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Newspaper Page Text1 c y BILL EASES DRUG PENALTIES P 2 She BeO DOGS TOPDOGS IN SEC RACE, p.6 1 1 \ 'America's Pre-Eminent College Newspaper" CfiiVERSITY OF GEORGIA VOLUME LXXVI NUMBER 32 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHENS, GEORGIA 30601 FB 4 1970 1 uesday, February 3, 1970 W . v m: m. * >*«*«& Fullb right Committee Reports CAMPUS POLICE VIEW WRECK ENDING Runaway Police Car Hits Two (Story p. 3) By W. F. TAFT Assistant News Editor A Senate committee report released yesterday raised doubts about the success of the Nixon Administration's Dolicv to Vietnamize the war and questioned whether South Vietnam could ever assume the burden of the war alone The Senate Foreign Relations Commit tees report suggested that the Adminis tration's war policy rests on dubious as sumptions about the abilities of the Siagon Government and the military intentions of North Vietnam THE STUDY questioned whether the South Vietnamses Army, once the Ameri can combat roops are withdrawn, would be capable of withstanding a heavy North Vietnamese attack, maintaining that if Vietnamization did succeed a substantial American involvement would still be re quired in South Vietnam New Code Eyed By BECKY PARTAIN SGA Press Secretary Proposed changes in the Elections Code will be presented tomorrow night to the Student Senate's Elections Committee who has been reviewing the code in view of upcoming student elections The Elections Code contains rules and regulations for election procedures, sets qualification standards for candidates, and lists other requirements for conduct ing elections The Elections Committee has proposed several changes for the Code recently. ONE OF the changes proposed by the Elections Committee came under the specification of the election date Accord ing to Price Corr. chairman of the com mittee. "The date for Student Body elec tions shall be stated in the Elections Code as being the third or fourth week of spring quarter rather than the third or fourth week of April as was previously state "This change has been proposed be cause the beginning of spring quarter fluc tuates between the latter end of March and the first of April This change gives the candidate enough time to campaign but not enough time to exploit the issues THE ELECTIONS Committee must set and publicly announce the actual date Forum Studies World Growth Some rapidly increasing populations grow to a certain magnitude and then suddenly die off in a sharp decline This may indicate something of the future of our exploding human population Hank Shugart commented Shugart. a student member of the Insti tute of Ecology, and a fellow ecologist. George Child will speak on this in Popu- lations-How They Live and How They Die ' Thursday in the Forest Resources Auditorium at 8 p m Every Thursday this month a different ecological problem is discussed in an effort by the Institute ol Ecology to educate concerned students and citizens This dis cussion is the second in the series At the first program 95 per cent of the audience were townspeople and the rest were students, a poll by the Institute indi cated before the end of the winter quarter pre- ceeding the election The Committee must also formulate and announce the location of polls and the exact voting procedure for each capus-wide election Another of the proposed Code changes is the deletion of provisions for the elec tion of residence court justices." stated Corr Due to a referendum passed on Oct. 29. 1968, justices are now appointed by the president of the Student Body with the approval of three fourths of the Senate A REVISION of the Elections Code dealing with election violations will also be proposed This revision stipulates that the violations of the Elections Code will be referred to the Student Judiciary If the code were left unamended.' stated Corr. there would be no specifica tions made concerning how violations of the Elections Code would be reviewed If violations were reviewed by the Elections Committee, the verdicts expressed could possibly be partisan Therefore, to insure as fair a decision as possible, the student Judiciary will be called upon to deliver the verdicts.” Another of the Committee's proposed changes was the inclusion of a provision for a runoff election "In the case of two candidates receiving an equal number of votes, a run-off election, will be held with in two weeks following the span of Student Government Elections "THIS PROVISION was included due to the confusion caused by ties for several Senatorial seats in last year's elections" stated Corr. THE ELECTION CODE specifies the schools from which Senators are elected and lists the necessary qualifications of prospective candidates for all student Government offices Included in these qualifications are class, grade point aver age. and a specified length of residency at the University Provisions for petitions are also includ ed in the code Each