PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Effective Referendum A new propos3! for a referendum amendment for the Student Government Association constitution passed its first reading before All-University Cabinet Thursday .The amendment provides that a petition signed by three per cent of the student body could call for a special ballot on any Issue which had already been voted on by Cabinet. If 20 per cent of the student body voted in the election, under the new amendment, the majority decision would bind Cabinet's vote on the issue, and could be over ruled only by a three-fourths Cabinet vote. The amendment comes from Cabinet's new executive committee, and seems to be the best referendum proposal presented so far. The proposed system combines the pro visions needed to make a referendum vote feasible with the safeguards necessary to prevent it from becoming the weapon of a minority or a method of cutting down Cabi net's effectiveness. Cabinet as a whole showed good judgment and good sense in dealing with the referendum amendment. The executive committee came up with a reasonable plan, and Cabinet approved it overwhelmingly after defeating two attempts to revise the proposal. There was an attempt, during the debate, to raise the percentage of students needed to validate a special election from 20 to 30 per cent. Ellen Donovan, president of the Woman's Student Government Association, who had pre sented the amendment, defended the original figure. Miss Donovan pointed out that an issue might concern only a small group, a group which could not get a 30 per cent student vote and would thereby forfeit its referendum rights if the change went through. Cabinet backed her argument and defeated the attempted change. Another change in the amendment was tried, this one to raise the number of students needed for a petition from 3 to 10 per cent. Miss Donovan also opposed this attempt, saying it'would "defeat the purpose of referendum," and that all that should be needed for a petition is a small group with enough interest to want to bring an issue in front of all the students. Cabinet again backed her, over whelmingly defeating the quota raise. At this point, it appears the amendment has a good chance to pass its next two readings and become a reality as a part of the Student Government Association consti tution. Cabinet should be commended, both for drawing up the new plan and intelligently presenting and approving Art on the Dump While student government has been debating such issues as compulsory vs. voluntary ROTC and referendum voting, a small but outspoken group of faculty members have been up in arms over the removal of two George Gray Barnard statues from Schwab Auditorium to a University salvage dump. William L. Werner, professor of American literature and author of the "Bookworm" column in the Centre Daily Times, and Dr. Harold E. Dickson, professor of the history of art and architecture, have been leading the fight to restore the controversial plaster models to a "proper place." Werner especially has been highly critical of Dr. Albert Christ-Janer, director of the School of the Arts, and his part in having the statues removed. Christ-Janer has said he does not consider them works of art, and that they are not in very good shape. Werner and Dickson say they are works of art by a distinguished Pennsylvania sculptor. To us, it seems that since Barnard is recognized by many as an outstanding sculptor, a shack on a University salvage dump isn't a very fitting place for his work. Editorials an written o► the editor* and start seasgere of ihe Daily Collegian ■nd do not necessarily reprinted the .lewe el the Univeralty or of the student body A Student-Operatea Newspaper Otte Battu Tolitgiatt Successu, to Phe Free Lance est 1887 Published rands', through Saturday morning during the University Mt. The Daily Collegian Is 4 student-operated newspaper Entered as Wend-claw/ matter tale 9 1971 et the State Collette Ps Post Office ander the act et March 3 1971. %tall iohseriplion Pries. ss.O psi temestin $5.11 psi tow ED DUVEIS Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor: Dick Drayne: Cory Editor: Dave Fineman; Wire Editor: Lynn Ward; Assistants: Jeff Pollack, Sally Wilt, Ann Marbut e Susie Arnion, Steve Milner, Elaine Miele and Betsy Anderson. STEVE HIGGINS. Bus Mgr. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Letters Jammed Lines Miff Reader TO THE EDITOR: I believe that it would be very advantageous to extend women's residence halls telephone hours until midnight. This extension would make it much easier to call coeds, espe cially from town. Under present conditions, with many women having activities that last until 9 or 9:15 p.m., there are 40 minutes available in which a fellow can call a girl and be reasonably sure of getting her. During these last 40 minutes, the lines in to the University are jammed. Actually, it is a very discourag ing and frustrating experience to try to call AD 8-5051 in these last minutes. Also, I believe it is very trying on the telephone operators' patience. Evidence of this is presented in the fact that the operators sound cheerful during the day, but sound tired and discouraged between 9.15 and 9:55. The ex tended hours would spread the load out and make it easier for the operators. Most of the coeds I have talked to indicate they favor extended telephone hours. I would guess that quite a few coeds each eve ning wait for calls that cannot get through. So far, the only reason that I have been able to find for the discontinuation of phone service is that the operators end their shifts at 10 p.m. I will admit that I do not know how much telephone operators are paid, but operators are on hand after 10 p.m., and I do not think it would cost much to keep on a few more operators for an hour or two Gazette Freshman Class Dance, 9 p.m., HUB Ball- German Department Open House, Movies, 2 :10 p m , Mineral Sciences Auditorium Outing Club overnight, 8 p ni., Osmond Nuking Lot School of the Arts, "Jazz Di ings," Bruce Mitchell. 