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Friday. October 15, I976

KENTUCKY

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an independent student newspaper

Album shops vary on price, choice

By CHAS MAIN
Kernel Reporter

If you’re a student from out of
town, whether you live in a dorm or
in an apartment, there's seldom
much money on hand to spend on
luxuries. If you likemusic, and try to
keep up with current album
releases, you’ve probably felt the
crunch of rising record prices.

Since you’re a student, you
probably don’t have the time to shop
for your albums at more than one
store. Chances are, you may be
afraid to buy albums at all, because
youdon't want to get ripped-off and
you don‘t know where to go.

In the interest of helping parent-
supported (or otherwise marginally
destitute) students get the most out
of their money, a survey was taken
recently of some local record shops'
pricing policies.

The stories included were the
three stores located nearest cam-
pus, on the so-called “strip” South
Limestone. The three, Sound 2000,
School Kids and The Sound Com-
pany, were chosen not only for their
proximity to campus but because
they specialize in sound equipment.

The three bookstores were not
included because most students
spend at least a minimal amount of
time in at least one and have the
opportunity to check their prices
first-hand. None of the downtown or

mail stores were chosen, because of
their distance from campus. If you
haven’t lived in Lexington for very
long, it’s easy to get lost.

The albums whose prices were
surveyed included eight current
releases from the “Billboard"
charts, and four “double“ albums
that have been popular over the last
few ymrs. The titles were chosen
entirely at random, and their in-
clusion here reflects no particular
availability.

Overall, the difference in pricing
of the three stores was not great, but
there were some specific dif~
ferences. The average price for
single-disc albums is $4.99 at Sound
2000 and The Sound Company, but
they generally put new releases on
sale for $3.99. The manager at the
Sound Company explained this
policy:

“We generally take the top fifty
from the current Billboard chart and
stock up on them. The really fast-
movers we'll put on the shelf at $3.99
for a couple of weeks or until they
stop selling; after that, we put them
back at$4.99. For instance, the ones
we have out now will probably stay
at $3.99 up until about Christmas."

Of the albums included in this
survey, four were on the “sale"
shelves. These included Starship’s
“Spitfire," Steve Miller’s “Fly Like
An Eagle,” Dylan’s “Hard Rain,"

dPor favor?

Directors

By JOHN WINN MILLER
Managing Editor

“What did he say?"

“LPor favor?”

“Somebody come translate what
the ca meraman is trying to tell me.”

It hardly seemed the stuff of
dreams. Actors, extras, directors
and crew meandered around a
decaying Kentucky farm house
Wednesday, spending most of their
time trying to figure out what was
going on.

With a Spanish and an American
producer, American director, a
Mexican crew, and with a mishmash
of nationalities for a cast, figuring
out anything was difficult.

Nonetheless, the filming of “The
Thoroughbreds“ in and around
Lexington, a major motion picture
by Pan American Pictures, ap
peared to run smoothly.

That is, if mass confusion is
considered standard procedure.

It was only the third day of
shooting on location. but already
the cast and crew appeared worn
out.

They had wandered onto the
location in small groups; first the
extras, then the camera crew and
finally the actors. It took them more
than an hour just to set up the

Photography director Raul Dom-
inguez [far right] checks out a
shot while Stuart Whitman gets
in position and the proper light
for the next scene of “The Thor-
oughbreds." The
moved indoors Thursday after

production

spending all day Wednesday out-
side at various farms around

Lexington.

struggle with

equipment and to communicate
through an occasional interpreter
the day‘s scene.

The movie is being filmed at more
than ten locations in this area, but
the action takes place primarily at
Maple Lawn Farm, Spindletop Hall,
Calumet Farm and the Kentucky
Training Center.

Today‘s action centered around a
crumbling red-brick mansion off
Richmond Road which was situated
in the middle of picturesque un-
dulating hills and neatly stacked
bales of hay. The porch was rotting
and the windows were mostly
covered with bricks and plastic that
flapped in the wind.

It should have been a perfect day
for filming. Veteran actors Ida
Lupino and Sam Groom who starred
in the TV series “Police Surgeon,“
repeatedly rehearsed their lines as
director Henry Levin set the
proper camera angle.

Finally, everything was ready, the
actors were in position and the
camera rolled. In two minutes, it
was over. It had taken more than
two hours to set up and rehearse a
scene that would probably last less
than a minute in the final product.

All Lupino red to do was look at a
map and then at the delapidated

"Long May You Run" by the Stills-
Young Band, and “Waking and
Dreaming“ by Orleans.

