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THE CAPITAL TIMES, Saturday, Jan. 10, 19593 legislature To (Bet Suggested AmecadEaeiats Condemnation Law Changes In Sight Biology Importance Told Professor Group Demands Woods Become a Park For the first time in many years, legislation proposing major changes in Wisconsins property condemnation law will be submitted for consideration by the 1959 Legislature, which 'convenes here next Wednesday. stitutes a floor under which no appeal may go. if Adoption of a mula whereby if on appeal to court the amount of compensation determined exceeds the basic offer by 10 per cent or $1,000, the appellant owner shall recover his necessary expenses including witness and attorneys fees. If the final amount is less than 10 per cent over the original offer, the property owner shall recover only attorney general.

yft Establishment of a panel of permanent non- salaried "commi ssioners of condemnation to be named by the circuit judge for a term of three years. This commission will replace the county judge in deciding adequate compensation. 5 Provision that the original offer, based on recommendations of expert appraiser, con gp Requirement of a formal, definite offer of compensation to the property owner, informing him of the nature of the project, description of property, proposed date of occupancy, and amount of conepnsation offered. 3 Requirement that at the time of making the offer, condemnor inform property owner of all legal rights in the form of a brochure approve by the The legislation is based on a report compiled by a special committee named by former Gov. 'rhomson to study the problems of public acquisition of private property, especially as it relates to highways.

Purpose of the legislation is to protect the rights of individual Perns To Mule Jobless Menefit Issue Tops (Continued from Page 1) wooded areas and those who cherish the beauty of the campus, the advisory committee stated. It is of course dear that the faculty could recommend that the area north of the Carillon Tower, which the Campus Planning Commission has recommended be used for the Sociology-An-thropology-E mics Building and other buildings, be added to the proposed John Muir Park instead of being used for buildings, the committee report added. This action is in addition to a strongly worded protest signed by 11 prominent faculty members which was issued Dec. 18. Labor Expected To Assembiy To Feature 33 New Faces By JOHN PATRICK HUNTER When the State Assembly begins its sessions Wednesday at noon, 35 new members of the Lower House of the Wisconsin Legislature will be among the 100 members sworn in by Chief Justice John Martin.

Members of the advisory corn-! due the situation of its cam-mittee. in addition to Prof. Curtis. Pus and the accessibility of nat are Prof. D.

M. Angevine, Prof.iura and near-natural areas for Grant Cottom, Prof. A. D. Has- 1 study.

Bascom Woods is statutory disbursements- If the final amount is less than the original offer the property must pay the expenses of the state. In addition, the proposed bill provides that compensable damages include damages caused by realignment of property or machinery, moving expenses to relocate, loss of rentals, cost of fencing or destruction of value of plans not usable elsewhere. list ram sin cities, but governing bodies are not required by law to recognize them as bargaining agents. A bill involving chiropractic treatment, which set off widespread debate in both houses in the 1957 session, is expected to appear again. The proposal hich was eventually killed, would have permitted payment for chiropractic treatment given persons eligible for workmen's compensation.

Other propsals expected during the session would; Establish a formula tying jobless benefits to a cost-of-living index. Benefits rates are now set by the Legilature. Require employers to pay $1 an hour or more and time and one-half for overtime for all employes working more than 20 hours a week. Permit unempolyed persons, eligible for jobless benefits, to collect an additional S2 a week for each dependent. Repeal the one-week waiting period now provided under the unemployment compensation law.

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G. Wl.Jongenecker. Pointing out that Bascom Woods is indispensable as an outdoor laboratory, the advisory committee report said that, to permit it to be relegated to a lawn area in part would destroy one of our great and irreplaceable tjon 0j gascom Woods to be reassets possessed by few universi-. served for biological study be ac-es- tvely maintained and improved rather than be passivelv allowed The committee report follows to deteriorate, as at present. Spe- in full.

jcificallv, we recommend that the The ooded areas on the cam-severe'erosion now proceeding be pus are an essential part of by suitable means; that biological teaching program of the an approprjate system of paths University. The specific wort constructed which will serve Bascom Woods for this reduce the damage rom indis has been documented many crjmjnate trampling; that under among these areas. To permit it to be relegated to a lawn area would be to destroy one of our great and irreplaceable assets possessed by few universities. We recommend that the por- By ROGER BLOBAUM (AP Staff Writer) Labor groups are expected to ask the 1959 Legislature to make permanent the temporary extension of jobless benefits granted in last summers special session. The extended benefits, authorized as an anti-recession measure last June, expire in April.

