GTFs criticize salary cuts
By DEBBIE HOWLETT
Of ttM Emerald
Political action and a letter
writing campaign were the main
topics in a convocation between
University Pres Paul Olum and
Graduate Teaching Fellows
Thursday evening
During the hour-long meet
ing, the GTFs asked for alterna
tive ideas to the reduction of
salaries and personnel as well
as suggestions from Olum,
Provost Richard Hill and Curt
Simic, vice president of public
relations, about which legisla
tors should be targeted for a
letter writing campaign A plan
for lobbying efforts was also
announced
At the onset of the meeting,
Olum gave an overview of the
proposed two-step, five percent
budget packages that Gov Vic
Atiyeh requested last month
The first budget package in
cludes an already imposed, $49
tuition ' surcharge' and a 1 5
percent cut in faculty and staff
salaries
The second part of the pack
age outlines cuts in faculty and
staff already employed, as well
as salary cuts
Olum also explained that
some progress has been made
with the House Ways and Means
Committee in that they are
dead opposed to the second
package of five percent cuts "
Pointing to the fact that
Oregon ranks 48th in the nation
among state support for higher
education and that among a
select group of West Coast
universities," Oregon ranks first
in tuition cost, several GTF s
demanded alternative plans
Photo by David Cofey
Paul Olum
Among the alternatives sug
gested were an income tax sur
charge, a property tax relief
"correction” and a rollback of
tax exemptions
Olum also pointed out that
several "top-quality, tenured"
professors have been offered as
much as 50 percent more in
salary from other universities In
order to keep those professors,
the University cannot afford a
cut in pay, said Olum,
The GTF Federation also
plans an extensive lobbying ef
fort in Salem
Award nominations due soon
Nominations for the Universi
ty's Distinguished Service
Award, an annual award pre
sented at the June commen
cement, are due Jan 11 at the
University President's office
Recipients, according to May
1956 faculty legislation, shall be
persons "who by their know
ledge and skills have made a
significant contribution to the
cultural development of Oregon
or society as a whole "
Previous honorees include
governors Charles Sprague and
Tom McCall, Sen Wayne
Morse, author Ken Kesey, Nobel
laureate Linus Pauling, and
noted newspapermen Palmer
Hoyt, Glenn Jackson, and Eric
Allen, Jr
Recipients cannot be current
members of the University
faculty, staff, and student body,
State Board of Education, or
candidates for political office
Awards are not given post
humously
The number of awards is
limited to three per year
Nomination forms, which ask
for the nominee's name, ad
dress, field, references, and
biographical sketch, are avail
able from Pres Paul Olum's of
fice in Johnson Hall.
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