With the exception of the Dylan
album, all of these were priced at
$4.99 at Sound 2000. (School Kids
prices will be dealt with later.)

The Sound Company is owned by a
corporation which buys all its
albums directly from the publisher.
According to the manager, this is a
policy which enables the store to
make its records available at much

lower prices. _
Most record stores or stores wrth

record racks buy their albums from
distributors, who add to the price
they charge to cover their own
shipping and handling costs, he said.

“We don’t like to deal with
distributors,” The Sound Company's
manager said, “but if it’s Friday
night or the crowd is real heavy, and
we‘re out of a hot seller, then we’ll
give RTE is local distributor) or one
of the others a call."

Sound 2000 prices its albums in
much the same way that The Sound
Company does. When a “hot" new
release comes in, it will be put on
sale at $3.99, and later moved back
to the shelves at $4.99. Their stock is
not nearly as extensive as that of the
Sound Company so there is no real
advantage to be,had in shopping
here, if your taste runs to the
domestic albums.

However, if your interest lies with
imported albums, or albums by
obscure artists, then Sound 2000
mightbeyour best bet.Theyhave an
entire “wall" of imported albums
which start at $5.99, and they
manage to keepa good stock of some
hard-to-find stuff.

For instance, while School Kids
and The Sound Company carry no
albums at all by Leonard Cohen,
Sound 2000 has copies of all seven.

If jazz is your cup of tea, the place
to shop is The Sound Company.
While Sound 2000 has a wide
selection of good jazz albums at
fairly competitive prices, they are
completely outdone by the former in
terms of pure numbers.

School Kids records is a fairly
unique store. Its modest front and
small sals area might lead one to
believe that it is a small, locally
owned business. It is, however, part
of a chain of stores that covers three
states.

The group that owns the chain has
its own distributing center, and they
buy all of the albums for the local
store. The store‘s new manager was
eager to talk about his pricing
policies.

“It‘s very simple; if the
publisher‘s suggested retail is $6.98,
we sell it for $3.99. If the publishers
list is $12.98, we sell it for $6.99. What
could be simpler?" indeed, the price

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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

 

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SCHOOL RUB.
KIDS LIST

SOUND
COMPANY

 

 

 

STEVE MILLER
"Fly Like An Eagle“

 

JERRY JEFF WALKER
"It's A Good Night For Singing"

 

JIMMY BUFFETT ,
"Havana Daydreaming"

 

JEFFERSON STARSHIP
”Spitfire“

 

BOB DY LAN
”Hard Rain"

 

STILLS-YOUNG BAND
"Long May You Run”

 

ORLEANS
"Waking And Dreaming”

 

DAVID BOWI E
"Changes One"

 

CROSBY. STILLS, NASH, YOUNG
"4-Way Street"

 

ROLLING STONES
"Hot Rocks“

 

GRATEFUL DEAD
"Steal Your Face"

8.49. 8.29 6.99 l2.98

 

THE MOODY BLUES
“This is the Moody Blues"

8.49 8.49 6.99 l2.98

 

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system is quite simple—and quite
attractive.

All of the albums (single-disc) in
our survey are priced at $3.99, and
according to the manager they will
stay at that price.

The double-disc albums are $6.99,
whereas the prices at the other
stores vary from $6.99 to $8.49. The
stock at School Kids is fairly ex-

tens’ve, covering a broad range of
musical style.

School Kids has the lowest prices
of the,stores mentioned here, but
only by a dollar or so. The Sound
Company has the best overall
selection and a whole fleet of
pleasant, helpful salespeople. Either
of these stores is a good bet for the
dollar-conscious record-buyer.

language, confusion while filming near Lexington

mansion and then utter a few lines
about wanting it restored. Even-
tually, it ends up looking like
Spindletop Hall.

She was playing Clarrisa, a
wealthy horse-farm owner who’s big
dream in life is to have a Kentucky
Derby winner. Unfortunately, she’s
continually twarted.

The plot is not surprising since it is
being co—produced by local horse-
breeder and owner of Maple Lawn
Farm Mario Crespo. He and co-
producer Paco del Busto, of Spain,
put together the project which
should take four to six weeks to film.

“Crespo wanted to do a film about
Kentucky so he arranged to have
everything filmed here,“ said
Jinalee Teater, who is in charge of
props and troubleshooting. She also
assists Ebben Henson of the Ken-
tucky Film Commission which is
aiding the production.

