WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1968 Convention Rejects Tax Amendments HARRISBURG (fP) Constitutional Convention dele gates rejected yesterday two proposed amendments that would have removed the exemptions from real estate taxes now granted to Pennsylvania public utilities. One amendment, introduced by delegates Blain C. Hooker of Dauphin County, would have permitted the le-:i 'ators to impose a uniform, state-wide real estate tax on the operating facilities of utility companies. The state would have distributed revenue from the tax to local municipalities. Hocker’s amendment was defeated by a 101-49 vote. The second amendment, submitted by delegate William J. C. O'Donnell of Chester County, would have permitted local government units to levy real estate taxes on utility properly now immune from such taxes. It was defeated by a 90-53 vote. Both amendments were designed to replace a Taxa tion and State Finance Committee recommendation that would r equHe the state to return to all local municipalities a portio i of the gross-receipts tax it collects from utilities. OpDonents of the committee proposal argued that it would harm rather than help the state’s financial structure by knocking a hole in the state budget. “This proposal would not be a tax on utilities, but a tax on the commonwealth,” Hocker said, pointing out that any funds taken out of the gross receipts tax would create a deficit in the General Fund. Delegates of the committee proposal, however, argued that a real estate levy would penalize utilities, which are the only firms that pay the gross receipts tax. Moreover, they contend that the imposition of a real estate tax would only lead to higher rates for Pennsyl vania’s consumers. Fohner state Sen. Robert P. Casey disputed this viewpoint, however. “I am hard pressed to explain to con sumers, who pay many taxes in addition to real estate taxes, why utilities should be exempt from real estate taxes simply because they have to pay tax A, B or C,” Casey said. Moreover, Casey took issue with statements that the tax would penalize utility companies. “I am not concerned with arguments that this would be unfair to or penalize utilities,” he said. “From my experience in the Senate, I know that the utilities are quite capable of taking care of themselves.” The utility proposal has generated controversy since it was adopted by the tax panel two weeks ago. That action came only after extended and often heated debate. The exemptions utilities now enjoy are not granted Under a constitutional provision, but because of a series of court decisions. Only operating facilities, such as power generating stations, are tax exempt. Utilities do pay local real estate taxes on other property, such as office buildings. Singing Contest Set for Monday . Preliminaries for the “Greek ment for both competitions. Week—’6B” Sing Competition Howard Schultzbei-g, a staff will begin at 6:45 p.m. Monday member of Radi Station in 112 Chambers, according .to WMAJ, will act as emcee for Greek Week .o-Chairman Bob - the finals. DiOrio. The finals for the com- The 14 sorority-fraternity petition will be held Friday, choral groups are Delta Gam- Feb. 23rd. ma and Chi Phi, A’pha Phi and Choral groups representing ntu the 28 participating sororities a li?. and fraternities will sing two ?f >S i!* 0 2.^ u £ e; - Beta Tau, selections each in the competi- *i u^™ 3 a tion. Each choral group, con- Alpha Omicron Pi and Pi Kap sisting of, eight members Sf four sorority women and four sl > P fraternity men—will sing one 7, Belta number of their own choice. 'v a "hi Sigma Kappa, Al- Their second arrangement will a lamina Delta and Phi be a standard number selected IffP 3 Kappa Delta and by the Sing Committee. Alpha Kappa lambda. Alpha P h T v l is I ,rs b , e » r . , - ,e " , “ M " ra,r rnyuis 1 saw. sigma chii and Kappa Kappa Groups will be judged by pro- Gamma and Tau Kappa Epsi fessors from the music depart- lon. No Immediate Action On Bookstore Issue . , (Continued from, page one) initial funding of the enterprise can be managed by bor rowing the money. “The cost of borrowing money can then be applied to the operation throughout the year,” he said. Regarding Lewis’s contention that there would be delivery and timing problems,” Gerson said that any busi ness organization would have to face these problems, whether University or privately owned. Gerson disagreed with Lewis’s comment that students primarily interested in saving money on books, and that this would be the basic reason for having a bookstore. • A s , s * a * ec * ' n the report USG prepared, Gerson empha sized that “students will not save a lot of money: our main interest is in service to students and the academic value.” Gerson said he realized that the administration “can not snap their fingers and have things happen," but that it has been a full year since USG passed the bill calling for a bookstore, with no response from the University to this time* As a first step, Gerson said that Lewis would have to make a provision for a full-time manager in the Book Ex change m the budget, then subject it to the approval of President Walker and the Board of Trustees. The approval for a bookstore would have to go through the same channels of the president and the trustees. quintessence j JJ PJ|| complements the look of La Piuma , a new, graceful, feminine, . finely *«w„ talc I ls Pfoud quintessence To Announce a new group of shoes designed ITS SECOND ANNUAL and made for us by one ' of the foremost fashion shoe W @ V B • Valentine , t quintiss at _ LA PIUMA 218 E. College Avenue IS “ ™ ' Alma Mater Ofi, Dear, What Can the Matter Be? ONE CAN HARDLY see the machines for all the men at the University's computer center. The Daily Collegian is running this picture as a public service to counter rumors that the computer is making man obsolete. Ex-Communist Luce Accuses SDS of 'lnfantile Leftism' By JIM HARVEY Collegian Staff Writer The aitference between the “advocacy of civil disobedience and the advocacy of attempting to overthrow the government” was discussed by Philip Abbott Luce last night at: symposium sponsored by me Young Ameri cans for Freedom. Luce, formerly a powerful member of the Peking-oriented Progressive Labor Party, warned of the danger of con sidering all leftist org?