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Nixon's
health
to delay
testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) Richard M.
Nixon's lawyer informed U.S. District
Judge John J. Sirica yesterday that it
will be two or three months before the
former president could testify at the
Watergate coverup trial without en
dangeringans health.
In an affidavit submitted to Sirica.
Herbert J. Miller Jr., Nixon's lawyer,
said that opinion was given to him,
Tuesday by Dr. John C. Lungren, who
has been treating Nixon for phlebitis.
Sirica said Nixon's testimony may have
to be taken on videotape in California.
Meanwhile, Sirica over-ruled defense
objections to the playing of 26 White
House tapes as part of the prosecution's
case. He said sufficient foundation had
been laid to authenticate the recordings.•
Prosecutor James F. Neal has said
that if Sirica ruled the tapes were ad
missible, the recording of a June 23, 1972,
conversation Nixon had with H. R.
Haldeman, then White House staff chief.
would be played Monday.
It was during that conversation. six
days after the Watergate break-in that
'76 budget in the
WASHINGTON ( AP) Inflation and surplus of $3.2 billion. Treasury
economic decline are playing havoc with Secretary William E. Simon and others
the administration's budget hopes for have said the continuing federal deficits
1975 and 1976. and some officials say a are a mpjor cause of the nation's in
balanced budget in 1976 probably is now Elation
beyond reach
Unless there are cuts in 1975 spending,
the government faces a 1975 budget
'deficit of at least $l3 billion, instead of
the $11.5 billion deficit projected in May,
an administration source said.
The Ford and Nixon administrations
have made a reduced budget deficit in
fiscal 1975 and a balanced budget in 1976
a major part of their anti-inflation
program.
The last time the federal budget wasn't
in deficit was in 1969, when it showed a
Strike expected despite talks
WASHINGTON (AP) Coal industry
and union negotiators narrowed their dif
ferences on some economic issues
yesterday as they worked on a new con
tract for 120,000 miners preparing to
strike.
President Arnold Miller of the United
Mine Workers said that while they were
making progress, a strike "is a foregone
conclusion."
Miller declined to speculate how long a
walkout might last, but other union of
ficials suggested that pi - ogress in the
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Nixon and Haldeman discussed the
possibility of using the Central In
telligence Agency to contain the FBI in
vestigation of the burglary.
Only days after Nixon made a tran
script of that conversation public last
August he was forced to resign the
B JIM KUHNHENN
presidency.
Collegian Staff Writer
Sirica rejected arguments from de The constitutional convention called by
tense lawyers that the White House tap- the Constitutional Committee of the Un
ing system amounted to illegal bugging.
dergraduate Student Government has a
Frank Strickler, attorney• for long road ahead. .
Haldeman, argued that the prosecutors Last night's organizational meeting,
had failed to offer any proof that any a! which was attended by approximately 40
the parties to the conversations had con- students, failed to gain ground in its at
sented, to being recorded. tempts to establish a working structure.
Federal law requires that at least one The meeting involVed two and one half
party be aware that a conversation is hours of debate over what aspects of
being taped. organization the convention should con-
Sirica said that the tapes "were made
at the'direction of the President ... I don't
think ,the Congress ever intended" that
the wiretap'. laws should apply to a
systeM like that installed in the Nixon
White House.
Miller's affidavit recounted Nixon's
recent medical problems including corn
plications which followed surgery last
'Oct. 29. •
John ID. Ehrlichman, one of' the five
Cover-up defendants, has subpoenaed
Nixon to testify as a defense witness and
Sirica had indicated earlier that he
thought the former presidept should ap
- pear if his health permits.
Haldeman's attorneys said they would
renew : their efforts to subpoena
testimony CIA officials gave con
gressional committees about the at
tempt tb use the agency to further the
cover-up.
Sirica had rejected earlier requests - for
such subpoenas.
But inflation also has made the goal of
balanced budgets more elusive, by for
cing government costs upward. Mean
while, the current economic slowdown is
threatening to slow down the growth of
federal tax revenues.
"My guess at the moment is that the
revenue prospects for fiscal 1976 make it
difficult to assure a balanced budget for
that year," said Sidney L. Jones, a for
mer White House economist who was
recently appointed counselor to Simon.
