Picket
MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY COALITION Friday picketed the University
Board of Trustees meeting. The students are demanding the University make
public all of its financial records.
Ford: "tension' prompted firings
WASHINGTON (L'PI) President Ford said yesterday he
fired James Schlesinger partly because of the defense
secretary’s “growing tension” with Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger, declaring “I needed to have a comfortable feeling”
within his national securitv-defense team.
Previously, Ford has called it “the simple truth” that he
tired Schlesinger and CIA Director William E. Colby because
he wanted to assemble “my own team.”
But his remarks yesterday indicated that both policy and
personality differences at the highest levels of his defense
team dictated the sudden, surprise administration shake-up.
Appearing on an hour-long version of NBC’s “Meet the
Press,” Ford also said there is “no possibility" Richard M.
Nixon will resume a significant national role; Ford’s election
committee is limping along but voters will decide on his
performance, not his campaign machinery; and chances of a
summit with Leonid Brezhnev this year are all but dead given
the poor state of SALT-II talks.
After the session. White House officials said Ford's
references to “tension” were primarily personal rather than
difficulties over policy.
Ford has attempted to coo! continued speculation that the
so-called “Sunday Night Massacre” was the result of a power
struggle between Schlesinger and Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger. But in answer to a question by Washington Post
political writer David Broder, Ford replied:
“I found, Mr. Broder, in the last month or so that there was
not as comfortable a. feeling in this situation that I desired,
and that it was creating some problems.
“This doesn’t mean that either of those individuals
t Schlesinger and Colby) was not performing his job in a very
efiective way. But for me to do the job as well as I possibly
can, I need a feeling of comfort within an organization: no
tension, complete cohesion.
There was a growing tension,'and I felt very strongly that I
Quinlan ruling due
on life-death issue
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) A
Superior Court judge has called the
parlies in the Karen Anne Quinlan case
to his courtroom this afternoon to hear
ins decision on whether to authorize
shut ling off the women’s respirator.
Judge Robert Muir Jr. was to deliver
his lengthy opinion at a closed court
session scheduled for 1:30 p.m. The
decision will be made public after
counsel for all sides have read and
signed the document.
Ally. Paul W. Armstrong represents
Joseph Quinlan, who filed suit last
September seeking legal permission to
order the life-sustaining respirator
disconnected from his comatose, 21-
year-old daughter.
Opposed to the request by Quinlan and
his wife, Julia, are New Jersey Atty.
Gen. William F. Hyland; Morris County
Prosecutor Donald G. Collester; Miss
Quinlan’s court-appointed temporary
guardian, Daniel R. Coburn; Ralph
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Porzio, representing Miss Quinlan’s
doctors; and Theodore Einhorn, at
torney for St. Clare’s Hospital in Den
ville, where Miss Quinlan has been
confined to the intensive care unit on a
respirator since April 25.
Regardless of the decision, it is likely
to be appealed. A source close top the
New Jersey Supreme Court said the
justices might hear the case before the
end of the year.
Armstrong argued on behalf of the
Quinlans that their Roman Catholic faith
does not require use of “extraordinary
means" to prolong life in hopeless
medical cases.
Failure to grant the Quinlan petition,
Armstrong said, would violate Miss
Quinlan’s constitutional rights to
privacy, self-determination and freedom
of religion. He also argued that con
tinued treatment for Miss Quinlan
amounts to “cruel and unusual punish
ment.”
Those opposed to the Quinlan request
emphasized that because Miss Quinlan
is legally and medically alive, shutting
off the respirator would be mercy
killing, a homicide.
Porzio said it was dangerous to set a Inint
precedent whereby the quality of a yjyjun. a / L/i o
person’s life could be used as the
determining factor in deciding to con
tinue or end that life.
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needed to have a comfortable feeling even though people
might disagree."
Ford re-emphasized that the decision to dismiss Colby and
Schlesinger was his - own. “I did not ask anybody. I made the
decision myself. It’s a matter that I had been thinking about
for some time. I sat down myself and wrote out the changes. It
was a totally private decision... it was my decision. ’ ’
Asked whether the long-simmering personal and
philosophical differences between Kissinger and Schlesinger
precipitated the shake-up, Ford said “I would say that it was
an overall problem. Now that doesn’t mean that Secretary
Kissinger and Don Rumsfeld will agree. They probably won’t
in some areas, but I think the atmosphere will be infinitely
better and permit me as President to do a better job.”