>"'-a tions, such as Students” for a Democratic Society, to be .suo serviant to Communist leader ship. This, he said, not only gives the Communists more credit than they deserve, but jepor dizes freedom of speech. Luce criticized SDS and what he called its policy of “infan tile leftism” attempting to destroy the present society without concrete plans for re building it. Tims, Luce explained, an SDS pamphlet instructs’. its mem bers to run for student govern emnt in the hope that enough of them would be elected so they could abolish it. At its inception, Luce said, SDS was financially supported by the League for Industrial Democracy, with the stipula tion that communists could not join. When the LID leaders de tected. a “close working rela tionship” of SDS with commu nist organizations, Luce con tinued. they withdrew their fi nancial aid and SDS withdrew! its communist disclaimer rule. While Luce noted that some I members of SDS desire to im prove societv through violence Summer Jobs Catskill Mi. resoiis are now hiring students for summer jobs. Openings for waiters, waitresses, chamberm aids, life guards, counselors, etc. Experience helpful hut not essential. Write for up-to date catalog of resort hotel jobs including where to write to, jobs available’and salary. Send $l.OO to cover printing, postage and hand ling to Resorts International, 5314 Lee Ave., Dept. A, Rich mond, Virginia. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA if necessary, he said, other the Washington Monument. An radical organizations such as other plan was to assasinate the Revolutionary Action Move- members of- the NAACP and ment, RAM, seek destruction to the Urban League, hoping that facilitate a communist take- blame would be placed on the over of society. Whites, and a Negro revolu- RAM members. Luce told his tion would result. audience, have been arrested Luca stressed t u t this an on a wide variety of charges, archist disobedience should not According to Luce, one plot in- be confused with what he volved blowing up the Statue of termed civil- disobedience Liberty, the Liberty Be I ’, and aimed at social reform. Liberal Arts Council Plans Course Guide The Liberal Arts Student political science: Henry Finch, Council decided last night to professor of philosophy; Lau push aheaa with plans to pub- rence H. Lattrm.i, professor of lish a course evaluation guide geomorphology: and David late this winter. , Shepard, instructor in theatre According to Larry Wallace, arts. Course Evaluation Committee Leviathon, the bulletin of the chairman, the guide empha- College of Liberal Arts will be sis will be upon interesting, published tomorrow. Students little-known liberal arts may pick up copies in Sparks courses. Joint action ivitl other or the Hetzel Unior Builcj'ng. college councils is also being- In other council business, considered. Adeno Bellegia, chairman of The council also discussed the Academic Dishonesty Com plans to sponsor a lecture by mittee, announced that 4,000 author Pearl Buck with Asso- questionnaires will be mailed dated Women Students. The Friday. The questionnaires are talk is scheduled Women’s desl « ned to measure student at- V'eek in April titudes toward cheating. Their Speakers for the council- r 2 e 2 quested by 12 noon sponsored lecture series for the __ remainder of the term were,| announced. They are David' Keynes, assistant professor ofl WJiat’s it like to work foragiaiit? Depends on the giant. If the giant happens to be Ford Motor , Company, it can be a distinct , advantage. See your placement director and make an appoint ment to see the man from Ford when he is here on: Vd like a big job please. % The Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils of Susquehanna University THE LETTERMEN Thursday, February 29 - 8:30 p.m. Reserved Seat Tickets - $ 2.75 For Tickets write "The Leltermen" Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Penna. Enclose a self addressed stamped envelope and remittance with order. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR UNITED AIR LINES Is Cordially Inviting All Interested Girls To An Informal COFFEE HOUR The Night of Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the Downtowner Motor Inn The Presentation Will Be At 7:00 PM. Contact Your Placement Office For Interview Information Come, so that we many answer your questions, Hope to see you the 20th. FLY THE CAMPUS REPRESENTATIVE FRIENDLY SKIES VIRGIH'A LEE JUDY OF UNITED 308 STEPHENS University Adopts New Time-Saving Computer By BETH GOIDER Collegian Staff Writer Last year students taking computer science courses and researchers running pro grams were speaking to a different com puter in a different computer language than those being used this term. A modified form of time-sharing is an important advantage of the IBM Operating System/360 Model 67 computer, which has been available for general use since Oct. 1, Burton E. Squires, assistant professor of computer' science said in an interview. He explained that the University’s type of time-sharing, which has been used by researchers since Jan, 4, is not the same as “time-slicing,” where the computer con tinually switches back and forth between programs, executing several at once. 'Remote Job Entry' Squires said the ‘‘Remote Job Entry” (RJE) system, now used by the University’s 360 computer for six and one-half hours a day, enables programmers to type their pro grams on a keyboard which is connected to the computer. They can then type a com mand asking the computer to read back their program, or one to put the program on a tape or another to execute the program, which it does after a wait of at most a few minutes to finish another person's run. Thus, while programmers cannot active ly participate while the computer runs the program, they do have communication other than through cards or tapes containing their programs. Squires said the main advantage of RJE is in saving the programmer’s time, rather than the computer’s. He gave the example of a professor in Electrical Engineering West sitting down at that building's typewriter terminal, printing out a program connected with research on the ionosphere, and being told the program results or errors in a few minutes. Time, Energy Saving This time-saving is a contrast to the pre vious procedure of taking the program to the computer building, which is located across the street from the Natatorium, beside East Halls, then returning after the program is run, perhaps half a day later. Squires added that researchers using any of the 15 termi nals can automatically store their programs and data in data cells or on tapes by giving the computer the appropriate command. Concerning the use of RJE, Squires said, “we’re making it as available as we can.” He explained that over 1,000 students take computer science courses each term and since USG Sponsors 'Lion Line' As part of its program en- nounced a Rat Auction, spon- singer, and an editorial staff, couraging student involve- sored by the HUB Special j n other USG news Presi ment, the Undergraduate Events Committee March 4.