Together all these people are
trying to get the “G" rated film out
by January.

But, they have a few obstacles to
overcome. The biggest problem is
communicating. The director,
Levin. speaks only English unlike
most of the crew. so there are
several assistant directors who

spend most of their time just
translating.

Alfredo B. Crevenna is one of the
bi—ligual assistant directors. He was
the only one that looked the part.
Cladin a black sports cap, Crevenna
continually stared at the sky through
a filtered monocle, checking for the
dreaded clouds, which could ruin a
day‘s outing.

Even when the scudding clouds
stayed away, the scene being filmed
had to be illuminated by large silver
reflectors which eliminated the
shadows on the actors faces.

When the reflecters were in
position, Levine would shout an
order and then Crevenna would
repeat it in Spanish. Usually some
action would follow, but, frequently,
minor problems developed.

Groom and Lupino, who wore tiny
sound transmitters under their
cloths, had to continually repeat
their lines because the transmitter
failed to work.

Occasionally, one of the actors
would forget the lines and the whole
scene would have to be reshot.

But these problems were minor
compared to one that cropped up in
the middle of one of the scenes.
Groom and Lupino were talking
besid Chevy convertible 'n th

gravel driveway which led to the
mansion.

Just as the scene was about over a
blue pick-up came barreling down
the drive, kicking up clouds of dust
and gravel. Several of the directors,
waved frantically at the truck,
whispering so as not to ruin the
scene, in English and Spanish for it
to stop. But it didn‘t.

Not until it was squarely in the
camera‘s way did the truck halt.
Amid a flood of expletives, the
befuddled driver stuck his head out
and grinned.

“Get out of the way. You’re
ruining the scene," everybody
shouted.

“I can‘t. i live here," he said.

After a brief conference, the
directors moved everything out of
the truck‘s way so it could get to the

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Wet n ’ wild

Today will be nice enough with
clear and partly sunny skies and
high temperatures in the mid-
60‘s. But the Wildcats may face
some rain on Saturday as the
forecast calls for a chance of
rain and partly cloudy skies.
Temperatures should reach a
high in the low 60’s.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

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Swine flu inoculation

When inoculation centers open their doors
Sunday to vaccinate persons under age 65
against swine flu, the lines will no doubt be
shorter than originally expected.

More than three dozen elderly or chronically ill
persons have died from within a few hours to a
few days after receiving their vaccinations.
Officials in nearly every case said the

inoculations were not to blame.

But reassurances are not strong enough for
persons skeptical about the need for the vac-

cination in the first place.

Until the federal government can offer con-
clusive evidence that the “coincidental” deaths
had nothing to do with the swine flu inoculation,
the $135 million program is sure to become a
thorn in President Gerald Ford’s side.

Ford, who received his flu shot yesterdav.

initiated the campaign against swine flu after an
outbreak of the disease among army recruits at
Fort Dix, N.J., last winter.

Although the Ford family may have helped
reassure some people by receiving their vac-
cinations, many Americans will demand well-
documented evidence from federal health of-
ficials. Thus far, explanations have stated the

deaths were coincidental and did not cause an

increase in the death rate for persons in the 70- to
74-year-old range.

As the seven states which closed down their
inoculation programs reopen their centers, a
concerted effort at public education will be
mandatory. Not only is information needed on
the recent deaths, but also for persons who
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Thanks from RCC

The Lexington Rape Crisis Center
(RCC) would like to thank the many
people who have come to our aid
during the last few months. Your
support has been a source of en-
couragement during what has been
a rather trying time.

Because of the generosity of the
people of Fayette County and
especially the UK community, we
were able to raise the matching
money necessary to allow the RCC
to continue through the grant review
process with the state Crime
Commission.

When the Urban County govern-
ment refused to help the RCC on
Aug. 17 and again on Sept. 16, we
said at that time that the people of
Fayette County would have to make
the treatment of rape vic'tL'ns a
priority in this area.

By your response you clearly
have. We at the RCC share your
concern. Your help has made it
possible for us to continue our effort
to provide much needed services to
the people of Fayette County.

Patricia Elam
R(‘(‘ director

Blasts editorial

The Kernel Editorial on Oct. 11
was highly disappointing. It was sad
to see the Kernel joining other major
“news" media in deciding to con-
sciously suppress the ideas of the
Camejo-Reid, Socialist Workers
Campaign, and other small party
campaigns. The Camejo-Reid
campaign has won substantial
support among students and other
oppressed people and should be
taken at least as seriously as the
Carter, Ford and McCarthy cam-

paigns.

