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VOL. 0. No: 88
Many Congressman
Resigns USG Post
Due to Resilience Change
• Jon Unger, USG Congressman, elected to represent the
Nittany area, said last night that he will resign his post
tomorrow. i _ _
Unger's statement came after an announcement from
• ,•
George Gordon, Rules Commi
introduce a resolution at the reg
ular weekly 'Congress meeting to
morrow- night ileclaring - Unger
disqualified for, the office.
Unger lives inPollock Halls but
was elected as krepresentative of
the Nittany Area. He said he
moved from Nittany during
Christmas vacation:
r - "I RAN F,OR the office because
no one else in Nittany expressed
interest in running," he said. "I
took the position with the ,under
catanding that I would resign when
there was an official definition of
the terms regarding representa
tion in the - -USG Constitution,"
Unger said.
He was referring to the • clause,
in the Constitution which states
that, "a shift of , residence, from]
the general area of his constitu
ents" shall constitute. groundx, for
removal from the Congress,
MOnday night Unger said this
luppresision' Charged
In Penn Newspaper Case
By CAROL KUNKLEMANTh
,
Cries of " suppression of a news
paper" and "censorship in a uni
versity community" were hurled
at the administration of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania last night
by Melvin Goldstein, former edi
tor of the school's newspaper, The
Daily Pennsylvanian.
The fiery editor was placed on
conduct probation yesterday by
Penn's Committee an Discipline .
.a result of action taken by
university - President Gaylord P.
Harnwell in suspending. the pa
per's publication.
. ACCORDING TO university
rules, conduct probation means
that he _cannot participate in
extra-curricular activities, Gold
stein 'explained.
He said the paper's senior board
met yesterday and selected an
editor to replace him until the
end of the term.
"We will resume publicatiori as
t 'soon as possible," he said. The
suspension is the first such action
in the paper's 77-year history.
• According to Goldstein, the dis
cipline . committee held him prt
marilY responsible for the publi
cation of an offensive issue of
the paper. .
THE PUBLICATION in ques
tion was a parody issue of the
Penn coeds'. paper, The ,Pennsyl
vania News.
At a meeting : Saturday, the
Men's Student Government Asso-
Occasional Rain
- A slow-moviiig front that has
caused cloudy skies for the past
several 'days should continue to
influence the state's weather for
the next day or two. -
Weak storms moving along this
front caused periods of rain yes
terday• and Monday.
Anothet weak storm was fore ,
cast to cause some rain early today
before moving east., Somewhat
colder air may follow that storm
into the state this, afternoon and'
tonight. , ' •
If teriaperature*,should 'fall be-'
low freezing by this *setting, and,
By DAVE RUNKR
ttee chairman, that he 'would
cliiuse was ;vague and he would
remain in office until it - was in
terpreted by some official USG
action.
Last night, Unger said that since
the Rules Committee had ap
proved the resolution announced
by Gordon, this was an official
interpretation of the Constitution
and he would abide by the ruling
of the committee.
GORDON announced he would
sponsor an amendment to the
USG Constitution to clarify the
vacancy situation: Gordon's pro
posal would delete the present
clause stating "the vice president
of USG shall, announce vacancies
in the second week of each term;
and 'special elections shall then
be held in the specific constitu
encies."- ' •
In its' place Gordon would sub
stitute: "when a Congressman is
(Continued on page three)
ciation voted to recommend to
Penn's president that the paper
be suspended. The Philadelphia
Daily News quoted Robert F.
Longley, dean of men, as saying
that action was taken because the
contents of the issue were "lewd
and suggestive."
The association also felt that
the newspaper's - reporting and
editorials were "irresponsible• and
distasteful," the paper reported.
Longlcy said last night- that
no action would.be taken against
other staff members.
He said the issue was a ques
tion of "general responsibility."
The paper's operations are ap
proved by the school's committee
on student affairs and the student
government. The student govern
ment appropriates a share of the
Paper's operating funds, he ex
plained.
