Nixon proposes crisis-easing acts WASHINGTON (AP) President Nixon yesterday proposed easing clean air standards and cutting tax breaks for overseas oil prodt ction by U.S. com panies to cope with the energy crisis. Nixon also ordered a ten-fold increase in federal offshore leasing for petroleum development and a study of possible future oil and gas pipelines from north ern Alaska. The new measures appeared certain to arouse controversy, provoking en vironment groups on one hand and oil companies on the other. Nixon also, said he would propose the federal government spend $l.B billion for energy research in his forth-coming budget for fiscal 1975. This would include $426.7 million-2.6 times as much as in fiscal 1974—f0r a coal research program expected to total some $2.9 billion over the next five years. Nixon also revived his past proposal for mandatory labeling of automobiles and major appliances to show how ef ficiently they use energy. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Commerce Department have launched such labeling programs on a voluntary basis, and EPA publicizes the new per formance of the new cars it tests under its antipollution programs. Nixon also urged Congress to complete action on legislation proposed earlier, including a stripped-down emergency energy bill to authorize rationing and temporary relaxation of clean-air standards. He urged passage of a separate bill under which windfall profits made by oil companies as a result of the energy crisis would pay for research aimed at increasing energy supplies and lowering prices. In New York, Exxon Corp., the nation's largest oil company, estimated yesterday that its profits in the final three months of 1973 were almost 60 per cent higher than during the same period of 1972. The international refiner also said its profits for all of 1973 also showed an increase of almost 60 per cent. "We must not permit private profiteering at the expense of public Tax lawsuit possi By STEVE OSTROSKY Collegian Senior Reporter The Undergraduate Student Govern ment and the American Civil Liberties Union are combining forces to in vestigate a possible lawsuit over county per capita taxes. Speaking at the College Young Democrats meeting last night USG Vice President Frank Muraca said he had been in contact with ACLU lawyers who are going to conduct investigations into a possible lawsuit against the Centre County Commissioners. USG members said they feel the commissioners are confusing the tax issue and voter registration, and leading students to believe they should not register to vote. If allowed, the lawyers will act as counsel for USG in a court case, Muraca said, adding if ACLU cannot take an active part in the case, USG will try to retain its own lawyer. Larry Hochendoner, coordinator for state Insurance Commissioner Herbert Denenberg's U.S. Senate campaign, was the meeting's guest speaker. Hochendoner confirmed that Denenberg will run for the Democratic Senate nomination in the May primary. Denenberg will announce his candidacy officially sometime next month, at which point he will resign as insurance commissioner, Hochendoner said. In case against former White House aide Dean named major government witness WASHINGTON (AP)—Special prosecutor Leon Jaworski, yesterday said John W. Dean HI will be "a major governnment witness" in a Watergate case against a former White House aide. Meanwhile. Senate Republican leader Hugh Scott repeated his assertion that he has seen evidence that Dean lied to the Senate Watergate committee. Scott disputed a report that the White House tapes do not contradict Dean's testimony. Dean, former White House counsel, told the Watergate committee President Nixon knew of the Watergate cover-up before March 21, the date Nixon said he was told about it. Jaworski's staff filed a memorandum in federal court saying "the government plans to call John W. Dean 111 as a witness," at the trial of charges against former presidential appointments secretary Dwight L. Chapin. Chapin was indicted Nov. 29 on four counts of lying to a grand jury about the activities of Donald H. Segretti, who worked as an underground political agent for President Nixon's 1972 re election campaign committee. Chapin pleaded innocent to the Collegian the daily sacrifice," Nixon said. "The sacrifices made by the American people must be for the benefit of all the people, not just for the benefit of big business. "In equal measure," he added, "we must not permit the big oil companies or any other major domestic energy producers to manipulate the public by withholding information on their energy supplies." To prevent that, Nixon again proposed legislation requiring the oil companies to report their inventories, production, costs and reserves to the government. The American Petroleum Institute reported yesterday that crude oil im ports, refinery operations and crude stockpiles dropped last week, although imports of refined products increased. The crude oil imports were at their lowest level since the week ending Feb. 9, 1973, the industry organization said. The administration announced yesterday that it was placing quotas on export of gasoline and other key fuel oil products. Commerce Secretary Frederick B. Dent said the exports will be limited to less than four-tenths of one per cent of daily domestic consumption. —Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D-Wash., said he has received "reliable reports" that some U.S. oil companies cut off supplies of Arab oil to U.S. military forces last November. Business Week magazine reported Dec. 1 that Saudi Arabia warned it would fight any flow of oil by tightening the oil embargo already in effect at the time. In his energy message, Nixon said his proposals to cut the tax breaks enjoyed by U.S. oil companies on overseas operations should "encourage greater development of U.S. energy resources rather than foreign resources." "I am therefore asking the Congress to eliminate these foreign depletion allowances, while retaining the depletion allowance for domestic oil production," he said. Thus, companies would continue to take a tax deduction for 22 per cent of their domestic oil production—to compensate for depletion of the resource but could no longer claim that depletion allowance on