2 p tn.. HUB United Student Fellowship Hike, 1 p.m., Church% Varsity tennis, Maryland. 2:30 p m., courts Varsity track, Navy, 1 p.m., Beaver Field WRA Aquacade, t p m . White Pool World University Service program, 3 p m., HUB Ballroom TOMORROW Artists• Series, Cleveland Symphony or- cheatra, R:2O p ra., Rec Hall Bible Fellowship. 2 p m., 209 HUB Chapel Service, 10:55 tt.m rhe+3 Club, l p.m Eastern Orthodox Society Service, 10.15 a ni.. Chapel Encampment Committee, 7 ;30 p.m., 217 HUB Freshman Customs Board, 6 :30 p m., 218 H UK German Department Open Howie. Movies 2:30 p.m.. Mineral Science Auditorium Hi'lel. Loc and Bagel Brunch, 11 a.m., Foundation , Proteitant Service, 9 'a m., Chapel Roman Catholic Mass, 9 a.m., Schwab Thespians Annual Banquet. 7 p.m., Auto• port I'CA Talk, 3 p.m., Chapel lounge United Student Fellowship, "A Night In Japan." 5 p m., Church World University Service, t p.m., 214 HUB MONDAY Alpha Phi Omega, election of officers, 7 p.m., 217-218 HUB Alpha Phi Omega pledges, 212, 213 HUB AAUP. 3 p.m., 110 EE Christian Fellowship, 12:45 p m., 218 HUB Delta Theta Sigma, 9.15 p m., 217-218 HUB DOC Student Council, 7 p.m., 215 HUB Economics Faculty Seminar, noon, HUB dining room "C" Engineering Mechanics seminar, 4.10 p.m., 203 Eng. "A" Faculty Luncheon Club, noon, HUB dining room "A" Freshman Customs interviews. 6 :30 p.m., 218 HUB IFC, 7:30 p.m., HUB Leonides. 5:30 p m., 203 HUB May Day Committee. b p.m.. 213 HUB Mineral Economics seminar, 4:10 p.m., 121 MI Mineral Industries seminar, 4 :15 p.m , Mineral Sciences Auditorium Model RR Club. 7 p.m., 212 HUB Senior Class Gift Committee, 7 p.m., 217 HUB Norman Altman Ronald_ Braaher. Thom. as Burgas, Walter Caplan, Rafael Crespo. Cintron, Werner Denser, Jacob Engle. Rell Ford, Richard Kearns, Ellen Kuhn, Kath ryn Moyer, Phyllis Muskat, Alfred Soy. der, George Walker. Thespians to Hold Banquet Tomorrow Thespians will hold its annual banquet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Autoport Cadillac Room. After dinner the pledges will give a show, followed by a special meeting to introduce the fall show directors. President Stuart Kahan, the out-going show direc tor, will announce his successor and other directors and crew heads. He will also present plans for the fall show. —Henry H. Bell, Jr., '6l —J. Eugene Wapner, '6O TODAY 203 HUB UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ittle Man on Campus by Dick Sibiu, "I just boosted their morale—l told them SOMEONE is going to pass." Kremlin Pursues Its Usual Tactic Associated Press News Analyst Andrei Gromyko, pursuing the usual Kremlin tactic of trying to make its opponents look bad just prior to negotiations, professes to fear an aerial clash over the Arctic no man's land because of bad U.S. judgment. If U.S. planes, taking off toward the Soviet Union because of radar blips from flying geese or meteorites, approach the Soviet bor,ders, then the Russians would take "immediate steps to remove the approaching danger." U.S. nuclear bombing bases, far from the Soviet borders, are in Texas, Maine, Britain, North Africa, Okinawa, and elsewhere, Some planes are in the air at all times, on training or pa trol flights bombed up and ready to go. Others are on 15- minute alerts. As a part of training and in sheer precau tion, they answer unexplained blips on the early warning screens. At certain predeter mined points they are called back or, lacking specific orders to continue, turn back auto matically. The White House denial that they fly across the Arctic indi cates the distances they keep to avoid disturbing Russia. These distances are far greater than those kept by Russian submarines which may be cap able of firing nuclear missiles from the Atlantic or Pacific. The American defense sys tem and the precautions taken in connection with it are well known to all, including the So viet Foreign Office. The Kremlin poseurs, no matter how they profess to shudder in their boots, are in no slightest fear of a surprise attack from the United States CGAT LEA6UE ARE we IN, iARLIE BROWN? 'O44,`ItS,IVE' HEARD OF, r WELL, NAVE YOU I HEARD OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE'?, t? :N., 1 :Pt-- - 4- itt! SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1958 By J. M. ROBERTS or any other Free World ally. The Free World, because its people are free, has dissenters from defense policies who can make themselves heard—some thing that can't happen in Rus sia. These dissenters have giv en Gromyko his cull. The So viet Foreign minister merely had to adopt the line from them, without adding an iota. He just follows press reports. As for "steps to remove the approaching danger," the So viet Union needs no appeal to the United Nations Security Council. The Kremlin has it in its power to remove the danger, if any, once and for all, uni laterally and without appeal to anyone else. But for the policies of the Soviet Union, there would be no Strategic Air Command, no 852 s or 8475. No bombs in the air and no alerted crews. WDFM Programs Saturday night: 6:50, Sign on and news; 7, Hi Fi Open House*: 8:55. News*: 9, Campus Beat; 11:30, Sign off and news. Sunday night: 6:50, Sign on and news; 7. The Third Programme; 11:30, Sign off end news. 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