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Merry month of May
It looks like spring may finally be here to stay: Heather Beam (6th-speech communications) and Dan Marlens (9th-general arts and sciences) picnic on
. 1 0 the HUB lawn and enjoy the recent warm weather.
Contract disagreements continue
CATA files
By CINDY COX
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The Centre Area Transportation
Authority has filed an unfair labor
practice charge against the American
4 .Federation of State, County and
Nunicipal Employees Local 1203-B as a
first step in legal action, CATA General
Manager Vernon Lyght said yesterday.
"Hopefully, the unfair labor practice
charge will satisfy the situation and
preclude us from taking further action,''
he said. "It ig the first in a series of legal
actions that =could be taken to remedy
tht. situation:"
Lyght said he and CATA Board
Chairman E. Emory Enscore have
signed all ccontractual agreements that
were verified and confirmed at an April
23 meeting chaired by a state mediator.
"The union has not done the same,"
Lyght said. "Until all contractual
agreements are signed, the labor
situation will persist to fester."
CATA has received a copy of the
contract sent by the local union and is
proofreading it to make sure it is the
fariginal agreement., Lyght said.
however, he said CATA management
has not received the side letters, which
House OKs projected balanced budget
WASHINGTON (AP) The House yesterday approved a
$611.8 billion 1981 spending plan that projects the first
balanced federal budget in 12 years.
The budget, approved on a 225-193 vote, drew most of its
support from Democrats. It comes at a time of increasing
concern that a severe recession could make balancing the 1981
budget impossible.
The House spending plan, which covers the 12-month period
starting Oct. 1, must still be reconciled with a Senate budget
package currently being drafted.
Last March, President Carter called for a balanced 1981
budget as part of his anti-inflation strategy. However, most
economists believe eliminating the deficit will have only a
ntgligible impact on inflation.
11,ep. Delbert Latta of Ohio, ranking Republican on the
Budget Committee, urged his GOP colleagues to "swallow
their pride and vote for the principle of a balanced budget"
even though domestic spending was higher than they would
like.
Study criticizes University's recruitment of blacks
By PAM MEDVE
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
the University's black student and
faculty recruitment program needs to be
greatly improved, , members of the
Pennsylvania Equal Rights Council said
yesterday.
The small number of black students
and faculty is the University's most
critical problem "regarding inter-group
tension and unrest," according to the
council's report, based on a three-day
visit to the University by a PERC
assessment team last January.
In a written statement, University
President John W. Oswald said, "This
"group (PERC) gives little credit to the
University in itsextensive effort to ex
pand educational and employment
opportunities for all.minorities."
PERC members said the council will
present its report to the University
Board of Trustees and the state
Legislature. The council plans to return
to the University next January to review
any developments, council represen
tatives said.
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the
daily
charge against union
are further clarifications of articles
within the contract.
"We don't have a total agreement
yet," he said. "There will be no further
negotiations. Everytime we negotiate
further, there are more things that have
to be solved."
Frank Finsinger, secretary-treasurer
of the local union, said Lyght filed the
unfair labor practice charge because he
said the union failed to bargain in good
faith and failed to sign the negotiated
contracts.
• "His 'unfair labor practice is gar
bage," Finsinger said. "If Vernon Lyght
is parading around with a second copy of
the contract signed by him and never
shown to the union before as evidence,
then he is abusing his public trust."
Local 1203-B President Christine
Catalano signed the contract Friday in
Lyght's presence, and he suggested that
the side letters be straightened out at
that time, Finsinger said. However,
certain items had been omitted from the
letters and the language in them had to
be resolved, therfore, Catalano did not
sign them, he said.
"The side letters were not on the
agenda for the Friday meeting," Fin-
The council only makes recom
mendations and will leave specific.
corrective measures to University
administrative experts, said the Rev.
Donald W. Mclllvane, chairman of the
PERC assessment team sent to the
University.
The number of University recruitment
centers should be increased, Mclllvane'
said. "We can't rely only on the,
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (recruit
ment) centers," he said.
Patrick Kenny, another member of the
PERC assessment team, said blacks
attend other colleges because other
schools make more effective recruit
ment efforts.
The percentage of black student
enrollment at the University has
decreased from 2.8 percent of the total
enrollment in fall of 1972 to 2.4 percent in
fall 1979, according to the report. Of
59,541 faculty members, 20 professors
are black, University Affirmative Action
officer William W. Asbury said.