production of oil abroad. Denenberg's campaign headquarters have been set up in Harrisburg, and offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh will be opened in the next few weeks, Hochendoner added. He said Denenberg will concentrate on areas, "where all of us are getting screwed," and will emphasize economic issues such as trade, taxes and unem ployment. Citing incumbent .Republican Sen. Richard Schweiker's public position against military spending, but support of obscure military billwnd amendments, Hochendoner said, "The guy in terms of voting record is a schizophrenic." Marie Garner announced she will seek re-election as a member of the State Democratic Committee. She said she will run because she feels the committee needs her to keep it organized. Garner said she and her supporters still are collecting information on the results of her loss to Republican Paul Bender in the November, State College tax collector race. She said the evidence found was "unbelievable" and she would take it to the Pennsylvania State Department and hope for action by the state. Garner attacked the county com missioners, calling them "phonies" and accusing them of using the students politically, especially in taxes and voter registration areas. charges. His attorneys indicated they planned to attempt to bar Dean's testimony on the grounds he and Chapin had an attorney-client relationship when Dean was White House counsel'. The memorandum, signed by Jaworski, said that in his White House job, Dean's primary "client" was the United States and the office of the President "not the subordinate 'em ployes and officials employed at the White House." Scott had told reporters he knew of grounds for "several indictments against Mr. Dean" for perjury. Scott said the material he has seen indicated Dean "testified as to matters that did not occur on the dates and times he said they occurred." But a source, who said he believed he saw the same material Scott referred to, said he thought the senator was mistaken. Dean pleaded guilty in October to a charge of conspiring to obstruct justice. The special prosecutor's office agreed to bring no further charges against the former White House counsel in exchange for his full cooperation. Part of that agreement was that perjury charges would be brought if any. Blacks plan more dorm lounges Plans for establishing and controlling black lounges in every residence hall area were laid down by about 40 students last night. The final proposal for the lounges will be drawn up next week by the Com mittee for the Establishment of Black Lounges. M. Lee Uperaft, director of residential life programs, will submit the policy to the University legal counsel and the State Human Relations Commission. The policy also must be approved by Student Affairs, Housing and area governments. ble Price declines to choose minority representative for trustee selection Thelma Price, an assistant vice president of student affairs, yesterday said she will not choose the minority representatives for the student trustee selection committee.. Price explained she works for the administration "and the administration cannot touch this." The original resolution stated minorities would be represented by dne person chosen by the Black Cultural Center. It was changed at Black Caucus President Lee Coffer's request to state that Price would choose three minority representatives who would have one joint vote. "Every other student group is of Dean's testimony before grand juries or the Senate Watergate committee proved false. The entire question could be settled shortly if grand jury indictments are returned in the Watergate case. The prosecutors have the tapes of Nixon-Dean conversations. The Senate Watergate Committee yesterday voted 4 to 3 to hold six more days-of hearings into campaign financ ing. All three committee Republicans voted against the staff proposal to make public twin investigations into the milk fund and the Hughes-Rebozo matter, both involving large contributions to Nixon's 1972 campaign. The committee did not approve for mally a witness list, but deputy counsel Rufus Edmisten said Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo, Nixon's cic6e personal friend, definitely will be. called. Vice Chairman Howard H. Baker, 11-Tenn., objected tolthe move saying he was defeated in his attempt to convince the committee to end all further hearings and turn its investigative files over to the House Judiciary Committee inquiring into the possible impeachment of Nixon. Uperaft By CATHY CIPOLLA and STEVE SIIIKOFF Collegian Staff Writers 83, BARB WHITE Collegian Staff Writer The group, led by Uperaft and University Legal Adviser Yates Mast, concluded that the purpose of black lounges is to provide "emotional security and adjustment for the black student, a place to teach black history and culture, and the establishment of brotherhood and equal relationships between blacks and whites." The committee would be set up by area blacks and will extend open in vitations to area residents for cultural programs at least twice a term. The committee also will determine who may have access to the lounges. Although the lounges would be established primarily for use by blacks, any group may use them if it obtains a social form approved by the area choosing their own representative among themselves, - so be it with the minority group. They are intelligent enough to do it for themselves. They do not need anyone to do it for them," Price said. Price suggested in a letter to Un dergraduate Student Government President Mark Jinks and Vice President Frank Muraca that they "contact minority student groups such as the Black Caucus and the Federation of Puerto Rican Students to provide minority names." Price also said in the letter she knew her action might delay forming the selection committee, but added "had I GSA Tuesday night rejected USG's been contacted prior to your action...this 'resolution for the committee's com delay could have been avoided." position and will send a negotiation Doreen Robotti, Association for committee to the USG meeting Monday Women Students president, said, "I did to try to form a compromise. The committee voted to open three consecutive days of hearings next Tuesday into the controversy