candidate for office must obtain a petition with a given num ber of signatures and turn it in at least 14 calendar days before the election CAMPAIGN CONTROLS are also slat ed in the Code These controls limit the span of election campaigning to 30 days and the campaign funds of parties to $2tiuilt) The campaign fund limit on an individual is $607 ill Both parties and indi viduals submit an itemized list ot expendi tures to the Director of Student Activities within two weeks following elections The committee is composed of approxi mately twelve Senators appointed by the president of the Senate and is chaired and vice-chaired by the vice president of the Senate and the vice president of the stu dent body, respectively The Elections Code defines a campus party as a student political group which places candidates in nomination for at least 40 per cent of the available Student Government offices in anv election " The 18-page study was an abbreviated version of a longer confidential report submitted to the committee by James G. Lowenstein and Richard M Moose, two former foreign service officers who are now staff consultants of the committee. LOWENSTEIN AND MOOSE were sent to Vietnam last December by Sen J. W Fulbright. the committee chairman, to study the progress of pacification, the prospects for turning over more of the war burden to the South Vietnamese, the domestic political situation and the out look for negotiations Later in the session of Congress, proba bly in April, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans further hearings on the extent of the American inolvement in Vietnam with testimony from officials of various civilian agencies in South Viet nam CONTROVERSY HAS RISEN over the North Vietnamese position and the strength of South Vietnam Senior United States and Vietnamese military officers and civilian officials, according to the report, reflect a strong belief that the North Vietnamese are no longer capable of mounting a sufficiently powerful attack to defeat the South Vietnamese army, at least as long as American firepower and airpower are available. " On the other hand it said, there are Viet namese. American journalists and even U. S. military officers and officials at middle and lower levels who say that the South Vietnamese army could not now defend the country against a massive North Vietnamese attack, even with U. S. artillery and air support A number doubt that the army will ever be able to do so " THE WAR, it said, "appears to be not only far from won but far from over " The staff report marks a new approach by the committee in its study of Vietnam policy The committee has long been a focal point of congressional opposition to the war. but is now shifting from a critical to an analytical approach with the new Administration No longer is the committee broadly attacking basic policy as it did during the Johnson Administration To an extent the committee has been neutralized in its criticism by Nixon's policy of shifting the combat burden to Saigon and withdrawing U. S troops — a policy that the committee most important factor because the possi bility of a continuing, progressive Ameri can withdrawal obviously depends upon its success So does pacification, for the key to its success is security Thus if Viet- namizaUon fails, the Unitrd States cannot withdraw and still claim to have achieved its stated objectives While acknowledging that there has been progress in turning over more of the fighting to Siagon force, the report said it is "(ximmon knowledge that the quality of South Vietnam army units is uneven "The war appears to be not only far from won, but far from over." w.ww.vi members feel is moving in the right direc tion THE REPORT noted that the success of present American policy in Vietnam depended upon these related factors • The progressive Vietnamization of the military effort. • The stability and cohensiveness of the Thieu Government • The expectation that the enemy can and will do nothing to inhibit Vietnamiza tion or disrupt the Thieu Government's stability An intimate relationship" among these three points, the report noted is "that all must suceed — or perhaps accur ately. that none may fail — if present U. S. objectives in Vietnam are to be realized " Yet. the study noted. "We believe that the evidence presented in this report leads to the inference that the prosepecLs for a successful outcome of anv one of the afre- mentioned three factors, much less all three, must be regarded as. at best, un certain "VIETNAMIZATION is perhaps the Union Leadership Slots Open Students interested in applying for leadership positions in the University Union may pick up application blanks in 207 Memorial Hall Applications must be turned in. in person, no later than Feb 11. according to a Union spokesman All offices in the Union on both the Executive Board and Program Council are open for application These positions include president, exeeuuve vice presi dent. vice