12 COPIES Partly sunny and warmer today. High near 75. Chance - for a shower 'or thundershower late this afternoon or this evening. Mild tonight; low near 50. Be coming partly sunny and mild to morrow. High pear 65. Partly sunny and mild Sunday. VOL. 68, No. 116 • - I froth the associated press News Roundup: From the State, Nation & World The World Allies Engage in Bitter Battle with VC SAIGON U.S. and South Vietnamese troops slugged it out last night with strong North Vietnamese forces in the northeast corner of South Vietnam in the heaviest fighting since the enemy's Tet offensive in February. Casualty reports indicated American and South Viet namese forces were killing 12 enemy soldiers for every allied soldier' killed in the four days of bitter fighting around Dong Ha and Hue. The allies said en;:rny casualties since Monday were 1,139 and the U.S. and South Vietnamese reported 93 of their men killed and 449 wounded. Savage fighting was reported Thursday just north of the U.S. Marine base at Dong Ha, 11 miles south of the de militarized zone between the Vietnams. A North Viet namese counterattack pushed back Marines assaulting a bunker complex two miles northeast of the sprawling American base. Israel Marks 20th Anniversary JERUSALEM The might of Zion—Soviet-made arms Seized from the Arabs and planes and guns bought in the United States and France—sped across captured Jerusalem yesterday in an Israeli celebration of 20 years of state hood that defied the United Nations and the Arab world. Under a burning sun, 4;500 troops and 450 vehicles crunched along a five-mile parade route that led through an Arab quarter held by Jordan until the Middle East war last June and into a traditionally Jewish area of the once divided city. Some 250,000 Israelis and visitors cheered as 300 planes screamed overhead. American-built Skyhawk fighter bombers led a formation that included a Soviet MIG2I, delivered to Israel by an Iraqi defector. French Magister jets looped through the skies, leaving blue and white vapor trails that formed a Star of David. The parade, denounced last week by the United Na tions Security Council as a blow to Middle East peace, caused angry demonstrations in Lebanon and Syria. But Jerusalem's Arabs were quiet and the threat of terrorism by the Al Fatah guerrilla organization did not materialize. The Nation Bell Telephone Workers End Strike WASHINGTON Telephone strikers won a three year wage and fringe benefit increase totaling nearly 20 per cent yesterday in 1968's fattest labor contract agree ment thus far. It will affect some 600,000 workers across the nation. The AFL-CIO Communications Workers estimated the settlement will cost the Bell System more than $2 billion and top 'company officials said it will mean higher bills for many of the nation's 50 million telephone subscribers.- Some 200,000 strikers will vote in the next few days on whether to end their 15-day-old nation-wide walkout and accept the agreement, which would set a pattern for most of the 400,000 other Bell System workers whose con tracts, expire later, "The new Bell System pattern agreements are big in every sense," said the Union President, Joseph A. Beirne. Poor People's March Gets Slow Start MEMPHIS. Tenn. The late Rev. Dr. Martin Luthee King's Poor People's March on Washington got off to a slow, creaking start yesterday, starting, at the point where a sniper killed him April 4. "The moment has come," the Rev. Mr. Ralph Aber nathy told the crowd gathered for the memorial service. "The days of weeping are ended. The days of march nave begun." Led by a battered old wagon hauled by two lop-eared mules, the some 400 who joined the symbolic 2 1 / 2 -mile march through a slum area walked eight abreast under a hot sun. Lunches, cold drinks and portable restrooms awaited them at the line of buses chartered to carry many of them on to Marks-70 miles to the south in Mississippi's flat, freshly green Delta. Southern Christian Leadership Conference spokesmen said those who made the trip will camp in Marks for two days—fanning out to recruit new marchers from Negroes in the area. King envisioned the Poor People's Campaign and March on Washington to point up the plight of the nation's needy and underprivileged. AFL-CIO Rejects . "Philadelphia Plan" ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—President Walter P. Reuther of the United Auto Workers Union renewed his fight yes terday with AFL-CIO President George Meany and hinted at pulling the UAW out of the powerful labor federation. Reuther declared on the eve of the UAW's 21st con stitutional convention that if his call for a special AFL CIO convention is refused, "we could not in good coo science continue to be confined within the restricted limits of a organization ruled by the dead hand of the pas." He said he 1.5 million-member UAW will be obligated "to take those steps that offer the best prospects" for achiev ing the purposes of a modern and progressive labor move ment. "Those steps" weren't spelled out in Reuther's written report to be given to UAW delegates arriving here today and made available in advance to The Associated Press. The week-long convention opens Saturday. The State UAW. Threatens Split with AFL-CIO PHILADELPHIA The. Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-ClO, has approved a program to recruit more Negro apprentices. 'But at the same time it adopted a, resolution con demning the "Philadelphia Plan"• requiring the hiring of a specific number of minority group employees on federal projects. • The council called the 'Philadelphia Plan "an illegal quota system." Council members voted 70 to 30 Wednesday to launch an all-out program to recruit and tutor youths for minority groups. The council will be joined by the Negro Trade Union Leadership. Council business manager, - James L. Loughlin, said employers would be asked to participate. "We are also appointing a committee to meet with the General Building Contractors Association," said Loughlin, "to implement this program as an industry and not merely a union arrangement," By GLENN KRANZLEY r" Collegian Staff Writer The University's budget, now being in vestigated by the state legislature,is a corn plex.balance between pendittres and a -.— ,„ ,• ---,-- a variety - of income sources. The action the , lawmakers take in allocating money, to meet . . .i this budget can influence all aspects of the SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS -PAGE 3 , University's business., HEAR, HEAR ' ' PAGE-34 ,Students are familiar with the threat of , , a possible tuition increase, but there are ... , , EYEWITNESS REPORT • ' PAGE S many other areas of the budget that can be affected•by legislative action. - THE . PILL , - For instance, last year - the state did not •McKEE'S MADNESS , PAGE 7` ' approve the budget until Dec. 22, more than • PAGE 8 - , five Months after_the beginning of the 1967- THINCLADS TRY F,ORUPSET 68,-fiScal year: ' 14 IN KENTUCICY DERBY • PAGE 9 - . That' was when a tuition ' increase was ;• . ... ,„, . first mentioned as a way, out of the T.Jniver- P q EACE. SHAFER, COLUMBIA PAGE 10 , sity's financiil bind. 13ut instead of an in . ~,~.~, ~...... ~ .w~...... .~ . . . What's Inside ~x~:.: ~>:. ..11;••• srol.k„ (11:tt t rat 411 p rs. '74 'kqeiA4 • Tilt I; .t • -fa * ,* * * * * * * * * * . * 10 Pages The Undergraduate Student Government "outstanding senior service award" was pre sented to Ed Dench, Elections Commissioner, at the congressional meeting last night. John Fox, acting USG president, pre sented Dench with the award for his "high degree of achievement on USG and his un selfish dedication to student government." Dench has served student government at the University for several years, both within and outside ,of USG. This year he served with the Town Independent Men's council, as president pro tempore of Congress and in his present position of USG Elections Commis sioner. The congress, in its only legislative act of the evening, appropriated $2OO to the Coali tion for a Day of Dialogue on Peace, to be held May 10 at the University. Ain Bodner and Kathy Kerrigan, of the Dialogue, had appealed to USG for endorse ment of their program and some funds to help defray expenses. The program, as it was outlined last night,, will consist of films and panel dis cussions. Faculty members will comprise the panels and begin a dialogue with the audi- —Collegian Photo by Dan Rodgers REGINALD DE WARREN, French consul general at Phila delphia, explained his country's position on five issues which have caused friction between Fiance and the United States in a speech last night at the University. French Counsul Speaks on NATO By EVIL HENCE Collegian ,Staff Writer Reginald de Warren, French consul general at Philadelphia, spoke yesterday evening on "French Foreign Policy and the United States" in 121 Sparks. In general, French foreign policy consists of "seeking peace, reconstructing Europe, building bridges, particularly to the East, and assisting young countries," he, said. The counsel general noted five controversial points which exist between the United States and France. These are the North Atlantic Treaty Organ ization, the / war o- gold, the Middle East, Britain's entry into the Common Market and Vietnam. Not Against NATO "France is not against the North Atlantic Treaty Organi zation," the consul general said. He emphasized that the reasons France left NATO in Legislative Action Affects Budget UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1968 USG Salutes By DENNIS STIMSLiNG Collegian USG Reporter Films, Discussions 1966 is that "NATO as it was created is an obsolete form" and France wanted out of the "automaticity clause" which would bring France into war if another NATO country entered one. By leaving NATO, France did not completely sever rela tionships' with the organization, Be