Jones said the government should con-
talks so far and the 10-day ratification The union's contract expires at mid
procedure could mean a strike of up to night Monday but some miners are ex
two weeks. pected to quit work at the end of the last
During a break id the day-long shift today
negotiations, Miller agreed with an
assessment by Guy Farmer, the in
dustry's chief negotiator, that a tentative
contract settlement is possible this
weekend
Farmer said four or five "really tough
issues" remained and added that "we
should be able to make an agreement"
by Sunday.
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News analysis
sider first. Physical structure, voting
prerequisites, the establishment of the
convention as a legitimate body and the
purpose of the convention were the
questions discussed.
The 4 final and only decision the body
agreed to was the agenda for a meeting
to take place some time in the future. The
exact date is to be decided by the Con=
stitutional Committee.
The problems the organizers are faced
with are basically to decide what comes
first, the chicken or the egg.
A structure for the convention cannot
be voted on if it has not been decided who
is qualified to vote. Likewise, the purpose
of the convention must be stated and
discussed. But such discussions cannot
materialize if the membership of the con
vention is not defined.
The organizers also feel there must
red?
centrate on turning back pressures to in
crease federal spending.
"There is a great risk of it getting out
of hand," Jones said.
Informed sources at the Office: of
Management and Budget predict tiiat
President Ford and Simon will soon
begin backing away from calling for a
balanced federal budget next year. They
note the government still favori balan
cing federal receipts and revenues next
year, but "the price might be getting too
costly," one source said.
If the government should reduce
federal spending to match lower re
ceipts, it could aggravate the nation's
economic decline and possibly result in
cutbacks in programs which help the
economically disadvantaged.
Weather
Mostly sunny today and tomorrow, high
both days 54-58. Mostly clear and cold
tonight, low 35. Partly cloudy and mild
Sunday. high 62.
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The staff of the cooperative voted to let
Photo by Stomp McCurry the general, membership of the co-op
decide on the policy concerning the let
tuce. Etskovitz said that a majority 'of
exist, a "proclamation of legitimacy"
that would, in fact, name the con
stitutional convention as the proper body
to debate alternative methods of student
government. But questions have arisen
as to whether or not the convention has
proven its legitimacy by its very exist
ence.
When the convention finally
materializes as an organized body it will
undoubtably be questioned as to who and
under what power the organizational
decisions were made.
The consensus at last night's meeting
was that voting specifications were to be
the first item discussed at the next
meeting.
Voting specifications are an important
facet the organizes must deal with.
Science
support
By JANICE SELINGER
Collegian Staff Writer
Thq. College of Science Student Council voiced its support
last night for the present term system.
At a meeting for students concerned about a possible switch
to a semester system, Dave Synder, president of the student
Council, said he will write up the council's opinions and present
them to the calendar Commigsion during the first two weeks of
Winter Term.
Snyder said an important reason for keeping the term
system is the adverse effect a semester system would have on
laboratory work.
' "Semesters would create a real hassle in labs," Synder said.
Semester labs would meet for two hours instead of two 75-
minute periods and wouldn't give students enough time to set
up laboratory equipment, Synder said.
"We would have to go to three period labs twice a week or
,two period labs three times a week," said E.S. Lindstrom,
associate dean for resident instruction for the College of Sci
ence.
With more lab courses being offered at the same time there
would be a strain on facilities, Synder said. There just aren't
PSL to convene here
If all goes according to plan
tomorrow, the Pennsylvania Student
Lobby soon will be in Harrisburg
pushing for passage of student-related
legislation.
Representatives from more than 50
Pennsylvania post-secondary schools
will meet 10 a.m. tomorrow in the
HUB Assembly Room to vote on a
proposal for PSL. If passed, PSL will
be officially in business.
PSL Treasurer Frank Muraca, a
Penn State student, said the agenda
includes caucuses at which the repre
sentatives from private schools: or
state-related schools, for example
will discuss the PSL proposal. Muraca
said each caucus also will elect a
Lettuce picketed
at OTIS
Pickets protesting the sale of non-union
lettuce yesterday marched outside the
Happy Valley Market, the foo - d
cooperative run by the Organization of
Town Independent Students.
