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Hearings held
By STEVE OSTROSKY
Collegian Staff Writer
The House Subcommittee on
Education held hearings in Washington
Thursday on the federal regulations for
student loans.
Ron Taylor, public information
spokesman for the Pennsylvania Higher
Education Assistance Agency, said the
hearing was held as the result of an
understanding between the House and
the Senate that there was some critical
difficulty in the loan system.-
The difficulty lies in the student loan
regulations included in the Higher
Ervin, Baker, Scott urge
out of court settlement
WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman
and vice chairman of the Senate
Watergate committee urged President
Nixon yesterday to sidestep a con
stitutional confrontation and settle out of
court their demands for key recordings
fo his conversations..
That plea for compromise from Sens.
Sam J: Ervin Jr., D-N.C., and Howard
H. Baker, R-Tenn., was echoed by
Senate Republican leader Hugh Scott.
Scott said Nixon is innocent of any
Watergate complicity and suggested the
President might discuss the matter of
the tapes with special prosecutor Ar
chibald Cox.
Ervin and Baker endorsed a formula
by which they and Cox might be allowed
to listen to the tapes in private and sift
from them any subjects not directly
related to the Watergate investigation.
Both Ervin and Baker downplayed the
possibility of seeking a contempt of the
Senate citation against Nixon and
refused to entertain the possibility of
impeachment.
Baker and Ervin were questioned on
CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Scott appeared
on ABC’s “Issues and Answers.”
Meanwhile, Robert S. Strauss,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, said Nixon’s failure to
respond to subpoenas for the tap - and
for presidential documents “is but one
further example of the fear of the right
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Education Amendments of 1972.
Under the present system, all federal
guaranteed loan programs must require
a need analysis submitted by the ap
plicant. Loans with federal interest
benefits are given to students who have a
definite need established by Uie needs
analysis.
Taylor said a number of different
groups and people testified Thursday.
These groups represented several dif
ferent factions, he said.
“Some groups want to retain the needs
analysis,” he said. “One faction is in
favor of keeping the needs analysis for
of the people to know” and has caused a
grave change in how the public view the
President.
And Clark MacGregor, the President’s formation about the censored paragraph
former campaign director, said in a to be deeply concerned that it might be
deposition filed in a related civil suit that~ disclosed
he was “misled, deceived and ... lied to r *
repeatedly” over Watergate by the
White House and other campaign aides
He was sharply critical of the conduct
of John D. Ehrlichman, Nixon’s former
No. 2 aide, who returns to the Watergate
hearings today for his fifth day of
testimony.
In his appearance, Baker said he still
has not made up his mind what course he
will take regarding sensitive in
formation contained in a missing fifth
paragraph of a 1971 White House memo
introduced into evidence at the Senate
hearings.
The memo from presidential aide
David Young to Ehrlichman set out
activities of the White House special
investigative unit known as the
“plumbers.” Among other things, it
contained a recommendation that
Ehrlichman approve a “covert
operation" aimed at obtaining the
psychiatric records of Pentagon paper
figure Daniel Ellsberg.
Baker disclosed the missing
paragraph last week. Ehrlichman in
voked executive privilege to avoid an
swering questions about it.
Yesterday, Baker and Ervin
disagreed on the subject. Ervin said the
committee does not have the authority to
investigate further. Baker said it clearly
has such power.
Scott said the President’s statement
will be “a full and comprehensive reply”
and said of Nixon: “He’s so convinced
here that he’s innocent ... that he's
Baker confirmed the matter has irectin S his own timing
discussed privately by the committee
and administration officials but said, “I
think at this time I really have nothing
further to say." He said he has not made
According
Minority employment rises
By DIANE NOTTLE
Collegian Assistant City Editor
The percentage of women and
minority group members employed in
academic positions at the University has
increased slightly in the past year,
according to a report.released Friday by
the Affirmative Action Office.
Women occupied 15.6 per cent of all
academic positions during the 1972-73
academic year, as opposed to 15.1 per
cent the year before. Minority employes
made larger gains, jumping from .9 per
cent of academic positions last year to
3.4 per cent this year.
Further breakdowns show that women
made their greatest gains at the rank of
instructor, moving from 26 to 29 per cent
of all employes at that level.
Other gains by women included in
creases from 3.3 to 3.8 per cent at the
rank of full professor; 9.2 to 9.4 per cent
for associate professors; and 16.4 to 16.5
per'cent for assistant professors.
But the percentage of women in other
positions senior research associates,
research associates, research
assistants, lecturers and assistants
fell from 17.9 per cent last year to 16.6
per cent.