surrounding the $lOO,OOO contribution made by agents of billionaire Howard Hughes to Rebozo. It also agreed to hold three days of hearings the following week into allegations that contributions made by the milk industry to Nixon's campaign were related directly to the Nixon ad ministration's decision to raise dairy price supports., The committee voted unanimously to adopt a resolution proposed by Sen. Lowell Weicker, R-Conn., repeating its request that the President meet with the full committee and respond to Watergate questions: Rep. Peter W. Rodino, D-N.J., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said its impeachment inquiry could drag on for months without the cooperation of special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski. Jaworski so far has refused to share any evidence he may have gathered concerning Nixon on the grounds he is prevented from doing so by the secrecy surrounding the grand jury proceedings. C BINDING DOT • ATTER LIBRARY estrus 12 COPIZO Thursday, January 24, 1974 Vol. 74, No. 91 8 pages University Park, Pennsylvania Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University Mast housing supervisor, the Student Affairs Office and the area black lounge com mittee Jim Catter, North Halls resident assistant, said other groups often used black lounges because of a lack of space. but added there are other places students could use, such as study lounges and union buildings. Pollock resident Tony Palimore said he feels the problem of space could be resolved by using fraternity houses and vacant offices. "Students don't ake the black lounges as seriously as they do other interests," he said, claiming the University sees blacks as a "sore thumb." According to Uperaft, because there is lack of space, some judgments must be not know USG was going to make the final decision of which groups would choose representatives for the selection committee without first asking those groups." Academic Assembly President Joseph Kaplan said he knew of the USG decision because he was present at the meeting Monday. At that time USG resolved the selection committee should consist of one representative chosen by USG, AWS, the Academic Assembly, the Graduate Student Association and three minority representatives chosen by Price. Lennig said Jinks never made it clear to the USG Senate that their proposal for the selection committee had to be ap proved by GSA. "It was not that USG was ruling over GSA. It was just that we (Senate) were given the power by Jinks to set up the committee, Lennig said. After .. .-.State Secretary of Education John Pittenger requested Jinks to repeat the selection process, Jinks said he would do whatever the USG Senate decided about the matter. Lennig said all Jinks told the Senate was, "You know GSA must be involved in the selection process." rn an Oct. 18 Academic Assembly meeting, members complained the Assembly was not represented on Jinks' selection committee. Kaplan sent a letter Jan. 15 to Jinks asking that the Assembly be represented on the new committee. The letter stated, "Realizing that most of us are here for academics primarily, and that the Board of Trustees' decision affect the way we obtain these academics, it is necessary that someone from the organization composed of students from the 10 college councils and representing the students' academic interests be placed on the selection committee." "If USG comes up with another proposal, I think the Academic M. LEE UPCRAFT. director of residential life program, University Legal Ad% iser Yates Mast and Black Caucus President Lee Coffer discuss the legal aspects of a proposal to set up black lounges in all dorm areas. made as to who can use that space Black Caucus President Lee Coffer said. "Croudedness is not the problem. because you can find lounges in the University not being used. or if they are they are hardly even used " Ralph Jackson. Comrnunitj. Awareness representative from North Halls, said black students need a place to go to aid in his adjustment to the predominantly white Universit., en vironment Mast said blacks "have a need to feel together" and lounges are an example of "benign segregation." not separation based on inferiority "Lounges will give blacks a chance to make up for what they have been deprived of in the past." he noted Assembly should still he represented on the selection committee.•' Kaplan said. He added he does not think USG has the right to choose someone to represent the Academic Assembly if it does not turn in a name on time He said he did not think the time limit gix en to select a representative was fair. but said the Academic Assembly would hold a special meeting to select a represen tative by Feb. 1 if they still must do so "I think the minorities should have one representative with one vote Coffer said at the USG meeting. We are not giving anyone any special privileges.' but by giving the minorities three voices on the committee we are giving them special privileges " Kaplan said. Both Kaplan and Robotti approved of Price's decision not to make the minority 'selections. "I think people are bending over back wards to appease everyone right now• I thought we got over token this and token that." Robotti said. "If we decide on principle that the resolution is not fair and do not nominate someone to represent Alh'S on the selection committee, it does not mat ter." she added. She explained AWS would be hurting themselves if they did not select a representative because in that case USG would select someone to represent them anyway. Robotti said AWS never complained about selection committee's corn position. "I would not have objected if I was not on the original committee. I knew the other members well enough to know they are sensitive to the needs of women. You do not have to be a woman to be sensitive to the needs of women," Robotti said. "I did not ,onsider myself put on the committtee because I am a physical female. I did not represent just women's interests." Decreasing cloudiness this morning. becoming mostly sunny this afternoon high 40. Tonight clear and cool, low 28 Friday partly cloudy and mild, high 45 -- _ STATE COLLEGna PA. 16801 Prrturr mr).lo Photos by Carol McClock , v Coffer Weather
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