Letters

After collecting more than half a
million signatures on nominating
petitions, Camejo and Reid are on
the ballot in as states, five more are
pending. Ballot status should be
automatic for serious candidates.

We fully support McCarthy’s and
all other candidates right to ballot
status and equal time and space in
the media. We consider this a basic
democratic right of the American
people: The right to choose from a
full list d" alternatives.

Camejo and Reid‘s support does
not lag far behind that of McCarthy.
Had they been given even the small
amount of media coverage that
McCarthy has had, their support
would be at least equal.

The Kernel employed some pretty
phony arguments to rationalize their
call for the exclusion of minority
party candidates. They stated,
“There are some 90 presidential
candidates," implying that all of
them can’t be treated fairly. The
facts reveal that there are only
approximately nine candidates
serious enough to seek ballot status
in more than five states. Surely
some fair criterion could be
established.

The Kernel also advanced the
agrument that McCarthy is more
experienced than the other
challengers. Let us examine what
the Kernel qualifies as experience.
McCarthy has served as a
Democratic senator in the late ‘60’s.
McCarthy became famous for his
opposition to the Vietnam War.
Camejo has a different sort of ex-
perience. He was organizing and
participating in these protests from
the start of the genocidal war.
McCarthy sympathized with civil
rights demonstrations. while
Camejo participated in them.

The Kernel should support the
right of every candidate to be fully

heard, and the right of the American

people to hear them. Any other
position is unacceptable.

David Ferguson

Young Socialist Alliance

Blind reviewer?

In regard to Mindy Fetterman‘s
article (“Lexington Ballet Per-
formance Lacks,” Oct. 12 Kernel), it
seems that she apparently was
blinded by the bright stage lights
during the performance of the
Lexington Ballet Co. It is apparent
that Ms. Fetterman‘s knowledge of
ballet is comparable to her lack of
reviewing ability.

To those who have observed
numerous ballets, it was apparent
that the performance was not
perfect, but far more deserving than
the review Ms. Fetter-man provided
her readers.

As for a fact, Ms. Fetterman in
conversation with the dancers it was
stated that Mr. Ohman’s “stilted”
performance (which he
choreographed) was intentional. His
dramatic, suspensful lifts were all a
part of the ballet.

As far as reviewing, let us hope
Ms. Fetterman wears dark glasses
during the next performance and
that she remains a former Kernel
reporter.

John Elam
Jeanne llolleron

Letters policy

Letters cannot exceed 250 words
They must be typewritten, triple-
spaced and signed with the writer’s
name, classification and major.

Comments cannot exceed 750
words and the above information is
mandatory. In order to run a series,
the writer must see the editorial
editor.

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Consumer focus

Spock complains over pointed issue

“Captain’s Log. Stardate 4733.4.

“On a routine training mission on
Alpha Gamma IV, trouble developed
in the transporter mechanism caus-
ing First Officer Spock to lose the
points on his ears and have them
reappear on his toes. I have assigned
Spock and Chief Engineer Scott to
write a letter of complaint to the
manufacturer of the transporter.”

 

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(The scene dissolves to a com-
partment on the Enterprise. Scott is

sitting in front of .a typewriter,

trying to keep from snickering while
Spock cuts holes in his shoes to let
the points on his toes protrude.)

Spock: This is the most illogical
malfunction of the transporter I’ve
ever seen. How am I going to go
back to Vulcan without the points on
my ears? And look at my toes. They
look like I‘ve spent a year wearing
cowboy boots.

Scott: Yes, Mr. Spock. (Tears fill
Scott’s eyes from the effort of
stifling the laughter. Suddenly, he
can take it no longer.)

Spock: What are you laughing at,
you clown?

Scott: I’m so sorry. (Scott tries to
catch his breath.) It’s just that your
toes look so much like Peter Pan the
way they curve up at the ends like
that.

Spock: Look, you creep, how‘d you
like to have a taste of the old Vulcan
death grip?

Scott: I thought you Vulcans never
yelled and got emotional. (Scott gets
up and holds the chair in front of him
the way lion trainers do.)

Spock: (louder) Who’s emotional?
I’m not yelling!

(The captain’s voice comes across
the intercom just as Spock reaches
for Scott’s neck)

Kirk: Look, you two. Cut out the
clowning and write that letter!

(The familiar glaze and vacant
stare return to Spock’s eyes. Scott
sits down at the typewriter.)

