below in-flation" Adjunct to the resolution, the West Elementary teachers listed several areas for possible cuts by the school district: The elimination of kindergarten; The elimination of busing to the 3Vfe-m- de (5 6-kilom-eter) limit (thus cut-ting down on service) ; Significant spending decreases in books, magazines, audio visual and materials for the libraries and art sup-plies, Substitution of state testing materials for the district's purchased materials, and Changing elementary band programs from semi-individu- al in-struction to group instruction The teachers will take the resolution to their individual schools and consider it along with their own proposals, and report back to the teachers' assocation executive committee next month The teachers at the executive com-mittee meeting Tuesday, expressing their anger at the rejection of the 44-ce-nt levy hike, spoke about tbeir frustrations with the budget problems and the prosepct of little or no salary in-- creases for next year The teachers estimated that even if all their proposals were followed and all the cute were made, it only would total about $400,000, which is not enough to provide their raises They want, though, they say, to impress on parents and voters the necessity for raising more money for the district Superintendent of Schools Robert Shaw told the teachers that he does not know what direction the district will take in dealing with the budget crunch Elizabeth Hickman, acting CTA president, said the failure of the levy to get 67 per cent of the vote, although it got 60 per cent, was caused partially by toe teachers' low-ke- y campaign. Many of the teachers saldthey would like to submit the issue to the voters one more time, although they are discouraged that the law requires two-thir- ds majority to pass. Faculty critics quiet at meeting By Katherine Hershey and Molly Moloney Missourian staff writer University President C Bnce Rat-chford Tuesday presented a grim pic-ture of the University budget in a faculty meeting in Jesse Hall It was a familiar litany to the faculty members who did not take the opportunity of an open forum to voice earlier criticism of the president's budget policies Speaking before approximately 165 faculty members, Ratchford said there would be no wage or salary increase in the coming year "We've been in a tight situation for the last three years and we'll be there for at least one more," he said A $127 million budget for the Univer-sity has been approved by the joint con-ference committee and awaits action by the Missouri House and Senate Rat-chford said the six per cent increase in the proposed budget will cover only mandatory operational increases Faculty reaction to Ratchford's statement was limited in comparison to criticisms voiced by faculty members earlier this year Paul Blackwell, associate professor of computer science and early critic of the University's budget policies who was not present at the meeting, said, "The faculty is kind of numb at this point and frustrated They really don't think they will get real answers to real questions They stop asking after a while" Three faculty members questioned Ratchford on the University's support of a movement to increase the state tax base, a possible increase in student in-cidental fees and the size of the Univer-sity's administration Ratchford said "Some people think there are too many faculty members There may be too many administrators but if every cent that is allocated to the administration were put toward faculty salaries, it still wouldn't be what is needed" Ratchford said $1 5 million is needed for each faculty salary increase of one percent A six per cent salary Increase to meet the rate of inflation would necessitate an additional $9 million Ratchford said Robert Daniel, professor of psychology and chairman of the Faculty Council, said he had hoped for more faculty reaction "People pretty well knew the answers. It's an unhappy situation It's becoming a way of Me. We'll do the best we can " Robert Rowland, professor of history and a critic of the University's budget priorities, said Ratchford's speech repeated what most faculty members already knew "It's a bleak picture."
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Item.Transcript | 1 111.- - ". &. D , '- -- -- - .C.--T- Y -- 93J By our wilt services WASHINGTON -Despite the talk of "momentum" in presidential politics, toe campaigns of nearly all file leading candidates have been slowing since the last federal matching funds were paid out three weeks ago Senate and House conferees agreed Tuesday on extensive changes in the law governing the 1976 campaign, but the action came too late to permit restoration before mid-Ma- y cf federal subsidies for presidential candidates The one campaign that appears to be proceeding without severe money problems is that of President Ford, whose approval of new legislation is required before his challengers again can get funds from the Federal Election Commission. Ronald Reagan's campaign was $1 5 million in debt April 1, while Ford's had a surplus of about $750,000, official financial reports showed Tuesday. Fund reports for Jimmy Carter and George Wallace had not been received Morris Udall showed a $250,000 deficit, and Henry Jackson had a surplus of $150,000. "It's really incredible to think that anyone who can come up with $150,000 now has a good shot at the nomination," said Harold Pearson of the New York advertising agency that handles Jackson's account But, with the $1,000 limit on campaign contributions by individuals still in for-ce, it