They increased the top weekly maximum payments from $38 to $42 and the period in which they would be paid from 262 to 391.2 weeks. The benefits are paid only to workers in covered employment. Other proposals expected during the first weeks of the session deal with the so-called Catlin Act, broadening of the unemployment compensation law, spelling out the rights of county and city employes to join unions, and payment of workmens compensation benefits for chiropractic treatment. The only important labor-sponsored bill to get through the 1957 session was one increasing the top jobless benefit maximum from $36 to $38 a week. Others which would have increased the time in which the benefits are paid, required weekly paychecks, and excluded unemployment compensation from gorss income for state income tax pruposes were killed.

debate four years 'ago. The law prohibits unions from contributing to political parties or campaigns. A bill to repeal the law was killed by the Senate early in the 1957 session over vigorous Democratic objections. A proposal is also expected which would place all employers of three or more persons under provisions of the unemployment compensation law. The law now requires coverage for firms hiring four or more persons.

Opponents of a bill to broaden the coverage in the 1957 session contended such a change would be disastrous to small businesses, such Capitol Is Shining for The Session The Statehouse will have its best foot forward next week as the Wisconsin Legislature comes to town. Finishing touches have been applied in preparation for the session hich begins Wednesday in the ornate Capitol. Marble walls and pillars gleam; tables and desks shine and plush carpeting is ready for use. The job of preparing for this session began at the end of the last one, said Malcom L. Brown, head of the building and grounds division.

Keeping this place in shape is a year-round job. Modern, automatic elevators, the first to be added in more than 40 years, are being installed ii the north and south wings. New lifts are also planned for the east and west wings. A shortage of office space has become an increasingly vexing problem in the Capitol. Committee rooms, used as offices between sessions, have been vacated for use of the Legislature.

During the session many offices share their space with others. Construction of a new State Office Building wing at Wilson and Carroll Streets and a new' state office building on the West Side is expected to alleviate the lack of space. It is hoped the West Side building will be completed in time for the 1961 session. Two large voting scoreboards, complete with the names of 35 new assemblymen-elect, have been readied for use in the Assembly. The boards list the members names alphabetically and red and green lights show how the members vote.

An assembly-man registers his vote by pushing a button at his desk. Wisconsin was one of the first states to use an electric voting device. It was first installed in times, most recently in the 1p5p statement of the Biological Divi-j On that date, also, the members of the Legislature will begin drawing the increased salary benefits they voted themselves last session. Until noon on Wednesday, the legislative monthly pay scale will be $200 a month. After noon the lawmakers will get $300 a month.

And for the first time in recent history the Assembly will be dominated by Democrats. The Democrats will number 55, and the longtime Republican majority will be reduced to a minority of 45. The 10-vote margin gives the Democrats control of the Assembly and they will organize that body' Wednesday and will have the privilege of naming chairmen of all Assembly committees. The Democrats are expected to name Assemblyman George Moli-naro (D-Kenosha) as speaker and appoint former Assembly man Norman C. Anderson, Madison attorney, sion.

Other biologically important taken f0 insure a replacement natural areas on the campus were. for the existing trees as listed by the Sensitive Areas Com-; grad(Jadv die out; tbat tbe mittee of the Biological Di jsion i derstory- herbs characteristic of in August. 1955. The present re- sucb a forest be reintroduced in port is a restatement of the biologists needs, in terms of specific. such number that they may be available for study in ies for well over 100 years in their wisdom have seen fit to preserve the entire a Woods area in its natural condition.

Their decisions have enabled many generations of students to profit from this priceless asset. We believe that any future decision to consider a serious reduction in its size or the opening of vistas should take into account its invaluable educational role. It was indicated in an earlier report that the reputation of the University of Wisconsin as one of the outstanding universities of the country in the area of ecology, natural history and conservation is in no small part outstand-ing planting of sugar maple, bass- wood and other species be under- purposes the near formative future; and that inmarkers be placed along the trails. tion of exotic species requiring protected conditions, as redbud, persimmon, flowering dogwood and the like. The area between Sterling Hall and Bascon Hall, northwest of Birge Hall, to be plaf ed to a variety of hardy frees and shrubs, The area east of the Ob- plants to be introduced, and are willing to co-operate in any other way possible to integrate our needs with the demands of the Hill i as filling stations.

