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ITT THE RED AND BLACK
The newspaper of University of Georgia students
VOLUME 77, NUMBER 49
ATHENS. GEORGIA 30601
THURSDAY, APRIL J, 1971
Senate OKs
day care
program
By CAMILLA HOWE
Feature editor
The Student Senate last night passed
a motion for the establishment of a day
care center for children of married
students
The Senate also passed three resolu
tions concerning the conviction of Lt Wil
liam L. Calley and the resulting resigna
tion of the Athens Selective Service
Board
Ramon Nunez resigned Irom the Senate
and walked out of the meeting after his
motion to give students a voice in the
promotion of faculty members was de
feated by the Senate
The day care center plan calls for one
four-hour session fall quarter, two four-
hour sessions winter quarter and two four-
hour sessions spring quarter
THE CALLEY resolution, brought up
by Pat Swindall (Arts and Sciences), calls
the prosecution and conviction of William
Calley a gross miscarriage of justice”
and asks President Nixon to grant Calley
a presidential pardon.
The Vietnam resolution brought up by
Linda Chafin (Arts and Sciences) protests
the conditions of wars which led to the in
cident at My Lai.
After some discussion the resolution
was called to a vote and resulted in a tie.
The second balloting passed the motion by
a vote of 29-28
Charles Henderson (Journalism)
brought up the third resolution which
commends the resignation of the mem
bers of the Athens Local No. 30 Selective
Service Board, proclaims this week Local
Board 30 Week to be commemorated with
a banner in front of Memorial Hall and let
ters of the proclamation to be sent to the
board members, state and national Selec
tive Service Board members. Lt. Calley.
William Westmoreland and President
Nixon.
During the discussion of this resolution.
Roger Cox (Arts and Sciences) said resig
nations of this type ‘ resemble temper
tantrums However, the resolution was
passed. 33-19
NUNEZ’S MOTION demanded that the
students be given a voice in the advance
ment of professors so that there would be
no bias as to the professors' records of
publishing, attendance at national meet
ings. research or writing of scholarly arti
cles.
The discussion centered around the
wording of the motion Hugh Ruppersburg
(Arts and Sciences) said the particulars
of the motion are not important The sen
timent of the motion is more important —
that students have a voice in faculty pro
motions ’
Cheerleading
tryouts begin
Trials (or next year's cheerleading
squad beRin Monday at 4 p m in Siege-
man Hall
All students are welcome to try out.'
said Coach Lee Cunningham, who con
ducts the trials
The tryouts will last a little more than
two weeks, and six boys and six girls will
be chosen (or the new squad
Fee increase
likely in fall
Join Communiversity
SPECIAL PHOTO
■Communiversitv . think about it" proclaims the sign
in Memorial Plaza. This week is Communiversity Week
on campus and registration (or participants is being held
daily at booths set up outside Memorial Hall (I). The lit
tle girl at right is one of the many children being helped
by the Communiversitv program. Registration for po
groms such as Big Brother-Big Sister and tutorial assist
ance is going well, according to Tom Barnes, an assistant
coordinator of Communiversitv
'SCAPEGOAT'
Students defend
By PHIL BELLURY
Staff writer
Almost all University students reacting
to the conviction of Lt William Calley for
the My Lai killings felt that he was a
scapegoat" and the actual guilt for the
murders lies with society rather than with
anyone individual
Student Body President Bob Hurley
spoke for most of the students when he
said. ‘‘Calley shouldn't have gone on tnal
— he was being used as a scapegoat for
higher officials who were being pressured
by the public ”
“It is unfair to put blame on one person
since the blame goes back to President
Truman and Eisenhower. Hurley said
The tnal has brought people together on
the war issue, and it has put the Army in a
hornble position. The trial could possibly
speed up an end to war "
PAT SWINDALL, student body presi
dential candidate of Action Union Party,
said that the entire war should have been
on trial The trial hurt the morale of
men in Vietnam, he said, and now indi
vidual servicemen must make decisions
concerning following orders.”