Black enrollment has increased from
4 7, CQPIES
However, Rep. Robert E. Bauman, R-Md., a leading House
conservative, said a deepening economic recession had made
the proposed balanced budget a "sham" and asked
Republicans to oppose it.
Earlier, House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. said he still
believes the recession will be mild, but conceded that a
recession "of a serious nature" could throw the budget out of
balance by cutting revenues and raising government costs.
Rep. Richard L. Ottinger, D-N.Y., claimed that last month's
sharp increase in unemployment from 6.2 percent in March
to 7 percent in April was proof that in projecting a balanced
budget, "we're just kidding ourselves."
Some economists believe that the approaching recession
could push unemployment up to 9 percent the high-water
mark of the 1974-75 recession and turn the $2 billion surplus
in the House budget into a $4O billion deficit.
Congress began its drive to balance the budget in March
after the annual inflation rate hit 18 percent and Carter
repudiated his original 1981 budget, which called for a $l6
billion deficit.
936 in 1976 to 1,308 in 1979 as result of
University efforts, he said.
The University has supported an af
firmative action program since 1973,
Oswald said, "with the primary goal of
increasing the number of women and
minority faculty and staff members of
.
Penn State.
Community centers in Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia have been opened by the
University in an attempt to com
singer said. "They don't need to be
signed to have a contract signed."
Because Catalano refused to sign the
side letters, Lyght said he would not sign
the contract, Finsinger said. Lyght told
Catalano later Friday that he would sign
the contract Monday, he said.
Catalano said she could not guarantee
that District 83 representative Lee
Cogan, who has to be present when the
contract is signed, would be available
Monday, Finsingersaid. Lyght then said
he would take appropriate action if the
union was not present Monday, he said.
Cogan was not available Monday but he
sent a photocopy of the contract to
Lyght, Finsinger said.
Union Steward Steve Cohen said the
CATA refusal to sign the contract would
constitute grounds for an unfair labor
charge.
"I'm surprised because the charge is
totally ridiculous," he said. "We have a
copy of the contract that we have signed.
He's blowing a lot of hot air. I'm sur
prised that he would misuse his office.
However, I'm not surprised because he
has been out to get us since the day he
walked in.
Published by Students at The Pennsylvania State University
Candidates eligibility questioned
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The eligibility status of Robert C.
Brazill, Democratic candidate for the
state House of Representatives seat
from the '77th District, is in question
because he may not meet residency
requirements for the office.
A University student and State
College resident, Brazill (7th-division
of undergraduate studies) staged a
write-in campaign in the April 22
general primary and was nominated
by Democratic voters to challenge
republican incumbent Gregg Cun
ningham in the general election in
November.
According to the state constitution
members of the House of
Representatives " . . . must be at
least 21 years of age. They shall have
been citizens and inhabitants of the
state four years, inhabitants of their
respective districts one year next
before their election (unless absent
on public business of the United
States or of this state) and shall
reside in their respective districts
during their terms of service."
Brazill said he meets all the
requirements. But because he voted
in New Jersey in 1977, his status as a
resident of Pennsylvania is in
question.
When asked about his period of
residency in New Jersey, Brazil
said, "I waited 30 days until I
registered; I was there for nine
months."
Brazil] was in New Jersey during a
training period for his father's
business and did not pay any rent or
taxes in the state, he said.
Brazill said he tried to run for a
school board position while in New
Jersey, but was told he hadn't been
there long enough.
George Bloom, supervisor of
election administration in the New
Jersey secretary of state's office,
said to vote in New Jersey, "you have
to be a resident for 30 days on the day
of the election."
municate locally with potential students,
including minorities, about educational
opportunities at Penn State, he said.
The council report recommended that
the University recruit 1,500 black un
dergraduate students and 230 graduate
students for fall 1981. By Jan. 1, 1981, the
University should hire an additional
seven black faculty members and should
hire at least that number for each
successive year, the PERC report said.
By PHILIP GUTIS
Bloom said Brazill had to declare
From our wire services
WASHINGTON The Senate voted
overwhelmingly yesterday to confirm
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie as President
Carter's secretary of state.
The vote was 94 to 2 to approve Car
ter's nomination of the Maine Democrat
to head the State Department.
Only Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., and
Sen. Gordon Humphrey, R-N.H., voted
against the nomination.
"This is the moment I have dreaded
for 10 days," Muskie said as the time for
voting neared. "Not because of the vote
but for the fact that it means saying
goodbye to the Senate."
Senate approval came only hours after
the Foreign Relations Committee gave
its approval to Muskie and sent the
nomination on to the floor. Muskie
testified before the panel earlier in the
day.
