Campaigning for Uncle Ted 0 RFK Jr. attacks Carter by Kim Bergheim When asked if he would accept a began ins 15-minute talk. because they can't afford the high The Kennedy charisma has been position in the presidential cabinet if "Since President Carter has interest rates," he said. handed down from father to son, as one were offered, Kennedy quickly been elected, inflation has risen Blacks who dream of getting a retorted, You've got to be kid- has risen at evidenced by the enthusiastic and from 9.2 to 20 percent, gold good job are broken because of the dynamic speaking style of Robert F. ding." $133 to $540 an ounce and gas ity from high unemployment rate among Kennedy, Jr. He said soon afterward that he from 62 cents to $1.25 per ed. has risen blacks, Kennedy continued. It is 2- is the son of the late plans to return to law school after be Kennedy gallon. 1/2 times higher than the unem- the election. ess presidential candidate Robert F. "The president says there is ployment rate for whites. Kennedy, who was shot in 1968. San Jose City Councilman Tom nothing he can do about the rising McEnery introduced Kennedy to the And Hispanics, Kennedy said, ar- Kennedy, one of 11 children, was prices because they are caused by audience. who dream of getting a good ed in the South Bay campaigning for his forces no one understands," Ken- uncle, presidential candidate Sen. "The style of leadership today is education are broken because of the eft nedy continued. "I think it is cutting of bilingual programs. Edward Kennedy, at De Anza unacceptable," McEnery said. "We frightening to believe the American need leadership to be more informed There are 2 million people out of he College Wednesday afternoon. people have thrown their hands up of the work and Kennedy was speaking as part issues. and accepted Carter's philosophy. inflation is continually of De Anza's Cinco De Mayo "The presidential race is a increasing, he added. ed "We need a candidate with celebration. contest of the heart and soul of this "It's not that Ily conviction and commitment," he President Carter He held a brief press conference country, not only of the Democratic can't do something ate said. We need a real Democrat in about these before he addressed approximately Party," McEnery said. problems," Kennedy But the White House." said. "It's that 200 persons at De Anza. As Kennedy stepped onto the he hasn't wanted to. "I took a year off from law platform, he was greeted with a Kennedy said that today many "We need someone to challenge storm of applause and cheering. people have broken dreams and school to personally campaign for Carter. We need someone to follow "I was to talk broken promises. my uncle," he said. "I don't receive about some of the through on campaign promises." any personal instructions from my issues affecting the presidential "Young couples who dream of uncle on what to say." campaign," Kennedy said as he buying a new house are broken One of Sen. Kennedy's major plans is a national health care program, Kennedy said. open for summer students "We are the only industrialized Dorms country that doesn't guarantee On-campus housing is available for students planning rates are $160 and $328. health care," he said. "Children to attend summer school at SJSU in either the first session Meal costs are separate from housing fees. They are have to grow up with deformities (June 1-20) or second session (June 22-Aug. It. $82.50 for the three-week session and $165 for six weeks. because their parents can't afford to Royce Hall, one of the seven dorms, will remain open This provides the student with 15 meals per week, Monday have the deformity corrected. If a for students attending classes. through Friday. baby is crying, the parents have to decide if the sickness is worth a $50 The double occupancy rate for the three-week session hy JiLhe Levy is $120 and $246 for the six-week session. Single occupancy See related story on page 6 visit to a hospital." Robert F. Kennedy Jr Spartan Daily Volume 74, Number 66 Serving San Jose State University since 1934 Monday, May 12, 1980 or- the e x t Chief discusses Wheelchair students denied access High wheelchair students, Montgomery The by Brian Wirth and Ellen Goodwin said. p.m. The rooms in the Spartan City S.J. police issues The Men's Gym and the PER complex are too small to ac- Building are "totally a v d inaccessible" commodate the wheelchair ramps, by Kevin Folan ficer must be hired for every two to handicapped usic students confined to Montgomery said. the The community can help the non-bilingual officers and -We have wheelchairs, according to SJSU police combat crime by developing to get the police department up to