He said University students have been
increasingly concerned about the war and
that he felt the Calley trial will heighten
that concern
Terry Sullivan presidential candidate
on the People. Not Parties ticket, said
he felt sorry for Calley In a crazy war
like Vietnam no one can tell what is going
on or who is fnend or enemy. Sullivan
said
If the bombing raids are excusable
why should one man’s similar perform
ance be so objectionable” Sullivan quer
ied
C alley
ROGER COX. running for student body
president on the New Party ticket, said,
the tnal was political Calley was being
used as a scapegoat. Military justice al
ways finds the defendant either guilty or
not guilty in a much shorter period of time
than the Calley trial. There was too much
conflicting evidence for a military trial,
where evidence is usually definite one way
or the other If Calley were in fact guilty,
then he should be found guilty But the
trial seemed to be too shaky
The trial will probably undercut the
morale of the military The attitude of the
public is changing anyway concerning the
military, but now it will probably be har
der to get intelligent men to serve in the
Army 1 understand why the members of
the draft board quit, but I feel it will only
leave the positions open for Dr Strange-
loves and weirdos
Glen Goodman, head of the Apathy
Party ticket, said 1 would have second
thoughts about going to Vietnam now I
don't claim to be an authority on the Cal-
lev subject
OTHERS BESIDES the politicians
were against the verdict
Two ROTC students who didn't want to
be identified said they didn't agree with
the verdict
Jane Bolt, a freshman majoring in
home economics, said Other higher offi
cers should have been on trial too The
length of the tnal made the case seem
worse than it really was since ideas about
the war have been changed since the act
was committed The war itself is an injus
tice.”
Ronnie Hogue a sophomore basketball
player majonng in Management, said Cal
ley was put on trial because of public
pressure He shouldn t have been put on
trial alone It could be a blessing in dis
guise for Calley if he is given the life sent
ence (The jury did sentence him to life
imprisonment - see story on this page),
since he can get out on parole and wnte a
book
The people who convicted Calley will
have to live with themselves, said senior
ioumalism major Paul Dingman The
whole point of the trial was whether he fol
lowed orders or not ”
Jee Epperson a sophomore journalism
major, said Calley should have gone on
tnal. but the verdict was wrong Unless a
man has been to Vietnam, he can t fully
understand the situation
A FEW STUDEhTTS supported the ver
dict Charles Hunmcutt. a graduate stu
dent in Business Administration, said.
The court had to decide guilty It
shouldn t bend to the public Opinions in
the United States are emotional now. but
they will probably mellow quickly
Calley is at fault since an officer could
refuse to follow an order It would have
been okay if he had been a pnvate. ser
geant. etc ." said Wes Tanner, a junior in
pre-medicine
By KEN WILLIS
Associate news editor
Dormitory and health service fees will
probably increase next fall, while student
activity, matriculation, and athletic lees
will likely remain the same
University officials, now in the final
stages ol budget preparation for the next
school term, are required to have fee in
creases approved at the April 14 meeting
of the Board of Regents, governing body
for Geogia s public colleges and universi
ties
0. Suthern Sims Jr. Dean of Student
Affairs, said yesterday he has asked Uni
versity President Fred Davison to ask the
Board for an increase of $15 per quarter
for dorm residents and residents of mar
ried student housing and $5 per quarter
for residents of prefabricated married
housing units.
He also requested an increase of $4 per
quarter (from $12 50 to $16 50) in the
health service fee. which all students
must pay
THE PRESIDENT’S office reported
that he had made no decision on Sims
request He could cut them and present
lower increases to the Regents, who could
cut them again.
In fact. Sims said yesterday that only
part of the health service increase may be
granted
The added dorm money is needed to
avoid a projected deficit of approximately
$300,000 that would occur it present fees
are maintained
“This will just allow us to hold our
own. Sims said He explained that higher
labor and supplies costs accounted for
most of the increase
What if the increase is not granted?
” It s going to be tough Sims said.