- BOTH SIDES have bi.en
fisting since 4 'o'clock this after
nbon in 'an effort to resolve the
issue." he said. 'We are hopeful
that we can solve the problem as;
Soon as possible and that the;
paper can resume publication im-'
mediately." •
, A special committee composed
of members of the student affairs
committee. and the student gov
ernment has been set up to de
termine the "exact lines of re
sponsibility" of the paper so that
the question will not arise In the
future, he :,said.
Should Continue
there is s 50-50 chance they will,
the precipitation from a storm
that should be approaching the
state tonight will be in the form
of snow and sleet.
Today should be cloudy with
fog, drizzle and occasional rain
this morning. Temperatures ,
should remain steady or fall slow
ly during the day. •
Cloudy and cold weather with ,
rain, sleet or snow is expected
tonight A: low of 241 . is expected.
Ttomorrpw should be cloudy and
colder with snow flurries and in
creasing winds. The high will be
near 3.2..degreea, • .
UrNAVERSITY PARK. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 28. 1962
Goldstein reported that he had
received a copy of a telegram
sent to Harnwell yesterday by
the editorial staffs of seven col
legiate newspapers. In the tele
gram, the journalists protested
the suspension and urged the
presidE . nt to reverse his decision,
Goldstein said.
Approximately 4.000 copies of
the Harvard Daily Crimson were
distributed on the Penn campus
yesterday by students from Penn
and Swarthmore College, Gold=
stein said.
HE SAID THE Crimson's edi
torial blamed Penn's administra
tion for "compounding retribu
tive terror tactics to its previous
myopia and follies" in suspending
the newspaper.
Longley said that no action
would be taken. because of this
distribution.
California Ed
.
By ANN PALMS I The State Board -of Education In 1959, the liaison committee
1
!consolidates the 16 State colleges;was given the authority, by the
(This is the fifth in a series of
i which are established throughout;California legisiaturl "to-prepare
articles examining various Sys- '
terns of sluts-supported colleges t
in the United California. The state college pro-;a master plan for _the develop
and universities
graml has been -extensively de- , mi nt, expansion and integration
iveloped recently and several of:of the facilities. curriculum and
States.) , (these schools now offer graditateistandards of higher education in
California's system for higher!programs. 'all schools of the state."'
,
education has been called the'
RECENTLY A THIRD educa- - THE MASTER PLAN that grew
largest and probably the best sys
tional faction developed within out of the liaison committee's
tern of coordination in the United
States by M. M. Chambers, pro-!,the stat e -` over _ 60 local, public research Balled for a tripartite
fessor of higher•education at the`""Year ,
or community colleges. system of coordination fer higher
University of Michigan. • ;This is; the largest network otediration.
.
Colleges in the nition,l It
Chambers is currently doing community created a board of trustees
research on higher education sys-Ito date.!.
to control the state college sys
tems in the United States. Until ;1960," both state colleges) tem. This third faction joined
UNTiL 1950. , - California' co-! and community colleges were un-- , with the orivinal two control.
ordination
system consisted of :der the: jurisdiction of the State groups in -39150 to form the Co
two controlling groups—the Board:Bottrd Of Education lordinating Council for Higher
of Regents of the University of The biggest educational prob-i Education, a voluntary and ad-
California and the State Board:lem in California has been the co-ivis"Y b*IY•
of Education. • ;ordination of the Board of Re-i The coordinating cOuncil in-
The Board of Regents was model gents and the State Board of corporates representatives from
an ,independent department - of,Edunatinn- the State College System, the
state by the California Constitu-1 Coordination was accomplishediState Board of Education, (now
'lion in 1878. This status "proteetsjin 190 by the formation of a:controlling only the ilommunity
the University from haphazard-Voluntary Liaison Committee of- college system), the University of
legislative and ' executive poli-110 members representative of theiCalifornia Regents, primate insti
l:lee' 1 . . ... . I
! . - ltwo factions. , Itutions and tom general public.