Percentage jumps for minorities in
clude rises from .2 to 3.0 percent for
professors; .5 to 2.9 per cent for
associate professors; .1 to 3.0 per cent
for assistant professors; 1.9 to 4.0 per
cent for instructors; and 1.2 to 5.4 per
cent in other positions.
: Affirmative Action Officer Patricia
Farrell said she is pleased with the in
creases.
“This isn’t a tremendous stride, but at
least we’re not falling back,” Farrell
said. “What we’re looking for is progress
and I think these represent good ef
forts.' 5 ’
The report has been filed with the U.S.
Department of Health, Education and
Welfare, and Farrell said similar
reports will be filed annually.
on loan rules
the rest of the year, or at least until
school starts in the fall.”
PHEAA is against these plans, as are
many groups, Taylor said. “We would
like to see the needs analysis abolished
and a return to the $15,000 cut-off point,
which was in effect previously.”
Students whose families previously
had ah adjusted family income of less
than $15,000 were eligible for loans with
federal interest benefits.
Taylor said PHEAA presented factual
data showing in most cases there has
been a drop in loan activities. “PHEAA
in April, May and June of this year
up his mind as to how the issue should be
handled.
Scott said that he has enough in-
“I know that there are serious and
very grave questions of national security
involved at about this time and I would
shudder to think they are being
recklessly exposed,” Scott said. -
“I don’t have the full story,” he said.
“But if it the missing information is
what I think it is, it ought not to be used.”
Ehrlichman has said the information
concerns another country and that it is of
a sensitive nature. Baker has said it
involves an activity of the White House
“plumbers” that has not before been
publicized.
Ervin and Baker said no final decision
has been made as to whether the
hearings will continue into the Senate’s
month-long August recess. But Baker
said most of the seven senators on the
panel are tired and that a respite in
testimony might be desirable to give
them a chance to think over what they
have heard so far.
But Baker noted that the President has
said he will make a definitive reply to
the testimony after all major witnesses
have been heard. He said he would vote
to continue the hearings through the
entire month of August if necessary to
accommodate Nixon.
Scott said he believes the President
can settle the matter of the tapes out of
court with Cox but not with the Ervin
committee.
to affirmative action report
The Affirmative Action Office was
established last January after an HEW
report showed the University had not
made good faith efforts to comply with
Executive Order 11246.
The order prohibits employers
receiving federal funding or contracts
from discrimination based on sex, race,
color, religion or place ofnational origin.
The University receives 63 per cent of its
research funding from_ the federal
government. f
In addition to reporting the number of
women and minorities the University
employs, the affirmative action report
includes the office’s policy statement, an
outline of operations, grievance
procedures and goals for next year.
The report lists University programs
related to Affirmative action. These
include:
the Black Scholars Program,
designed to attract black students of
high scholastic potential;
a training program in supervisory
and administrative skills for career
clerical employes;
the Educational Opportinity
Program, which serves a large per
centage oflminority students; and
graduate programs j within five
colleges and through the Applied
Research Laboratory to train minority
candidates in fields in which there are
few minority members.
The report also outlines areas for
future attention by the Affirmative
Action Office. These include salary
discrepancies in 17 departments, studies
of fields in which few* women are em
ployed and spacing of women throughout
the teaching ranks.
Farrell noted that among non
academic staff positions, i women are
well-represented in lower-level jobs but
are, seldom employed '.in the ad
ministrative levels. This, she said, is
another area for concern.
According to Farrell, the annual
report is required under the Civil Rights
approved 15,000 fewer loans than it did
during the same period last year,”
Taylor said. “This represents a drop of
$l9 million in loans approved during
.those months this year, as compared to
the same months last year.”
The committee lias not decided what
should be done about the loan
regulations, Taylor said. “It’s up to
them to decide now what happens.”
The Senate, which held hearings on the
same subject several weeks ago, also
made no decision. According to Taylor,
the House and Senate probably wfll set
"Up a conference committee to review
testimony before taking any action.
“The only thing scary about this is the
government moves slow, especially the
legislature,” Taylor said. “I’m a little
skeptical if they’ll get anything done in
time.” ■
“If there is a delay or if no action is
taken, a lot of people could be affected,
since they won’t have the money to send
their children to school. This could affect
the schools or even the economy of the
school’s area,” he said.
Since Congress is adjourning Friday
for a month-long vacation, Taylbr said
there is little chance a bill will be passed
in time to change the loan regulations by
the time colleges open for the fall.
Act of 1964, which “mainly emphasizes
equal pay for equal work with equal
employment : as its main concern.”
The act also identified four "protected
categories” blacks, American In :
dians,. Orientals and Spanish-surnamed
groups toward which the Department
of Labor | Relations showed
discrimination was practiced. Women
later also were counted a fifth category.