The Council of County and Municipal Employes is seeking consideration of a proposal which would guarantee city and county! employes the right to form and I join unions. Cities and unties i would be required to recognize and bargain with these unions. Groups of these employes have organized in most large Wiscon box. These large, wooden containers are used by the lawmakers to store their stacks of bills and other documents accumulated during the session. In the past, the boxes were built by Capitol carpenters, but for the last two sessions they have been made by inmates of the State Prison at Waupun.

wooded or potentially ooded areas, for use in the construction of a master plan for the campus. It is hoped that such needs will be given the recognition they deserve and that the areas involved With Democrats holding down the governors office and the Assembly during this session, organized labor can expect a more friendly reception for its proposals. One of its main targets is expected to be the so-called Catlin Law, enacted after bitter partisan Ii917. An improved machine replaced the first one at a cost of $41,000. It can tabulate the votes of the 100-man Assembly in less than 60 seconds: a roll call would require at least 15 minutes.

The Senate, with 33 members, uses) the verbal roll call. At the end of the session, each legislator is given a plunder It should be strongly emphasized that, while Bascom Woods will be suitably designed on 'the! indispensable, it still needs to master plan in such a way that I augment ev opment caucus Wednesday morning to se-they will be permanently dedi- lect candidates for the speaker-cated to biology and not con-j 'es are ship and floor leadership and to sidered as open areas available; rJ agree on Andersons appointment for buildings, parking lots or oth-l as Assembly clerk, er uses. 3urea difwtly north) T0p ieaders jn the new Demo- The proper teaching of many) Lathrop Hall, south of cratic maj0rity' in additi0n to NIoI- courses primarily in sciences re-; the proposed new Law Building inaro are expected t0 be Robert lated to botany and zoology, in-land east of the proposed D-Milwaukee, who prob-volves the demonstation of living wing of Birge Hall. This is to be ably wiI1 be named Democratic oganisms to the students. For; planted with plants typical of an floorleader a post be bas heid for this purpose, a wide variety of oak forest.

'the past two sessions; and Keith types should be readily available. '6 The area south and west Hardie (D-Taylor), a vigorous Further more, these li exhibits of the Birge Hall green- party spokesman in previous ses-should be in close proximity to house, to be planted ith a selec-! sions. William Ward (D-N'ew Rich- as clerk. The Democrats are expected to property owners in view of the increasing amount of private property being condemned for highway use. Recommendations of the committee on eminent domain include: Consolidation of condemnation and acquisition laws.

1. (Organization The State Department of Personnel has certified names to fill 108 positions that must be filled in the two houses of the Legislature. The list of certified candidates, who have passed civil service exams will be submitted to the chief clerks of both houses next Wednesday. -e Among the prominent Republicans who will be missing when the Assembly convenes are former Speaker Robert a (Shawano), who resigned his legislative post to become a lobbyist for a trucking firm, and former Speaker Mark Catlin who lost out in his bid for election when he was defeated by Kenneth Priebe, Appleton Republican who ran as an independent. Dane County will supply three new Democratic legislators to the new session.

They are David OMalley, Waunakee; and Glenn L. Henry, and Richard L. Cates, both of Madison. Cates defeated GOP Assemblyman Carroll Metz-ner, and O'Malley fills the position vacated by former Assembly-man Ervin Bruner, who resigned to become a judge of Small Claims Court here. Henry defeated Anderson in last Septembers primary.

Other new assemblymen include Theodore Abrahamson (R-Tiger-ton); Paul Alfonsi (R-Minocqua); Robert F. Barabe (D-M 1 1 n); Frank Christopherson (D-Su-perior); Robert A. Collins iD-Mil-waukee); Frank J. Cosgrove D-Richland Center) Robert M. Curley D-Milwaukee Adolph Deering, (R-Green Bay); Clifford E.

Dorr (D-Chip-pewa Falls); Harvey L. Dueholm (D-Luck; Karl Goethel (D-Eau Claire); John R. Gray (D-Anti-go; John R. Hansen D-Franks-ville); Paul Haugh (D-Hillsboro) Henry A. Hillemann D-Sheboy-gan; Gilbert J.

Hipke (R-New Holstein); Walter J. Ireland1 (R-Sheboygan); Patrick H. Kel-, ley (D-Milwaukee); Einer P. Lund (D-Menomonie); i Vincent R. Mathews (D-Waukesha) George Mireau (D-Rice Lake); Leland Mulder (D-La! Crosse); Frank L.