Don Best (7th-secondary education), a
co-op member and member of the Farm
workers Support Committee, said the
pickets were there because, "We don't
want the co-op to handle head lettuce
unless they can guarantee it being union
lettuce."
"We sympathize with the United Farm
Workers, but we think the choice of
whether to buy non-union lettuce should
be left up to co-op members," according
to Rich Etskovitz (7th-accounting),
assistant treasurer of the co-op.
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Dave Perlman chairman of the Con
stitutionil Committee, has said that
student organizations, will not be
represtnted as such but that members of
those organizations can participate as in
dividual students.
Organizations must be dealt with in
some way, but in such a way that would
prevent their monopolizing the con
vention. That question and others must
be discussed.
But the next meeting may end in the
same way the first one 'ended. The
organizers will have to determine
whether they can decide who is to vote
without knowing whether or not they
themselves are qualified members.
A suggestion by USG Senator Jim
Maze would put a limit on the time
majors - express
for term system
representative to the 12-member PSL
Board of Directors.
Muraca said response frOm Temple
University, the University of. Pit
tsburgh and Penn State was good. But
he said a surprisingly large number of
smaller colleges are accepting PSL's
invitation to Saturday's convention.
He could not give an exact count of
how many schools will be represented
tomorrow. He said since the proposals
and invitations arrived late at most
schools, the convention coordinators
would not have a good approximation
of how many representatives will at
tend until this afternoon.
Rachel Richmai of Chathen
College coordinated the efforts for
co-op
the 300-member co-op early this term
voted to permit the sale of the lettuce.
The membership of the cooperative is
now 393 and representatives of the Farm
workers Support Committee said they
j think the matter should be brought up.for
another vote.
Best said that co-op members were not
properly informed about the farm
workers' situation before the vote was
taken tdsell the lettuce this fall.
Yesterday's picketing proceeded
peacefully, according to State College
Police Chief Elwood Williams. OTIS had
notified the police that some pickets were
obstructing the entrances to the building
and causing inconvenience to people in
the co-op, Williams said.
Police were sent to inform the pickets
of their rights and no incidents were
reported, Williams said.
students wishing to be, members of the
convention can sign up. Once that
deadline was met, the convention could
go on to structure itself.
But that suggestion went by unheeded
by the rest of the convention organizers.
The question concerning the con
vention's purpose could be solved by in
cluding a statement of purpose within the
"proclamation of legitimacy." That
declaration would include a list of USG's
present problems.
Another problem which faces the con
vention is student input. It must act fast
and show decisive action or the student
body will lose' interest. In order to
provide a workable solution to.student
government, the convention myist be
workable itself.
enough locker spaces, chemicals or test tubes for these added
labs, Lindstrom said
Lindstrom, admittedly playing the devil's advocate, s d the
added five weeks in semesters would be helpful for labs 'here
students have to grow biological material.
Synder said the term system also gives students a better
chance to change majors or take a double major.
According to Lindstrom, under a term system most stud is
take 48 courses in four years while they only take 40 course in
a semester system.
These extra eight courses add much to a well-rou ed
education, Synder said.
Lindstrom said he would prefer a quarter system but the
calendar Commission has already ruled that out
He said the semester might be better because of the shorter
50-minute periods. He said• he didn't think students have 75-
minute attention spans and said older faculty find this time
span tiring.
"I can talk forever, but I don't think you can listen forever
Lindstrom said.
Lindstrom also said meeting for 15 weeks might be a good
,idea since it usually takes about 20 meetings before students
and professors feel comfortable with each other.
Western Pennsylvania's represen
tation.
Richman said tomorrow's assembly
will have to vote on and define some
vague'lssues in the PSL proposal. For
example she said the assembly will
determine how often PSL's lobbyist
will report to the PSL Board of Direc
tors.
Richman warned against hoping for
too much from PSL too soon. She said
California's student lobby took five
years to become an effective
organization.
Richman said she was optimistic
about PSL's chances for success
because it was the first student lobby
in the nation to include all post
secondary schools in its assembly.
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