Spock: Now, Mr. Scott. The first
thing to remember when writing a
consumer complaint is that the
letter must be logical. Put yourself

,in .the position of the person receiv-
.ing.tbe_letter,and.ask if you’d be

convinced that the complaint. is‘a
valid one.

Scott: That's an easy thing for you
to say, you being a Vulcan and all,
but when there’s a complaint to be
made, most human beings are hot to
fight.

Spock: That’s just the problem.
You have to think before you write.
Don‘t start writing while you‘re in
an emotional state. The entire
complexion of your complaint will
be colored by your emotion. Sit
down, relax and try to articulate
your grievance in the clearest and
most concise terms possible.

Of course, that means typing the
letter in an organized, business
format. Half the problem is convinc-
ing the manufacturer you’re not just
another disgruntled kook with really
nothing to say.

We want to be very sure we get all
the facts straight. We have the
documents of title and warranty for
the transporter, so we can make a

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copy and enclose it in the letter. A
photograph of the damage done by
the faulty transporter would be a
good thing to put in, too.

We should send it to the highest
officer of the company we can find.
One often gets the best results when
seeking out the person who might
most likely be influenced by a letter
and be able to do something about it.
Claude Clingon is the president, so
he’ll probably be the best person to
write to.

We also want to send a copy of the
letter to the Intergalactic Consumer
Protection Agency and to Space
World Daily, the magazine in which
Clingon Transporters advertises
most heavily. That will, at least, put
them on notice that there is a
problem. If we get satisfactory
results, it might also be wise to write
those agencies another letter telling
them the good news. Of course, we’ll
want to keep a copy of our cor-
respondence so we can have evi-
dence of our efforts to deal with
Clingon in case we decide to take
legal action.

(All this time, Scott has been
typing his letter. He takes it out of
the typewriter and proudly hands it
to Spock.)

Scott: It’s finished, Mr. Spock.
Now, I’ll just put it in the transporter
mailbag and

Spock: (feeling his ears) No, I
think it would be best to wait till we
pass a mailbox.

 

Bruce W. Singleton is a second-year
law student. Consumer Focus ap-
pears every Friday.

United movement needed to overcome arrogance of ‘major’ parties

By BRONSON ROZII'IR

There has been some talk in this
campaign of minority parties versus
major parties that supposedly rep-
resent the majority. Of course. the
latter are the Democratic and

 

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Republican parties and the former
everybody else.

At least this is what the two ruling
parties would have us believe. Much
was heard about this in the “election
Forum '76“ sponsored by the Stu-
dent Government last week. Let's
look at this claim by the ruling
parties and the press,

Support for the “majority" parties
will not be a majority of those
eligible to vote, let alone the
population in general. A poll con-
ducted by Peter Hart Research
associates shows that roughly 70
million qualified voters—nearly one
half—will not vote. This statistic
means that the winner between the
two larger parties will get little
more than 25 per cent of the

American voters capable of voting.

Rather than earning the support of
the majority. these parties are
earning their cynicism. Sixty-eight
per cent of those not voting said in
the same survey. “candidates say
one thing then do another.“

Other indications of the decline of
authority of the Republicans and
Democrats are the failure of voter
registration drives and the small
turnouts of primaries. As an indica-
tion, let's take syndicated colum-
nists Rowland Evans and Robert
Novak who reported on Sept. 15 on a
voter registration drive in Cleve-
land. The effort netted 3.071 new
registrants compared to 52.836 who
registered under similar conditions
in '72. and 64.081 in 1968.

Despite the lavish coverage of the
31 primaries in order to fight the
growing alienation from the two
“major“ parties. voter turnout
again shows how much of a minority
they are. A total of 25.8 million
persons look part~only 17.6 per cent
of voting age population. Carter

received 4.2 per cent of the voting
age population, compared to 3.4 for
Ford.

With the knowledge of these facts,
the arrogance of the two major
parties excluding the other opposi-
tion is even more glaring. Especially
since their rationale is that all other
parties represent minorities. They
themselves represent minorities!

If you examine their campaigns. it
is easy to see why these parties are
becoming minority parties.

More than 7 million persons are
unemployed: blacks and women
face increasing attacks on their
basic rights: and the ever present
threat of war continues. On all these
issues. Ford takes a hard right-wing
line. He is opposed to any Federal
action to provide jobs for the
unemployed. He is opposed to the
busing needed to end segregated
schools. He is opposed to the right of
women to choose abortion. And. he
urges still greater military spend-
mg.