Muskie made clear that as secretary
of state he intends to follow the basic
principles of President Carter's foreign
policy.
He gave a general Udine of his views
during a confirmation hearing before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
• Soviet Union: "I believe in a firm
and balanced policy toward the Soviet
Union. The search for common ground
has been disrupted not by American
preference but by Soviet action" in
Afghanistan.
• Detente: He said the future of this
policy depends on Russia, which carries
"a heavy burden" because of
Afghanistan. "While aggression con
tinues we must not relent in imposing a
heavy price. As Soviet policies allow, we
must never be blind to opportunities to
work for peace."
residency in New Jersey to be eligible
to vote.
Brazill said he thinks he meets the
residency requirements for the of
fice, although he has people in
Harrisburg checking into his
eligibility.
A person who wants to challenge
Brazill would "have to go through the
courts," said Brigitte Agostini, a
clerk at the Pennsylvania Bureau of
Elections.
Robert Grant, assistant director of
the elections bureau, said although
"the House ultimately judges the
qualifications of its members, it is
conceivable that a court action could
be started."
A staff member of the Democratic
Research Headquarters in
Harrisburg who did not wish to be
identified said, "I think if somebody
challenged Brazill he would have a
Robert E. Coleman, also a member of
the PERC assessment team, said the
group did not study the quality of
University programs and opportunities
for blacks because the quantity of such
programs is inadequate. Once the
quantity improves, quality im
provement will follow, he said.
The council surveyed black alumni
and compiled a list of the most frequent
responses to its questionnaire. Ac
cording to the survey, most respondents
said they had little social life at the
University and witnessed some
prejudice toward blacks. The University
had so few blacks that discrimination
was very subtle, the respondents said.
Black alumni recommendations for
increasing black enrollment included
telling the "real story," providing a
better financial aid package, working
more closely with high schools, hiring
more black faculty and administrators,
providing more information to students
before high school, using of local alumni
for recruitment purposes and
publicizing information about out
• Arms control: "I believe that
balanced arms control agreement.s
fortify our security . . . SALT is no gift td
our rivals, but it can serve our own
terests." He said time is fast running out
on any chance that SALT II will be
ratified.
• Iran: "We ought to seek a policy to
build on the pressures (inside Iran)
because the hostages are as much a
dilemma for Iran as for the United
States . .. and Iran cannot afford to bp
permanently diverted by this issue."
He added, "We need a credible and
effective . . . package of pressures; a
carrots-and-stick approach if there
are any carrots to persuade the
Iranian authorities that the situation
after the release of the hostages would
not be inimical to them." He did not rule
out future military action against Iran.
• Defense: "I believe in strong
American defenses. We must maintain
the military balance. We must continue
to modernize elements of our defenr'
forces." •
• Allies: "I believe in strong alliances
in our collective defense, in continuing
to strengthen our forces, in consulting
regularly and with trust."
• Diplomacy: "I believe in a positive
diplomacy of active engagement," in
cluding seeking peace in the Middle
East, strengthening ties to China, and
broadening relations with the Third
World and Eastern Europe.
• Human Rights: "I believe that
America must stand for human
progress. Our freedom and rights are
more secure when freedom and human
dignity are advanced around the world."
Robert C. Brazill
good chance of taking (Brazill's)
name off the ballot."
Republican candidate Cunningham
also said he believed Brazill's
eligibility for the position could be
challenged, but he said he does not
plan to take his opponent to court.
"I have secured the legal opinions
of attorneys on the staff here and I
think any court challenge against this
guy (Brazill) would knock him off the
ballot," Cunningham said.
"It is my strong inclination to say
that I have no desire to get embroiled
in a court battle over somebody's
credentials," he said. "I have no
intention in getting involved in a
court battle."
However, Cunningham did not rule
out a court challenge from the
Republican Party or a concerned
citizen.
standing black alumni.
The black alumni surveyed also
reported impressions of the University
as "white, middle-class and WASP."
They said they had problems getting
housing and other services in the
community.
Mclllvane said the University has a
record of being a largely white com
munity, which it must live down. The
main reason blacks do not come to the
University is its rural location, he said. ,
On a more positive note, some black .
alumni surveyed said the University
"has a greater awareness of minority
problems" and has instituted special
programs. They said they are very
proud of the University's progress.
No more sunbathing
Although today will get off to a sunny
start, it will become mostly cloudy,
breezy and chilly with the chance for
showers this afternoon and tonight.
Today's high will be a cool 56 and
tonight's low will drop to 39.