president for iinance. and vice president for personnel Also open are posts for associate vice presidents for programs and sue division coordinators: entertainment, fine arts, ideas and issues, public relations, recrea tion and research Appointments for interviews can be made when the applications are turned in Interviews will be held from Feb 16-27' and will be conducted by the Executive Board and one member of the Program Council Final selections will be made by the Executive Board Selections will be based on interest, leadership, scholarship and prior experi ence in student activities, according to a spokesman Announcement of new offi cers will be Mar 2 Sims f Kassinqer State Views Drug Policy • • in( arMoH "tvhem chiftantc " "THE STABI1JTY and cohesiveness of the Thieu Government is of fundamental importance because there must be an agency through which the process of Viel- namization can be effected Furthermore, given the importance which has been at tached to the constitutional legitimacy of the Thieu Government, its overthrow would probably plunge South Vietnam into a state of political anarchy and at the same time severely strain public patience in the United States The report also said that the Vietnam ese have apparently not been given a timetable for the withdrawal of American combat troops and their estimates vary widely on when South Vietnamese troops will be able to take over the combat bur den "WERE THE North Vietnamese to launch a massive attack at any point in the course of this withdrawal, the United States would be faced with the .iconizing prospect of either halting - or even re versing — the process of withdrawal, on the one hand, or being forced, on the other hand, to effect an accelerated, complete withdrawal which would be interpreted at home, and probably abroad, as a military and political defeat." On the question of pacification, the report said there was general agreement that the socalled Revolutionary Develop ment Program, which seeks to insure the security of rural areas and develop their economics, "is producing considerable evidence of progress ' "However, it said "many Americans in the field believe that, despite statisical progress, the gains in pacification are fra gile " Clarified By NANCY HAIL Assistant News Editor The concept of Student Affairs person nel as oolicemen is anachronistic, ar- coding to a recent statement from the Dvision of Student Affairs giving its posi tion on drug use and abuse The Division of Student Affairs and Campus Ijw Enforcement represent two distinct functions." said the statement released yesterday by O. Suthern Sims, dean of student affairs The statements were released follow ing an informal meeting last Thursday of student representatives of various seg ments of the University community with University administrators An article to appear in next Tuesday s paper will dis cuss the position of the University Health Services on the drug problem THE STATEMENT of the Office of Student Affairs said that they considered their role in the matter was "to provide educational programs for students They said their focus was to make students aware "of the facts and legal consequ ences surrounding the use and abuse of drugs." the statement added “when students 1 are in violation of local, state or federal statutes on campus, they are basically responsible to Campus Law Enforcement officials.” In a parallel statement released by Edward T Kassinger. director of the Uni versity Public Safety Division, the Cam pus Law Enforcement position on drug use was given "IT IS NOT the reponsibility or pre rogative of any law enforecemnt officer to moralize as to whether or not any Federal or State Law concerning narcotics or dan gerous drugs is justified He takes an oath to uphold the law," the statement said The Georgia Drug Abuse Control Act spells out severe penalties for violation of the act. including possession, sale, etc ." the statement noted Debate over the laws — whether they are justified or which drugs should be in cluded - are not the responsibilities of the officers but of the legislatures and the couits, according to the statement “In the meanwhile, the officer is expected, by his oath of office, to enforce the laws as written." THE STUDENT Affairs office ex- SeeksJ200 Billion Expenditure Nixon Cuts Defense in NewBudget By JOEL BiACKWEU Staff Writer President Nixon vesterday proposed a budget of more than $2UU billion for fiscal 1971 The President said this would pro vide a SI 3 billion anti-inllationarv surplus The new budget cut defense spending by $5 8 billion and reduced space funding by $486 million BUT THE President increased spend ing in some areas to launch a major ef fort to improve environmental qualitv ,'augurate the family assistance pro gram and provide major advances in our programs to reduce crime Part of the defense budget drop will be realized by a reducton in uniformed men io 2.908,127 by June M. 1971 Ihe loaM since the U