Illinois Issues

Est. 1975 JANUARY 1982 VOL. VIII, NO. 1

ILLINOIS ISSUES is published by Sangamon State University. The magazine's board is appointed by the presidents of Sangamon State University and the University of Illinois. In addition to subscription income the magazine is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation, support from the University of Illinois and Sangamon State University, and donations. The contents of the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of either university, the Ford Foundation or other donors.

Publisher: J. Michael Lennon
Editor: Caroline Gherardini
Circulation director: John E. Cockrell
Editor emeritus: William L. Day
Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle,
            Richard J. Shereikis
Fulfillment manager: Elizabeth A. Curl
Legislative correspondent: Diane Ross
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood,
      Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer,
      Mark Gruenberg, Milton Rakove,
      Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt,
      Larry Smith, Beverly Fleming
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts
Student staff: Cheryl A. Tinsley, Claudia
      L. Woolridge, Cynthia L. Konold
      Pat Karlak

The Board
Chairman: Samuel K. Gove, director, Institute
      of Government and Public Affairs, University
      of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: Thomas F. Roeser, vice
      president-government relations, The
      Quaker Oats Company, Chicago
John N. Collins, director, Center for
      Policy Studies and Program Evaluation,
      Sangamon State University, Springfield
William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield
Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan
      Institute, University of Chicago
David Kenney, director, Illinois Department
      of Conservation, Springfield
James R. Kackley, partner, Arthur Andersen &
      Co., Chicago
Louis H. Masotti, director, Center for Urban
      Affairs, Northwestern University,
      Evanston
Odas Nicholson, lawyer, Chicago
James D. Nowlan, Institute of Government and
      Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana
James T. Otis, lawyer, Chicago
Theodore Peterson, professor of journalism,
      University of Illinois, Urbana
Betsy Plank, assistant vice president, Illinois
      Bell Telephone Co., Chicago
Gerald H. Pugh, vice president and director of
      government relations, Combined Insurance
      Company of America, Chicago
Honorable Samuel H. Shapiro, lawyer,
      Kankakee
Carl Shier, international representative, Region
      4, United Auto Workers
Honorable William G. Stratton, vice president,
      Canteen Corporation, Chicago
James M. Wall, editor, Christian Century,
      Chicago
Samuel W. Witwer, lawyer, Chicago
James C. Worthy, professor of management.
      Northwestern University
J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member

Contents

6Can Big Jim beat the third term jinx? By Paul M. Green 12 Higher ed: less money, fewer choices By Diane Ross 17 Illinois trial judges:pragmatic fact finders By Stephen Daniels, Rebecca Wilkin and James Bowers 22 Soil loss: the conversion factor By James Krohe Jr. 2 Poltics By Robert Kieckhefer Is slate making passe? 4 Chicago By Milton Rakove The message of the ward reamp 5 Book Review By Anna J. Merritt Memoirs of two political veterans: McGloon and Reum 11 Science By Julie A. Dutton Illinois' energy agency: new name, new duties

28 Legislative Action By Diane Ross The fall session: some compromise, politics and emotion 34 Washington By Robert Mackay Forbidding any future grain embargoes 35 THE Rostrum By Jack R. Van Der Slik Football and legislative politics LETTERS__________4 ITEMS_______ 10 Buiness labor task force to study Illinois Bureau of Employment Security/Illinois recommendations to White House Conference on Aging BILL SUMMARIES___________29 JUDICIAL RULINGS__________30 U.S. Steel not in violation of Pollution Control Board rules/Department of Revenue has first say on whether AT&T owes message tax/due process and 'just cause' EXECUTIVE REPORT__________31 $100 million bond slae/Home mortgage program/Sewer systems reaching capacity/New rapid transit cars for CTA STATES STIX_______31 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS_______32 NAMES_____________32 ILLINOIS ISSUES (USPS 060-130) is published monthly (12 times per year). Editorial offices: 226 Capital Campus, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708 (telephone: 217/782-0294). Please address questions regarding your subscription to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P. O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054 (telephone: 815-734-4151). POSTMASTER: Send address changes to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P. O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054. Subscription rate: $18 year/$30 two years/$42 three years; student rate is $9 a year. Individual copy is $1.75. Second class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois. 51980 by ILLINOIS ISSUES, 226 CC, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce any part of the magazine.