is necessary to find a minimum of 150 donors to raise that land of money FEC reorganized See story, Page 2 . ., Increasingly, the candidates are being diverted from the campaign trail to help with fund-raisi- ng Jackson's schedule, for instance, calls for htm to spend most of Thursday in a hotel room in Philadelphia making appeals to likely contributors Jackson once said his financial resources would enable him to pull ahead of his rivals at this stage of the campaign Money problems also have con-tributed to a second reorganization in less than three months of Udall's cam-paign Reagan's financially troubled cam-paign was helped by his nationwide television show, which cost him $100,000 but raised $750,000 Those funds were not counted in the April 1 report Most of his debts were for fund-raisin- g and campaign expenses The report also showed Ford had pulled ahead of Reagan in fund-raisi- ng for the first time in the campaign Ford has raised $7 5 million and Reagan $7 3 million The totals include about $2 million in federal funds received by Ford and $1 7 million by Reagan Reagan's lone primary victory in North Carolina was expensive, the reports showed He spent $359,823 to Ford's $195,804 Reagan outspent Ford heavily $659,580 to $551,780 m the Florida primary, which the President won The former California governor also spent more in unsuccessful primaries m New Hampshire and Massachusetts Ford outspent Reagan in Wisconsin and Illinois, both of which he won The reports showed the delegate-ric- h California and Texas primaries now are the main targets of the GOP con-tenders Ford has spent $140,000 in Texas and $178,000 in California Reagan has spent $97,000 in Texas and $96,000 in his home state The Texas primary is May 1, with California voting on June 8 Ford has asked the election com-mission for another $701,000 in federal money, while Reagan has asked for $282,000 Among the Democrats, Udall has asked for $128,000 and Carter for $57,000 Students may strike in France Unemployment, possible reform add fuel to fire ByMfltFrendenheim Chicago Daffy News NANTEBRE, France In the same dingy modem-slu- m buildings where the May 1988 student revolt began, univer-sity students again are agitating for national strikes and street demon-strations. Their strike action eight years ago spread to barricades in the Paris Latin Quarter and closed French industry The final, delayed result was the resignation of French President Charles de Gaulle. As activists cover the drab concrete skyscraper campus with strike posters and as marathon "assemblies" debate ideology and strategy for hours, it all has a "perfume of May," for many Frenchmen. The issues this tune center on the unemployment waiting just offstage for practically all young French university graduates The universities have become "fac-tories turning out the unemployed" at fee rate eSWifiHO a year. Of France's nearly 1 million official jobless total, 47 per cent are under 25. Onehalfofthe university graduates of 1970 found no work in their field of study or went straight onto unemployment rolls The government has a reform plan to cut back enrollment in liberal arts sub-jects and to point the 800,000 students in 75 universities toward the needs of French industry "This reform is a scandal," said Claude D., a 20-year-- old second-yea- r law student active in a far-Le- ft movement called MARC "They are trying to make the univer-sity run according to the laws of profit Research or anything to study what's wrong with our society would be discar-ded as unprofitable " He was standing outside the law school auditorium where an assembly was called to approve an "unlimited" national strike starting Thursday. Thir-ty universities already were striking. Claude is the son of a business executive who recently was out of work for a year in France's worst recession since the 1930s. "We live in a middle-clas- s part of (See FRENCH, Page ISA) jinmiiillllliailiBlliiMI ,1 an Citizen says he will end losing drive against F&Z By Brian Cooper Missourian staff writer Boone County voters twice have told Oscar Roberts that they want county planning and zoning. Despite his belief that there is "no chance" of abolishing planning and zoning, Roberts said Tuesday he will continue his petition drive to place the issue on the ballot a third time. Roberts said he has about 1,400 of the 1,572 signatures needed for a spot on the November ballot Roberts, who supported losing cam-paigns to abolish planning and zoning in April and November of 1975, said student voters have helped retain coun-ty planning and zoning "If the students wouldn't vote we could eliminate planning and zoning," Roberts said "The students don't have a moral right to vote on P and Z " Pointing out that without the three local colleges and the University, Columbia "would be a horse and buggy town," Roberts doesn't resent students living in Columbia only that they vote on planning and zoning The city's Fourth Ward, in southwest Columbia, soundly defeated the drive to abolish planning and zoning last November by a 1,728-30- 2 margin Roberts said planning and zoning never will be abolished as long as there is a Fourth Ward He will not make the petition rounds a fourth tune, he said "I like to think that I have a little sense and this is my last time (to cir-culate petitions)," Roberts said "I don't see how we can win ' ' If be can not live without planning and zoning, Roberts apparently won't live in Boone County He said that he has all his property for sale and probably will move with his wife to Florida 68th Year No. 