Carter, like Ford opposes “forced

busing" while playing up support
from black leaders. While not back-
ing a constitutional amendment that
would allow state governments to
make abortions illegal, Carter also
says he would not necessarily op
pose such an amendment.

Finally, Carter attacks Ford for
doing nothing for the unemployed
while insisting that any social
programs he implements will come
second to balancing the budget~the
traditional excuse for denyingfunds
to social reform programs.

In short, Carter‘s election strategy
is to appear all things to all people.

The Socialist Workers campaign
stands in opposition to the Republi-
can and Democratic campaigns. We
stand with the majority on many
issues important to working people
and the other oppressed of this
society.

What's more important is our
positions are not mere statements on
paper but our program of action.
election year or not. We involve our
parties in the movements that are

trying to solve the problems facing
society.

The Socialists counter this to the
campaign of Gene McCarthy, whose
campaign is based on electing one
honest person rather than building
movements to fight for our basic
needs.

One person, no matter how sin-
cere, is not capable of solving the
massive problems facing us. It will
take us uniting in movements,
independent of the two ruling par-
ties. A labor party based on the
unions rather than the Democrats
would be such an independent
movement that would have the
strength to change society, Eugene
McCarthy does not.

Some of our important positions
and issues we fight for daily are:

The right of jobs for all at union
wages and to get it we call for 30
hours work at 40 hours pay to spread
the work around. We are in the union
movement doing this. We are for full
school desegregation and today that
means giving full support to busing.

We have helped build coalitions
for the ERA and right of abortions.
Both Peter Camejo and Willie Mae
Reid participated at the May 16 ERA
rally in Springfield, Ill. The Socialist
Workers Party stands ready, as
before, to build a mass anti-war
movement if the government tries to
involve us in another country‘s
internal affairs as they did in Viet-
nam.

Finally, we are for taking the
military budget and investing it in
projects for human needs—more
housing, hospitals, schools, day care
centers. etc.

For these reasons we urge a vote
for the Socialist Workers Party as an
alternative for working people and
oppressed. But even more, we urge
you to join in building the move-
ments to change this society and
make a Socialist society. Join the
young Socialist Alliance that sup-
ports these goals.

 

Bronson Rozler ls a Young Sociallst
Alliance member.

 

      

 

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By MARGARET KELLEY

-I attended the Election ’76 Forum Thursday
night, Oct. 7, and, being very anxious to see
the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) passed,
I aimed a question at Dr. Richard Lowitt,
Democratic representative for Jimmy Carter.
I asked Dr. Lowitt, considering the fact that
Jimmy Carter’s home state, Georgia, has not
ratified the ERA, what is Carter‘s position on
the ERA?

Dr. Lowitt assured me that Jimmy un—
equivocally, whole-heartedly supports the
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can’t manage to get the amendment passed in
his own state was not explained and left me
wondering about the real strength of his
position.

Lowitt asked if he could address a question
to me—didn’t I think the ERA was only
symbolic? I promptly retorted negatively.

Because Dr. Lowitt and many others see the
ERA as only a symbolic amendment lacking
any potential influence on their own lives or
any one else’s, I would like to include in this
article instances of real, not symbolic, cases
of sex discrimination against men in our
society and how the ERA will give impetus to
the eradication of this discrimination.

It may be a surprise for some men to realize
that there are many laws that currently deny
them the same rights and privileges that a
woman has. For example, if a man‘s wife
works, he is excluded from retirement
benefits that are received as a matter of
course by women whose husbands work
(unless the husband or surviving husband can
prove that: the working 'Wife supported the

fanill‘y unit by earning at least 75‘ péf‘éént'of“

the "total income')‘: Wives of workingmen
receive the benefit automatically whether or
not the husbands supported them.

And, of course, there is the most commonly
agreed on evil of unequal pay for equal hours
of work. This discriminatory practice ob-
viously has a negative effect on the finances of
the entire family and has an astoundingly
positive effect on the finances of big business.

In the July 1976 issue of Ms. magazine
Elenor Langer states, “If in 1970 women who
worked had earned the same amount per hour
as men who worked, it would have cost
employers an additional $96 billion...” women

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had earned the same as men and worked the - .
same number of hours. the addition to the Sundays 3-5pm. beginning 0a 17
payroll would have been $303 billion.“ St. Augustine’s Chapel

In addition to the financial discrimination 427 Rose Street
men receive, there are also cases of cruel
stereotyping of men in the courts. Men who
sue for custody of their children usually must
face a painful, frustrating and costly bat