Warren said. She still has a "military liaison an i s s i o n" which has her armies man uever with NATO forces as al lies not as integrated members, he went on. The counsel gen eral also said that suspicions of France's giving NATO se crets were "ridiculous." The "war on gold" is caused by the fact that Americans cannot buy and hoard gold while in`Europe gold can be bought on the open market. The consul general added that the Europeans owning large amounts of American dollars got "a little bit scared" over the U.S. financial position and sold their dollars for gold. This (Continued on page six) Dench Wins Award Bodner said the committee had tried to get a nationally known speaker to participate in the program but it was found economical ly infeasible. USG responded to this request for aid by appropriating the entire 5200 that the com mittee had estimated for their expenses. The bill to do this was introduced by Harvey Reeder, TJSG treasurer-elect, who said, "This is a chance for students to learn; it's an educa tional and informative opportunity for the students." The dialogue will try to examine "such important topics as racial unrest in the na tion, the Vietnam war and the U.S. troop commitment there •and the draft issue," ac cording to Miss Kerrigan. Action Committee Reports The USG Administrative Action Commit tee made several reports last night, including one on possible expansion of the Hetzel Un ion Building. The report stated that the Board of Trustees has already approved HUB ex pansion, but has not taken any further action. USG will, during the remainder of Spring Term, try to count the number of people who use the HUB daily, and present evidence of needed expansion to the Faculty Senate. A poll of students, faculty, admin istrators, and State College residents will be Discrimination Hit In Coeds' Admissions By NANCY SCHULTZ Collegian Staff Writer The current admissions policy of the University is "institutionalized Bigotry," according to Rena Foy, as istant professor of education. She idded that it is a "right of women to save equal access to education," and that "this right is being denied at the University." Mrs. Foy said students who are ;ranted admission are not selected sole ly on their qualifications. The Univer sity "does not admit women on an equal basis with men," she said, and idded that the "noble idea" of equal ducational opportunities for all state esidents is not being put into effect. Mrs; Foy . said in theoblem of `:dii :riminatory.practices admissioris" is tot a unique one, but that the degree of discrimination against women at the University is "almost the worst in the United States." The present ratio of approximately 2.5 men to every one woman at University Park exemplifies an inequality in admissions, she con tinued. She also noted that although appli :ants are admitted without regard to 'race, creed. color, religion, or national origin," sex is never mentioned. Sherman T. Stanford, dean of ad missions, denied discrimination exists in admitting either men or women to :he University. He stated that "appli :ants who predict a 50-50 chance of Students Have Ways To Air Grieve nces By PAT GUROSKY Collegian Administration Reporter University students have several avenues to use to air their opinions and grievances and this is a primary factor in keeping down protests or riots at the University, an administrator said yes terday. Charles L. Lewis, vice president for student affairs, said students here are active participants in decision making processes at the University. He cited as examples student membership in Uni versity Senate Committees, and student participation on individual college coun cils. Lewis also referred to his own "open door" policy. Any student with a legitimate complaint is welcome to discuss it with him, Lewis said. Exaggeration Violent demonstrations of discon tent on campuses are not as widespread as popularly believed, Lewis claimed. "There are 2.500 colleges in the United States, yet no more than 20 campus in cidents were reported in the last month. That's a pretty small percentage," he said. Commenting on last week's riots at Columbia University, Lewis said the protest originally started over the an nounced policy of prohibiting demon strations in campus buildings. "We have a clear-cut understand ing about this here," he said. "Any dis sent or protest will be tolerated which does not interfere with the rights of crease then, the University was able to bor row funds .trom banks where it holds ac counts. Spending was cut for research. Different This Year This year, the situation is somewhat different. Edward L. Keller, vice president for public affairs, said the legislature will not let the budget go vcr,v,far into the new fiscal 2:.ear unapproved. Keller said legisla tors are busy with other business that must be finished before the national presiuential nominating conventions in August. The problem in the budget this year 'is an 'expected lack of money the state may allocate. The University is operating now on a budget of more than $l3O million. About $4B million of that amount came from the state. For the new fiscal year, the University is asking for an additional $2 million. But KsXer said there is a possibility this addi- Old Leaders conducted to test sentiment on such an expan sion program. It was also announced at last night's meeting that in the recent Choice "68 nation, al collegiate presidential preference primary, Senator Eugene McCarthy had been the first choice among the voting students. McCarthy received 27 per cent of the votes and Robert Kennedy received 18 per cent for second place. Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller were the third and fourth choices, respec tively. Phil Klopp gave a report on a special student survey being undertaken with the University sociology department. It will at tempt to examine students' opinions on "top ics ranging from the bookstore issue to na tional issues such as the draft and Vietnam." The results of this poll, which will reach about 900 students, will be released the last week of this term. The conclusions of the poll will not be known until next fall. Fox presented awards to all members of LdG who will graduate in June. These in cluded Dave Vinikoor, Larry Lowen, Dan Clements, Carol Kehler, Faith Tanney, Bill Sinclair, Mike Hobbs, Joan Kinkead and Ed Dench. Fox also presented awards to the two TJSG advisers, William Fuller and Champ Financial Anal tional amount Will not be allocated. Gov. Shafer has advised against it. Keller said the University has a number of possible alternatives in meeting, the bud get cut. Tuition may be raised. Part of the in creased needs of the University is the cost of admitting 1,700 undergraduate, and 300 graduate students. Keller said that if these additional stu-. dents are - not admitted, there will be less strain on the budget. In an outline of the 1968-69 appropriation request, it was reported that it would cost the University about $2 million to increase the student body by 2,000. The budget, as recommended by Gov. Shafer. is $2 million•less than what the Uni versity asized far. - • But since the University has already accepted , these additional applications 14 students : there is no soh.tion there. "We r att Sociological Survey earning a 2.0 average are offered ad mission without regard to sex." Stanford said students, who apply to the University are considered pri marily on their academic qualifications, but when planning the number of stu dents to accept, the amount of living space in residence halls becomes the first concern. "The limited number of dormitory rooms available for women largely re stricts how many females will be ad mitted," Stanford explained. But he stressed the fact that this has no effect on the selection of the individual stu dent. He also mentioned that one limita tion on the amount of freshman women -students admitted is 'the number of transfer. students from-the Common wealth Campuses. They have "first choice" for admission to this campus. according to Stanford. and are ad mitted as to the availability of living space. . • Build More Dormitories Concerning the question of "room" for students in residence halls, Mrs. Foy stated that "more dormitories could possibly be built to accommo date an increase in female students." She also remarked that if women over 21 were allowed to live off-campus, there would be more room in residence halls for an increased number of women. Stanford replied with the comment others or disrupt University activities." Many of Columbia's problems stem from its location in an area with ser ious urban problems, Lewis said. He added that of the 720 students arrested in the Columbia riots, 80 per cent were Columbia students, 10 per cent were students from other schools and 10 per cent were non-students. "We're not located in an urban cen ter where non-students can get involved in University affairs," Lewis said. Violent protests are seriously harm ful to the universities involved. Lewis said, and he estimated it will take Columbia University four or five years to recover from last week's violence. "Worker relationships are disturbed, fund raising efforts are disrupted, and the university loses' momentum and class time, which costs money. Also, the money used to clean up after such riois could have been used for academic facilities, Lewis said. Students Satisfied A survey taken by the University last year showed that 65 to 70 per cent of the students polled were satisfied with their experience at the University, Lewis reported. "Academic pressures are the pri mary objectives of the vast majority of students," he stated. "The question of apathy is age old," Lewis said. "Students aren't any more apathetic than the general public is with its problems. This is an unfair condemnation of