S made a major commit ment in Vietnam A reduction of 252 520 men next year is contingent on continued troop withdraw als from Vietnam OTHER MAJOR defease projects in clude • replacing about 550 Minulemen mis siles with a more advanced version, the Minutemen III. • converting six Polans submarines to the advanced Poseidon missile • developing the B1 bomber to replace the B52 in the late 70 s: • buying the rest of 81 C5 supertranv port planes the President unveiled a far-reaclung plan to save the environment which would start a $4 billion, five-year program of federal grants to encourage cimstruction of minicipal waste treatment facilities THE BUDGET also showed a determi nation to spend previously authorized land acquisition funds and boost spending for air pollution control The President said the budget "begins the necessary process ot reordering our national priorities For the first time in two full decades, the federal government will spend more money on human re sources than on national defense To finance the highest budget in U S history the President requested higher Social Sepuntv taxes increased tax rates lor the trucking and aircraft industries and a jump in postal rates — including a seven cent first class tetter IK THE PROPOSED budget is imple mented as is. the 10 per cent tax on long distance phone calls and seven per cent on new cars would be continued They are now scheduled to expire Dec 31 Nixon s budget includes $92 million for family planning services, an increase of $34 million over 197U This means almost $44 for every woman the government is trying to help To fight crime in the streets, the Mafia and narcotics traffic the President asked for an increase in Justice Department spending to $984 5 million This is an in crease of almost $250 million plained that the function of student affairs at the University and nationally, has changed in the last decade and that this change affects its relationship to students and drugs The statement noted that, "prior to 1961 universities acted in loco parentis to their students That is. colleges and uni versities were considered the parents of the students and thus enjoyed the peruga tives of parents " Because of the in loco parentis role, the University "could and did intervene on behalf of students who were arrested on or off campus by civil authorities “THE AUTHORITIES were often glad to release the student to the University with the assurance hat proper discipline would be administered," the statement said However, the 1961 landmark court case Dtxon vs Alabama struck the killing blow to in loco parentis and subsequent deci sions have "rienforced the fact that stu- denLs were asking to be adult and no long er wanted or expected parental treatment from colleges and universities " In light of "the courts and the student generaUon of the eO's,” the University is consciously trying not to act in loco paren tis. according to the statement "STUDENT AFFAIRS personnel are not in any way involved in the investiga tion of alleged violations of the law." said the statement "We will, however, serve as counselors, advisers, and referral agents ." The statement gave the University Health Services (physical and mental health divisions) and the Associate Dean of Student Affairs for Advisement as two agencies in the Division of Student Affairs particularly concerned with assisting with this problem The statement further noted that Stu dent Government, under the direction of Steve Roberts advisor to health services, had established a Drug Awareness Com mittee to sponsor programs of a factual nature ACCORDING TO the law enforcement statement "one officer has been assigned exclusively to the development of con crete. factual, legally admissable evid ence" of violations of the Georgia Drug Act and federal statutes Dean Suthern Sims The law enforcement department does not plan on conducting any non-prof es- sional. harem-scarem investigations." said the statement > "With the gathering of proper evid ence. proper legal action will immediate ly ensue in state or federal court The University Police Department cannot and will not be involved in actual prosecution, trial and sentencing ” According to the statement KASSINGER SAID that students are not aware enough of the penalties in volved in drug use The penalties as described in the Geor gia Drug Abuse Control Act states that any person who violates the Act. relatu^ to depressant and stimulant drugs and counterteit drugs, will be guilty of a felony, and will, upon cunviction. be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000. or im prisonment for a period not to exceed two years, or by both the fine and imprison ment Persoas who have been previously con victed of violation of the Act will be pun ished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed five years or both.

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The Red and Black (Athens, Ga.) 1893-current, February 03, 1970, Image 1