But, Farrell said, the Civil Rights Act
proved to be inadequate in fighting
discrimination. “It’s one thing to
promise to pay women and blacks
equally, but if you have none on your
staff there’s no problem,” she said.
Then Executive Order 11246 required
institutions with federal contracts which
employ more than 50 (now 15) workers
or have an annual payroll of more than
$50,000 to take “affirmative action” to
employ women and minorities.
“The idea is to look at the field, see you
haven’t any blacks on.your staff and
make a bigger concentrated effort to get
new graduates and bring students to
campus,” Farrell said.
Farrell said HEW has the right to
check her office’s files if it is not
satisfied withjthe report.
“With each hiring, we make a report
On our efforts to find a minority can
didate,” she said. “If HEW charges that
we’ve made no good faith effort, we can
'Spacesickness' hits
Skylab 2 astronauts
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP)
Skylab astronauts, suffering from
motion sickness and unable to work at
full speed, took several hours off
yesterday afternoon to rest and try to
recover.
“It’s becoming obvious to us that
we’re just noi as spry up here as we’d
like to be,” said Skylab commander
Alan L. Bead. He said they all felt
“Okay, except in the stomach, if you
know what I mean.”
Bean and his crewmates, Jack R!
Lousma and Dr. Owen K. Garriott, were
told to take medicine and “sack out” for
several hours’ in an effort to ease their
queasy stomachs.
The motion; sickness started among
the astronauts only hours after they
were launched Saturday to begin a 59-
day space adyenture, the longest ever
attempted. The ailment persisted
• yesterday, triggering Bean’s request for
rest. j
Bean also asked that Mission Control
consider letting the astronauts take
today off instead of the planned day of
relaxation set for Saturday. This was
being studiedj' Bean said he was con
cerned that the crew might not be in
shape for a.' space walk scheduled
tomorrow.
“None of us has been able to eat all our
breakfast and it’s lunch time now and we
are really not too keen on eating much of
that either,” said Bean.
The astronaut noted, “There’s a desire
to take a break for an hour or two and get
some bunk time, just stay still for a
whiie.” i
Doctors say that the effects of
weightlessness take a day or two for
adjustment. Until then, astronauts can
become ill if! they move around too
much. The illness is similar to sea, car or
airsickness. •
Garriott andi Lousma are scheduled to
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show them our files to show that we’re
monitoring the situation.”
She added that the University reviews
its own hiring about once every two
years and that HEW probably will make
periodic reviews. >
Farrell said the percentage increases
do not necessarily reflect the creation of
new positions to meet affirmative action
goals.
“These figures include replacements
for retirees or employees who quit,” she
said. “Each department is asked to
project what its turnover will be.
“Each department tried to get
statistics in its professional fields, and
we’ve compared these to our own faculty
profile. I think we’ve made a very
earnest effort to set goals, not quotas,”
Farrell said.
Farrell said the Affirmative Actions
Office now is “examining the conditions
, that keep women down and minorities
out.”
“I know I don’t want to be given a job
just because I’m a woman,” she said.
“What we’re trying' to do is get the girls
with master’s degrees out of clerical
jobs and into something more
professional. The idea is not to give jobs
or to steal a full professor from another
university, but to create more op
portunities.”
make the space walk tomorrow. They
are to install a sun shade on the outside
of the orbiting space station to sup
plement one put up by the Skylab 1 crew.
They also will change the film in a solar
telescope camera system.
Bean said the space walk as early as
tomorrow may .not be possible.
“It would be sort of my subjective
opinion that a couple of days from now
we’d have a hard time going EVA
extra vehicular activity,” said Bean.
“That’d be my guess just from the rate
of adaptation we’re having at the
moment.”
The astronauts were to spend all of
yesterday and today activating the
space'station. This involves moving in
experiment hardware and turning on
electronics and the plumbing system.
Mission Control told the astronauts it
would be necessary to complete about an
hour of that work, after which the
spacemen could rest for several hours.
The astronauts were also told to take
“scope dex” scopolamine dexedrine
capsules designed to prevent motion
sickness.
Bean reported Saturday night, several
hours after the astronauts had docked
with the Skylab space station, that
Lousma was nauseated and that he and
Garriott were slightly ill. Bean said
Lousma was unable to eat dinner,
although the astronaut later had a light
snack.
A space agency physician who talked
with the crew in a private medical
conference said Lousma did vomit and
took a scope dex to control the problem.
The installation of the sun shade
tomorrow is designed to supplement one
erected by the crew of Sky lab 1.
Bean, Garriott and Lousma were
launched early Saturday morning
aboard an Apollo-command ship from
Cape Kennedy, Fla. *
Photo by Rick Nelson