students," Lewis said. Columbia: It Could Never Happen Here --See Page 2 Storch, for "their hard work and devotion to USG and student government." In an informal discussion session, the congress talked of potential plans to attract more Negro students to the University. Plans were discussed for a USG Speaker's Bureau to visit high schools and talk with potential college students about the benefits of attend ing the University. Football Tickets Discussion was also on the subject of football tickets for University students. Sev eral congressmen said they hoped student charges for such tickets may be reduced or eliminated. Fox made his farewell address to the congress at the conclusion of the meeting. He reviewed what USG has done for students and the University during the past few years, and what lie feels it should do in the upcom ing year. He said all students should try to help USG achieve ''their common goals." He added. "I may be leaving the presi dency chair and I may be leaving this con gress, but I'm not leaving USG's cause. I'll be here helping USG next year." , Ted Thompson, USG vice president-elect, announced that applications are available for any student who wishes to serve next year on USG's committees and commissions. These applications are available at the USG office. that this could seriously affect the ad missions office's prediction as to the number of students attending the Uni versity in the near future. He stated that the office might not be able to "count on a fairly definite number of women that would be living in town each year," and that an uncertain num ber would hamper its planning. In another denial of Mrs. Foy's charge of discrimination. Stanford noted that more women apply to the colleges of Liberal Arts, Human De velopment, and Home Economics. These colleges are practically "over flowing" with females and• if more were admitted, there would be a short age ,of faculty members to handle the increase, he added, . . •• , -•-_ Insufficient - - Facilities- lie said insufficient facilities for women in these areas would be a ser ious problem and that admitting more women would only "compound the situation." Mrs. Foy argues that ''the facilities should be adjusted to handle the admissions and not vice versa." According to Stanford. some uni versities utilize a "quota system" whereby only a certain number of stu dents are admitted to each college. He said that at the University about 50 per cent of the students change col leges at least once before graduation. In this respect an established quota for each college would be restricted, he added. "We try to allow students freedom of movement" from one college to an other, Stanford said. Therefore we will not attempt to establish a system of quotas at the University, he added. Citing the President's Commission on Higher Education, which stated that "the time has come to make public education at all levels accessible to all, without regard to race, creed, sex, or national origin," Mrs. Foy urged all women to write to their legislators and demand action to prohibit discrimina tion in education on any basis. 2 Students Face Larceny Charge Charges of larceny were filed late Thursday morning by State Police against two University students, and they were released for a hearing to be held before Justice of the Peace Guy G. Mills next Tuesday in State College. The students were identified as Eric S. Boyce (9th-business adminis tration-Doylestown) and Richard A. Jones (9th-law enforcement and correc tion-Hazleton). The students, according to State Policeman Richael A. Mutch, who filed the charges, are accused of entering 114 Watts Hall, during the term break, March 19 to 27, and removing items belonging to the two students who oc cupied the room. The items, most of which have been recovered, included typewriters, books, radios, jewelry, drawing instru ments and other personal belongings. The stolen items were valued at about $1,050. The theft was discovered March 27 when the occupants of the burglarized room returned to campus. just send them home," Keller said. Another area the University is planning on spending more money is in maintenance for new buildings. About $350,000 is to be spent on the maintenance of seven new build ings, five in University Park. Maintenance includes janitorial service, heat, light and water. Since these buildings are already ,under construction, and in some cases are near com pletion, spending can't be cut in this area. Supplies and equipment will cost the University $700,000 more next year. A large portion of this increase is due to the rise in postage rates, which have been increased 20 per cent. Electricity in new buildings' and 'for increased use of old buildings also a sizable factor in expenses. The University can't function - ithout these items, so supply costs seem t bean (CrMinued on page four) ' SEVEN CENTS
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