Environmental Health and Safety The lowest mezzanine of the "a strong, cohesive attitude that strength." Officer Ron Montgomery. Student Union, which contains a TV condemns that behavior," San Jose "We're in a crisis in San Jose," Students in wheelchairs have no lounge and was the site of a tem- Police Chief Joseph McNamara told McNamara said. It takes a year access to the second floor in either of porary coffee house last fall, will a criminal justice class Thursday. from the time someone takes the test these building due to lack of remain out of reach to wheelchair For their part, "The police have to become a police officer, to his or elevators, Montgomery said. 11 students. to get the public to understand what her appearance on the street as an "There's no way to get up there, There is "no way to put the role of the police is" by having officer, McNamara said. no elevator," said wheelchair bound elevators in there unless we tear out y're more contact with citizens. A -vigorous effort" is being SJSU student Lee Curtis. floors," which the university is not and McNamara, a Harvard Ph.D, made to recruit women, and in An additional problem for handi- prepared to do at this time, Mon- wh. was captain with the New York City response to a question, McNamara capped people in these buildings is tgomery said. Police Department and was chief of said that women have generally the lack of bathrooms modified for I that police in Kansas City before been successful at the job. wheelchairs. tics. becoming chief of police in San Jose Despite some problems, there is This lack forced participants in ley'r on May 1,1978. "a tremendous esprit de corps" in the wheelchair basketball game held Pre-trial The San Jose police jurisdiction the San Jose police department, sal, April 30 to do without bathrooms or covers 155 square miles, includes which is "one of the top-ranked to go to other buildings on campus. ea 600,000 people, and is divided into departments in the country," Mc- The university is presently read eight districts, McNamara said. Namara said. asking for $500,000 in state funding to hearing for The police department has 1,100 Asked about the troubled area install elevators in these buildings. d s employees, including 800 sworn near Story and King roads and the According to Montgomery, officers. However, San Jose "has the confrontations between the police however, the actual amount reporters least number of officers per 1,000 of and "Iowriders," McNamara said received will probably range ting,' from any major city," with only 1.3 per "A police department is always $225,000 to $400,000. muc 1,000 as compared to the national under suspicion by the minority," "We feel very optimistic about con Thursday average of between 3.5 to 3.6 per and "historically, there is receiving funds," Montgomery said. 1,000, McNamara said. justification for this suspicion. In recent years, state funding The next pretrial hearing for The San Jose police have been "The police chief's job is to has enabled the university to install former Spartan Daily reporter Mark experiencing a high attrition rate listen to both sides," and the chief five elevators in campus buildings, Robert Henry will be held Thursday. recently. Part of the reason is police has to be "responsive to the com- including the Journalism Building, Originally scheduled for April, pay, according to McNamara. munity," McNamara said. the Faculty Office Building, and the the hearing was deferred because of "Wages have dropped very The San Jose Police Department Home Economics Building, ac- scheduling problems with the at- considerably," and "Lots of officers has the "best minority represen- cording to Montgomery. torneys and the judge. are leaving," McNamara said. tation of any department in the Although not "totally inac- Henry was subpoenaed in early "Even if Proposition 9 passes," country," McNamara said. by Greg Rochard cessible," several other campus February for all materials used in the police "are going to need a He strongly criticized the SJSU student Lee Curtis in Men's Gym buildings aLso present problems for writing and presenting an Oct. 10 significant pay increase," he said. handling of the Story/King area handicapped students. According to Montgomery, the university, however, plans to install Spartan Daily story, "Police sweep In response to a question about troubles by the local media, though. The Old Science Building does elevator door is too heavy for a ramp in two years to enable upsets youth on East Side," per- the suspension of the 60 college unit "The news media reporting on not meet federal standards to ac- wheelchair students to hold open and students to enter the building.