Ford also said that George Bush, his nominee to succeed
Colby, and Rumsfeld, his choice for Defense secretary, should
not be rejected solely on political grounds as possible vice
presidential running-mates next year.
With Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller's withdrawal
from the race, Rumsfeld and Bush have been mentioned
prominently as possible replacements because of their youth
and their devotion to Ford.
Ford said he did not consider Rockefeller a threat to his
candidacy next year, adding he had been assured by the vice
president ot his support. Rockefeller, in a news conference
after his decision to' withdraw to avert the conservative vs
moderate “squabbles” roiling the party, left the door ajar for
yet another run for the presidency.
But Ford said that in a private conversation, Rockefeller
“indicated to me a continued support for my presidency ... he
told me he would continue to support my presidency.”
University Provost to retire
By JOHN CHILD
and
JOHN MATT A
Collegian Staff Writers
University Provost Russell E. Larson
will retire on Jan. 1, 1977, in order to
“pursue other personal and professional
interests.”
“It is with genuine regret that I inform
the Board of Trustees of Dr. Larson’s
plans for early retirement,” University
President John W. Oswald told the
Board Friday at its bimonthly meeting.
The Board also heard Michael Baker
Jr., the board president, announce that
he would not seek re-election to the
Board's presidency at its annual elec-
Uons this January.
Oswald told the trustees that he was
convinced Larson’s decision to retire is
“unchangeable” and that they must
begin searching for a new provost.
“He will be a difficult man to find a
replacement for,” Baker said. “His
shoes will be hard to fill.”
Concerning his decision not to seek re
election to the Board’s presidency,
Baker said he was following a tradition
of the past few years under which a
board president serves only three one
year terms.
G. Albert Shoemaker, past Board
president, established this tradition
because in the past presidents had
served long periods of time, limiting
control of the University to a few hands,
Baker siad.
In other'* action, the Board
unanimously approved having the ad
hoc committee, which studied opening
its meetings to the public, to look into
opening up the Board’s committee
meetings.
“Ninety-nine per cent of the in
formation discussed at standing com
mittee meetings would be of great help
to the public,” Baker said.
“We have nothing to hide,” Baker substantial amount of money to
said. assemble it. Baker said.
The Board rejected a motion by
Stephen A. Sheller requesting a day by
day cash flow study of all University
bank accounts.
That information is of such magnitude
that it would cost the University a
Group pickets Board
The University Coalition’s picket of
the Board of Trustee’s closed committee
meetings had a “negative effect” on
their efforts to open the University’s
books, said Board President Michael
Baker Jr.
Between 30 and 35 demonstrators
outside Keller Conference Center
carried signs and chanted: “Given up
parties, sold my car, tuition hikes have
gone too far.”
The same ad hoc committee ‘that
decided to open the Board meetings to
the public was given unanimous support
by the Board to look into opening the
committee meetings.
“It’s the same stale words. They’ve
been saying that ever since I got up
here.” said Coalition President Rick
Hosketh. "Fresh ears keep hearing it so
it sounds new.”
The Coalition wants a specific break
down of the budget, Baker said, “but
where do we draw the line?” He added,
“All they want to do is argue.” .
Baker explained that to provide a
breakdown of all the hundreds of
University budgets would be a task of
“such magnitude and complexity” that
the Board members wouldn’t be able to
decipher all the information.
Political use of CIA feared
Congress wary of Bush
WASHINGTON (UPI) President
Ford’s nomination of George Bush as
CIA director has raised suspicions in
Congress that the White House might
use the spy agency for political ends,
Watergate-style.
But the Bush nomination has also
drawn quick support or at least a
wait-and-see attitude from some
career intelligence officers, who
might be expected to buck hardest
against the prospect of a professional
politician controlling the CIA.
Bush, 51, is a political friend of
Republican Presidents former
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, Richard M. Nixon’s U.N.
ambassador and now Gerald Ford’s
envoy in Peking.