FOR A SETTER PENN STATE
PRESIDENT 'KENNEDY
The President ,renewed his
plea for legislation to fill what
he called "a- gap in our self
financed, contributory social
insurance system." it is a
series of recommendations for
improving the ; nation's health.
Other points proposed were:
A nationwide vaccination
program to help stamp out
polio, diphtheria, whooping
cough :and, tetanus : (The fed
eral government would pay the_
full cost of vaccines:, for ;all-
ChildrEn under S and help state
and local communities im
munize adults.) and federal
loans to help provide centers •
f?r group practice by physi
mans zind dentists, especially in
smaller communities.
MK Pushes
OM for Aged
WASHINGTON (W) President Kennedy sent Congress
an urgent new appeal yesterday for passage of his program
of medical insurance for the aged, financed by an inc ease In
Social Security taxes.
Major points in the program included:
renewal .of Kennedy's re
for a 10-year program of
I aid for the construction
expansion of medical and
1 colleges, and for scholar
to help talented but needy
nts
quest
Feder
and
den
ships
stud:
panded federal outlays to
slB2 million for mental
, control of air and water
ion, medical research and
health programs,. including
illion for the immunization
talin
healt
poll
othe
$25
driv
P ' OSPECTS FOR passage of
Ken edy's medical care program
this year were termed "quite
good" by Senate Democratic Lead
eri ike Mansfield of Montana.
Man field gave this opinion after
he d other Democratic leaders
held t heir - weekly breakfast meet
ing ith - Kennedy: at the. White
Ho e. •
Cdrer the weekend Mansfield l
had been quoted .as saying the
odd appeared to be against pas
sagtl of the plan.
e program faces some of its
stif est opposition• in the House
Was and Means Committee.
Mansfield said he is quite hopeful
USG Commiffee Formulates Plait
For Extension of WDFM Signal
: By JOAN MEHAN he feels it will work well here,
The Undergraduate Student, "My estimate of the complete
cost for the campus-wide! system
'Coiernment AM-FM committee!will be roughly 55,00046,000," he
h formulated a tentative ':as cam - 'Said. "This cost takes into account
pusrwide, plan for extending AM:that much of the installation, and
rectptioni of WDFM to the resi -l even some of the building of the
der ice halls. ; equipment will be accomplished
re plan involves a centrallibY students,
loc ted transmitter with coaxial! "If moderately priced compsi
lin4s branching out from a match-;nents were used, • Harrison said, "I
ingl network to -the residence believe this system could work
halls," Bruce Harrison, chairman trouble-free for years."
sat . "All each residence hall, a . THE NUMBER OF unit; needed
'lx) ster amplifier' would feed the
„,, side. , e. , areas will a
depend
m ulated RF(radio frequency)
on the number of main trns
int the !power lines, through a
.4 , 1 - 14 they have now. Harrison
tra sformer and isolation net
wo k ” i said. West, South, McFlwfain and
.
4 1
- :Simmons and Atherton Halls will
I4ARRISON SAID that this need one unit apiece.: Pollock
tyoe of 'installation has worked Halls will need two units arid
at other universities, and he said' (Continued on page three)
cation System Lauded
the committee-will reltitisei the bill
for action by the fulls Hot.se.
SENATE REPUBLICAN Leader
Everett M. Dirksea of Illinois
said he knows of no change in
the opposition of a majority of
Republicans to linking 'medical
care for the aging to the Social
Security f'system.
Kennedy proposed in his mes
sage to Congress that the cost of
providing health insurance for the
aged be met by a Social Security
tax increase of Si of 1 per cent
each on employers and wage earn
ers, starting next Jan. 1.1
He also proposed that the maxi
mum earnings base on which the
tax is levied be increased from
$4,800 a year to $5,200.
THE ESTIMATED Silt-billion
first-year cost of the program
would be more than covered. by
such an increase.
• The Social Security' tax is' now
!three and one-eighth per cent and
is scheduled to rise to three and
five-eighths per cent neat San. I
regardless of what happens to the
health plan. If the health plan is
enacted the tax will go up to
three and seven-eighthe per cent.
FIVE CENTS