Nikolay (D-j Abbotsford); Kenneth Priebe (R-Appleton); Edwin C. Rohl (D-Prescott); Frank E. Schaeffer D-M ilwaukee); Wilfred J. i Schuele (D-Milwaukee); Floyd E. Shurbert (R-Oshkosh); Arthur H.

Treutel (D Wisconsin Rapids); Meteor Data John Potter, meteor recorder of the Madison Junior Astronomical Society, is seeking persons who saw the bright meteor fall Thursday night. Eyewitness reports are sought to determine exactly where the meteor fell. Those who saw the meteor may call at CEdar 8-1852 or write him at 167 N. Prospect Ave. STOP AT SINAIKOS FOR SAVINGS REGULAR GASOLINE 8C CAL.ON tax included SAVE 50e LOWEST PRICE IN TOWN! SinAIKO BROS.

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elassrocms. so that they may be utilized, within the limits of the usual two-hour laboratory periods. The plant materials should include native forms and a suitable selection of exotic species. To meet the needs of both proximity and biological variety, recommend that the following areas be designated as outdoor biological laboratories; mond) and Fred A. Risser (D-Madison), both freshman assemblymen in the 1957 session, are expected to get more responsible positions in the new Assembly organization.

The Democrats will probably lose the service of one veteran Democratic assemblyman, Carl Thompson, Stoughton, who is pected to run for the State Senate The main drainage amphi-; Building south of Elizabeth Va-jseat vacated by Gov. Gaylord Nel-theater of Bascom Woods, ters Hall and across the road son extending west approximately to. from the Commerce Building,) a line running north from the with the existing collection of con- The special senatorial election Carillon Tower to Lake Mendota. ifers to be maintained and ex-will be held April 7 and Thomp-but exclusing that portion west of panded in variety. son can, if he wants to, keep his 1.

a line extended northward along' We are preparing detailed in-the western edge of Bascom Hall formation 'as to the exact limits to a point 120 feet north of the i of each of the areas and the tower and thence west to the Woods (see attached map). The southern border should remain where it is, the eastern border should be just below the crest of master plan. We shall submit an-Muir Knoll and the north bor-; other statement in the near fu-der should be the Lake Mendota1 ture regarding wooded areas on shore. Previous administrative far western portion of the campus. fill dozens of legislative positions such as stenographers, clerksjBay: and Andrew Warga I page boys, and messengers.

Phillips). Cletus Vanderperren (D-Green Assembly post and if he loses, which is unlikely, he can remain in the Assembly. Also to be selected is a new sergeant-at-arms in the Assembly, to replace Norris Kellman, long-time GOP appointee. The new chief clerk and new sergeant-at-arms will be given authority to these big housing developments around the country. All the trees are bulldozed out first to save money and trouble in construction.

Theres something wrong with that attitude and a university cant be called great that does the same thing. Our civilization is getting too urbanized. I feel sorry for children who grow up in crowded cities asphalt jungles. Nature is a civilizing force. A civilization without trees is a civilization lacking important values.

I cant explain it but theres something about a tree. Why Several Policies! Be Better Insured in 59 With ONE Homeowners Policy! RBg 1 CGrtt ft 1 mr CO CARROLL ST. AL 6-1931 16 N. MADISON Use the WANT-ADS for Results! Sees Bad Effect On Students Rep. Johnson Denounces Threat to Campus Woods By RON MAY (Washington Correspondent, The Capital Times) WASHINGTON Rep.

Lester Johnson (D-Black River Falls) today criticized the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents for planning to destroy Bascom Woods on the campus. Rep. Johnson told The Capital Times that the destruction of the campus scenic beauty has been going on too long and represented a lack of understanding of what a university should be. A campus is more than mortar and brick, he said. Our civilization is getting too far away fromrits roots in Nature.

Students who attend college in crowded buildings, without trees an! broad lawns, who see their so-called betters show a disregard for natural beauty, are bound to be affected. Rep. Johnson has long been an outspoken supporter of conservation. He received an AB degree it. economics from the University in 1924 and a law degree in 1940.

He grew up in the village of Brandon, in Fond du Lac County- He operated a farm until 1951 Lester Johnson in Fond du Lac County began practicing law in River Falls. He also district attorney of Jackson He told The Capital Im against cutting down campus trees. There are places to build those without cramming them Im continually shocked and then Black served as County. Times: those other buildings together. to see SAVINGS LOAN ASSOCIATION MADISON, WISCONSIN The Name to Remember.