He and Ford are old pals from
Bush's days as a Republican
congressman from Texas.
Congressional opposition stems
from this political background plus
memories of the Nixon White House’s
unsuccessful efforts to get CIA help in
the Watergate coverup.
Congressional sources say it is too
early to predict whether opposition
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Based on information he has, Sheller
said it is his personal belief that
University funds could earn $lOO,OOO to
$300,000 per year, if they were deposited
in interest bearing accounts 1 .
Sheller said he was told that* these
The Coalition’s objective is to obtain
from the Board of Trustees a guarantee
that tuition will not be increased unless
the University’s books are opened to the
public.
The Coalition is expecting another
tuition increase this Spring.
The Coalition’s main complaint is that
when the University’s budget is released
by the Board it fs a year old and broken
down into vague categories.
For example, the 1974 Pennsylvania
State University Source Book (Section
7A, p. 4) lists that $27 million was spent in
1972 for “General Expenses.” Hesketh
said the University will not provide
specific breakdown of the $27 million.
“It is not an unreasonable request to
want to know where the money is being
spent,” Hesketh said.
Hesketh said that a Coalition Teach-in
will be held in the HUB Assembly room
on Wednesday to explain how tuition
increases at Penn State can be fought.
One of the speakers at the teach-in will
be Chris Robinson. Robinson was one of
the leaders of last springs', week-long,
general student strike protesting tuition
hikes at Brown University.
will reach the point where the Senate
might refuse to confirm Bush.
Hearings will not start at least until
Ford completes his scheduled China
visit late in November, and William
Colby will remain director until a
successor is confirmed.
news analysis
Sen. Frank Church, chairman of
the Intelligence Committee in
vestigating alleged CIA scandals,
leads opposition to Bush.
"It used to be the custom of presi
dents to appoint former chairmen
of political parties postmaster gen
eral," Church says. "That was done
because the postmaster's office was
the most political and the least sensi
tive of all agencies.
“President Ford has turned that
custom on its head, and appoints a
former chairman of the Republican
National Committee to the least
political and most sensitive agency in
the government.”
Senate Majority leader Mike
funds - are not in interest bearing ac
counts, because interest earned on
federal funds would have to be turned
over to the federal government.
These funds are necessary for the day
to day operation of the University, said
Robert A. Patterson, senior vice
president for finance and operation
The average balance of these accounts
is less than $1 million, Patterson said,
and they are sometimes overdraw n
Before Sheller's motion was voted
down, the Board passed a motion
reaffirming its confidence in the
University’s fiscal officers.
The Board also approved guidelines
for determining Pennsylvania residency
and non-residency status for tuition
purposes. The language is the same as
that now in effect, except that it
designates the University president,
instead of the state’s auditor general, as
the authority for final appeals of
residency status.
Sheller, registering the only dissenting
vote on the measure, said the language
may be unconstitutional because it is
similar to voting registration that was
found to be unconstitutional.
University Attorney Delbert McQuade
said the wording is constitutional. Both
Pitt and Temple use the same wording.
The Board also allocated a total of
$71,678 the University had received as
gifts without any designated purpose
More than half of this amount, $37,500
will be used for financial aid to students
The Board accepted a gift of almost 37
acres of land from the Delaware County
Commissioners. The land will be added
to the 50-acre Delaware County Campus
of the University.
Two new departments, a Department
of Food Science and a Department of
Dairv and Animal Science, were
established in the College of Agriculture
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Mansfield and others have expressed
similar criticism, although Mansfield
said Saturday he expects to vote for
Bush's confirmation.
But there is another view, summed
up earlier this year by a presidential
commission.
It said the CIA director should be
someone from outside the intelligence
service, who enjoys the President's
personal trust and has regular access
to the Oval Office.
“You just can’t have it both ways."
says Ray S. Cline, a former deputj
director of CIA and a well known
expert on intelligence matters "It is
almost impossible to have the
technical expertise and be. a suc
cessful politician.
"As for Bush, I think he is capable,
bright, very political, persuasive
These qualities are very much needed
in the process of restoring the in
telligence community to ac
ceptability.
“Obviously, he doesn't have tfit
technical qualifications to operate the
systems he will be responsible for."
Cline told UPI.
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