172 Good Morning! It's Wednesday, April 14, 1976 2 Sections - 28 Pages - 15 Cents I Bc&rtG.Raidffle Drunk 4I ain't got no place to land. I don't know how I've survived, but time's run-ning out. I'm drinking myself to death.' By Robert G Rafcliffe Missourian staff writer Gene was born in Columbia 50 years ago today To celebrate, he is going to get drunk But his birthday is only today's excuse for drinking, because Gene has been drunk for most of the past 30 years Until recently, Gene had neither income nor home His daily routine was to find some money to buy wine, get drunk and go to the bus station to sleep Gene would take one of the four chairs next to a station entrance for his bed He would sit sideways in the chair, and place his grey top coat across his lap His left arm would be laid protectively across the coat In stretching his right arm along the rail behind him he would expose a large Bowie knife tatooed on his forearm When the station closed, Gene would leave in search of a drink or a place to stay the night "I stay where I can get a place to lay down," he says "I can lay horizontal on a piece of concrete, and depending on your state of mind, I can think of it as a bed Hell, if you're going to feel sorry for yourself, you're going to lay there and die " The homelessness was frightening Gene, though "I ain't got no place to land I don't know how I've survived, but time's running out "I don't eat the average meal every day, but you can eat yourself to death I'm drinking myself to death " He says money is one of his biggest problems, but other people's charity helps "A guy asked me one day if I had a dollar I said, 'No,' and he gave me one " Two weeks ago, Gene moved into a five-roo- m, white frame house on Hickman Avenue The house belongs to his friend, Ernest, who receives a government pension of about $500 a month Ernest supports himself, Gene and a man named Jim With its well-ke- pt yard and neatly painted trim, the house looks no different from any other on the street But the inside is littered with empty wine bottles, garbage and cigarette butts crushed out on the nardwood floor The walls are bare The windows are covered with larps or old pieces of cloth Ernest sleeps on a mattress on the floor Gene sleeps on an old sofa Jim sleeps on a set of naked bedsprings Gene's life now is a long way from what he had as a child One of seven children, he grew up on the west side of town His father had a moderate income, and the family was close Two brothers, Don and Hank (not then- - real names), who (See ALCOHOLIC, Page 16A) By William Tarrant State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY Even after a committee hearing Tuesday night, senators remained skeptical of a University "State Relations Plan" disclosed earlier in the day that some senators think calls for a lobbying cam-paign to get the University better fun-ding Senators decided to delay the matter, however, for further consideration af-ter the session Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Norman Merrell, D-Montic-ello, said he was somewhat satisfied with the University's presen tation by President C Bnce Ratchford and Jack Hamilton, assistant to the president for communications But Merrell said he wants to pursue the matter to discover how much the University spent on "self per-petutaio- n," as opposed to education Sen Richard Webster, R-Carth- age, suggested that Ratchford, members of the committee and representatives from the Cole County prosecuting at-torney's office meet this summer to determine what lobbying efforts should be disclosed and reported under the state's lobbying regulation law The plan, published Tuesday in the Maneater, a campus newspaper, calls for using University employes, alumni and the Extension Division in a "legislative network" to "maintain contact" with members of the General Assembly and lobby on a number of University-relate- d issues The plan also states as a goal the "commitment of governmental leader-ship and candidates for office to review, in 1977, the system's potential and ex-penditures of state reveune " Senators interpreted this to mean active lob-bying for a tax increase Ratchford told the committee the memo was put together so University administrators on the various cam-puses could keep each other informed about legislative developments He said the original memo was labeled 'confidential" because it was meant for staff discussion only ' Had it been finalized," he said, "we would have been proud to release it " Under questioning, Ratchford said parts of the plan, aimed at a lobbying effort during this session, already had been implemented but that it was never the intention of the University "to get into endorsing candidates " Ratchford did admit that the Univer-sity has a lobbying effort underway to promote a tax increase But he denied the policy was a directive to the Ex-tension Division to mobilize employes Merrell told Ratchford, "You're taking money to pay employes to devise a plan on how to get more money "Maybe it's not empire building, but almost If you are using this for public relations fine But if this is a direc-tive from you and that's what this memo says then that's wrong " Earlier in the day, Columbia Republican Sen Larry Marshall said, "They are utilizing this plan to get a tax increase, to get more money for the University by using taxpayers' money It is a subterfuge ' Many senators said they were not supnsed at the University's memo Webster reminded the committee that last year it discovered a $20,000 letter-- writing campaign about University