In other fee areas, there was better
news for students
A spokesman for the Board of Regents
in Atlanta said that no increase is antici
pated for next fall in matriculation fees
MATRICULATION fees, last raised in
summer quarter of 1969. make up the
largest share of student fees
We presently have no intention of rec
ommending a non-resident tuition fee in
crease or matriculation fee increase for
residents, the Regents' spokesman said
The General Assembly allotted the
University System $16 million more for
the next school term than for this term,
and the spokesman said the Regents ex
pect most of those extra funds to take
care of an expected enrollment increase
in the University .System of approximate
ly 7 MO tot 000 ataMa
Back on campus. Sims said that he has
heard of no plans to increase the student
activity fee. "which I must approve And
Athletic Association Business Manager
I^oran Smith said his group has no plans to
Purcell to appeal decision
on court suit against Union
Lt. Calley given life term
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Ft. Banning. (>». — Lt William L. Cal
ley Jr was sentenced to life at hard labor
Wednesday lor the premeditated murder
of 22 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. but
the sentence likely will be taken to the
nation's highest courts and perhaps the
President himself
The six-officer jury panel which heard
the longest courtmartial in U. S military
history had only two choices life impris
onment or death — and it chose the least
harsh of the two
Under the life sentence. Calley is eligi
ble for parole alter 10 years
Galley's attorneys immediately peti
tioned for a deferment of sentence pend
ing the appeals, which could take up to
three years Maj Gen. Orwin Talbott,
commander of Ft. Benning and the man
who must rule on the request, is expected
to make his decision known Friday or Sat
urday
If the deferment is refused. Calley like
ly will be shipped immediately to Fort
Leavenworth. Kan to begin his sentence
If granted, he would be freed in his own
recognizance and assigned duties at Ft.
Benning while the appeals are made
Standing at attention before the court
president. Col Clifford H Ford the ash
en-faced but unblinking 27-year-old de
fendant listened as Ford told him
First Lt William L Calley . it is mv
duty as president of this court to inform
you that the court in closed session and
upon secret written ballot, three fourths
of the members present at the time the
vote was taken concurring sentences
you:
"To be confined at hard labor for the
length of vour natural life, to be dismissed
from the service, to forfeit all pay and al
lowances
I'll do my best sir. Calley said, and
snapped a salute
W ASHINGTON House Democrats
voted Wednesday to support ending l' S
military involvement in Indochina bv the
Around the vvoa^
1 v
end of 1972. but most of them later joined
Republicans in crushing a proposal to
abolish the draft
In debate on President Nixon s request
to extend the Selective Service Act for
two years, anti-war congressmen claimed
that the draft was perpetuating the war
But their bid to let the draft expire on
June 3U was defeated on a vote of 330 to 62
And by a surprisingly c lose margin of
200 to 198 the House also rejected a move
to limit the draft law extension to only one
year
The House was expected to take final
action Thursday on the draft extension bill
whose supporters hope will provide
enough added pay incentives to start
building an all-volunteer armed force
At a party caucus before the House met
on the draft bill. Democrats voted 138 to
62 to endorse a specific withdrawal dead
line
WASHINGTON - Teamster President
James R Hoffa lost his second bid for
parole from federal prison Wednesday
meaning he faces at least another 14
months behind bars as well as a formal
challenge this summer as head of the na
tion s largest union
After a private. 75-minulo hearing, the
U S parole board denied pleas Irom Hof
fa s lawyers and children for lus release
from the Lewisburg. Pa., federal peniten
tiary. where he has served a little more
than four years of a 13-year sentence for
mail fraud and jury tampering
The seven-member board said further
consideration of a parole request would be
delerred until June. 1972
As usual the board gave no reasons for
its decision, nor did it say how its mem
bers voted
ITLAN1v
state s new three-part tax program goes
into effect Thursday when the state tax on
cigarets jumps from eight to 12 cents per
package
By KEN WILLIS
Associate news editor
Student Senator Jim Purcell said yes
terday that he will appeal a decision by
the Student Organizations Court that de
clared the Univensity Union not guilty
of his charges that they were illegally al-
loting space in Memorial Hall to Ac*ion
Union Party
Purcell, currently seeking re-election
to the Senate on th* Sullivan Ruppersburg
ticket, told The Red and Black that he had
brought suit against the Union for letting
Action Union use space in Memorial
Under Student Handbook regulations, only
recognized organizations can be permit
ted free space by the Union, and Purcell
said Action Union had not been recognized
by the proper authorities
ACTION UNION Party was formed
rerentlybv the merger of the Student Rep
resentative Assembly and the United Par
ty - both of which were recognized stu
dent organizations Purcell said he told
the court that he could find nothing in the
handbook that said merger of two recog
nized bodies created a recognized body
For an organization to be considered
recognized. Purcell said it must be ap
proved first by the Student Senate Com
mittee on Organizations, then by the Sen
ate. the Union Council and the Faculty
Executive Committee
Purcell contends that the only approval
so far has come from the Senate panel -
and that with one of its three members
absent
However the organizations court rul
ing issued yesterday was against Purcell
WHY THE COURT ruled the against
Purcell was not clear Tnals are pnvate
unless both the defendant and the plaintiff
agree to a public hearing
Purcell asked that The Red and Black
not be admitted to the tnal and plaintiff
Rita Poetter president of the Union dec
lined to discuss the verdict and charges
last night, saying only that The decision
of the organizations court was that the
University Union was not gulty of alleged
charges and acted responsibly in all mat
ters/’
“The court did a very serious thing
when they said the Union was not guilty.