appropriations that was not reported as a lobbying expense Teachers detail cuts to save raises By Beverly Sims MIsssorisa staff writer " Columbia Public School district teachers will be considerisg a proposal by some teachers that kindergarten be eliminated as one of several means of cutting costs to ensure teachers get salary raises nestyear. The Columbia Community Teachers Association considered a resolution to the Board of Education from West Boulevard Elementary School teachers Tuesday that demands a salary raise even if same services and programs "essential to a good education program So? children may have to be reduced or elfoinatsd." About 79 members cf the largest teachers' organization in Columbia met at Hickman High School to consider how to counteract the defeat by the voters, twice, of a proposed 44-ce- nt ta-- crease in the school operating tax rate The resolution contends, in part, that "increased class sizes and reduction in teacher planmng-conferen- ce time should be the last areas affected by economizing." Increasing class size has been men-tioned by school board members and administrators as the solution to rising costs and a static budget The West Elementary teachers also contended that, "Salaries of personnel must be increased substantially for all school related personnel and --a minimum of seven per cent increases overall would still be far below in-flation" Adjunct to the resolution, the West Elementary teachers listed several areas for possible cuts by the school district: The elimination of kindergarten; The elimination of busing to the 3Vfe-m- de (5 6-kilom-eter) limit (thus cut-ting down on service) ; Significant spending decreases in books, magazines, audio visual and materials for the libraries and art sup-plies, Substitution of state testing materials for the district's purchased materials, and Changing elementary band programs from semi-individu- al in-struction to group instruction The teachers will take the resolution to their individual schools and consider it along with their own proposals, and report back to the teachers' assocation executive committee next month The teachers at the executive com-mittee meeting Tuesday, expressing their anger at the rejection of the 44-ce-nt levy hike, spoke about tbeir frustrations with the budget problems and the prosepct of little or no salary in-- creases for next year The teachers estimated that even if all their proposals were followed and all the cute were made, it only would total about $400,000, which is not enough to provide their raises They want, though, they say, to impress on parents and voters the necessity for raising more money for the district Superintendent of Schools Robert Shaw told the teachers that he does not know what direction the district will take in dealing with the budget crunch Elizabeth Hickman, acting CTA president, said the failure of the levy to get 67 per cent of the vote, although it got 60 per cent, was caused partially by toe teachers' low-ke- y campaign. Many of the teachers saldthey would like to submit the issue to the voters one more time, although they are discouraged that the law requires two-thir- ds majority to pass. Faculty critics quiet at meeting By Katherine Hershey and Molly Moloney Missourian staff writer University President C Bnce Rat-chford Tuesday presented a grim pic-ture of the University budget in a faculty meeting in Jesse Hall It was a familiar litany to the faculty members who did not take the opportunity of an open forum to voice earlier criticism of the president's budget policies Speaking before approximately 165 faculty members, Ratchford said there would be no wage or salary increase in the coming year "We've been in a tight situation for the last three years and we'll be there for at least one more," he said A $127 million budget for the Univer-sity has been approved by the joint con-ference committee and awaits action by the Missouri House and Senate Rat-chford said the six per cent increase in the proposed budget will cover only mandatory operational increases Faculty reaction to Ratchford's statement was limited in comparison to criticisms voiced by faculty members earlier this year Paul Blackwell, associate professor of computer science and early critic of the University's budget policies who was not present at the meeting, said, "The faculty is kind of numb at this point and frustrated They really don't think they will get real answers to real questions They stop asking after a while" Three faculty members questioned Ratchford on the University's support of a movement to increase the state tax base, a possible increase in student in-cidental fees and the size of the Univer-sity's administration Ratchford said "Some people think there are too many faculty members There may be too many administrators but if every cent that is allocated to the administration were put toward faculty salaries, it still wouldn't be what is needed" Ratchford said $1 5 million is needed for each faculty salary increase of one percent A six per cent salary Increase to meet the rate of inflation would necessitate an additional $9 million Ratchford said Robert Daniel, professor of psychology and chairman of the Faculty Council, said he had hoped for more faculty reaction "People pretty well knew the answers. It's an unhappy situation It's becoming a way of Me. We'll do the best we can " Robert Rowland, professor of history and a critic of the University's budget priorities, said Ratchford's speech repeated what most faculty members already knew "It's a bleak picture." |