Purcell said
ask for an increase in the $4 per quarter
fee they now receive
ALBERT JONES, assistant to Presi
dent Davison, said the end of this week
would probably be the deadline on any
requests for fee increases
Once the Regents approve the fees for
fall quarter. Sims said, there is no guaran
tee that they will not raise them later in
the term The system reserves the right
to up the price, he said
University
salutes Tate
for service
By RICK HARRIS
Assistant news editor
The University community tomorrow
will commemorate the end of Dean Wil
liam Tates half-century affiliation with
the University.
Tate, now serving as associate dean of
student affairs, will retire June 30. 1971.
50 years after completing his freshman
year herein 1921.
Tomorrow has been designated Tate
Day. and it will be highlighted by an offi
cial University retirement dinner at 7
p m at the Georgia ( enter for Continuing
Education Tickets for the dinner are $7
for both faculty and students, and they are
available at the Student Activities Center.
Memorial Hall.
Price of the ticket includes a donation
to a travel fund which will be presented to
Dean Tate following the banquet Sources
close to Tate say he will use the fund to
travel to the 1972 Olympics
THE TRAVEL FUND is only one of a
host of awards and presentations which
will be made to Dean Tate by students,
alumni and other groups
Both the Interfratemity and Panhel
lemc Councils will announce establish
ment of scholarships in honor of Tate —
the Dean s Trophy and the Dean Wil
liam Tate Panhelienic scholarship
Among other groups making presenta
tions at the dinner will be Omicron
Delta Kappa. Sphinx, the University
Union. Blue Key and Phi Eta Sigma
More festivities will follow Saturday,
when the Georgia Alumni Society will
convene at 10 a m. lor its annual meeting
at the Georgia Center
THE YOUNG ALUMNI Advisory
Committee will present Dean Tate with
a special plaque
The Fulton County chapter of the Alum
ni Society will announce its presentation
to the University of a bust of Dean Tate
The University of Georgia Foundation
Trustees and the Alumni Society Board of
Managers will present Tate with a new
automobile
A special feature of the alumni meeting
will be the production. The Ballad of
Wild Bill.' which will depict the many
facets of Dean Tate's long association
with the University
The meeting will be open to students,
faculty, and anv interested persons
The Alumni Society will also announce
that Howell Irwin. Athens attorney, and
Tom Green. Macon banker, are recipients
of the Distinguished Alumni Award
See related story on Page 5
Ramsey Clark to lecture
Mondayin Hillman series
Ramsey Clark, former Attorney Gener
al. will speak next Monday, in the law
school auditorium as the 1971 Sidney Hill
man Foundation lerturer
Clark, author of "Crime in Amenta
was appointed to the nation's top legal
post by President Lyndon Johnson in I9K7
He was first appointed to the Justice De
partment as assistant attorney general
by President John Kennedy in 1961. and
later served two years as deputy attorney
general
Since leaving his governmental position
in January 1966 the 44-year-old (.lark has
practiced law in Dallas. Texas
Clark is expected to participate in a rap
session with students the morning which
will be taped for television channel 8 He
also will hold a press conference at 4 p m .
and then will attend a dinner in lus honor
prior to the evening lecture which is co
sponsored by the Business School
Clark, considered by some to be a possi
ble dark horse Democratic presidential
candidate, recently has asked Soviet au
thorities lor permission to observe cnmi
nal prosecutions of Jewish defendants if
such tnals resume
RAMSEY CLARK
Former attorney general