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THE RED AND BLACK
VOLUME 80, NUMBER 112
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA 30602
WEATHER
The forecast for today
calls for cool nights and
mild days, with highs in
the mid-70's and lows in
the mid-40's.
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1974
Capsule news
R&B staff positions open
Applications are now being taken for staff positions on The Red and Black for
both summer and fall quarters. Applications may be picked up at The Red and
Black office, room 130 Journalism. Deadline for applying is May 15.
Davison selecting committee
A committee to nominate members of the grievance hearing panel set up under
the University’s Affirmative Action Plan is now being selected, according to Dr.
Myrtle Reul. acting Equal Employment Opportunity officer.
Keul said University President Fred Davison is now in the process of selecting
members for the nominating committee. She said that Davison has already asked
Student Government Association President J Rivers Walsh to submit the names of
five students from which he (Davison) might select student members for the
nominating committee.
Anyone wishing to see the University’s Affirmative Action Plan may do so at the
main library Reul said.
Vet awards tonight
The Veterinary Awards Presentations will be held tonight at 7:30 in the Law-
School Auditorium.
Notable awards to bo presented include the Dean’s Cup, which will go to the
student who, in the faculty’s opinion has demonstrated the most leadership and
scholarship abilities, and the Faculty Distinguished Scholastic Award, which will
go to the student with the highest grade point average.
Controversy had arisen in the past two weeks among the members of the senior
class and Dean Richard B. Talbot over the selection of the Nordan Distinguished
Teacher Award recipient.
However, students voted 109-47 to allow the selection to stand after discussing the
situation with the dean in a meeting Monday.
Students had been upset about lack of student input in this year’s selection
process, according to one veterinary student.
Immediately before the awards presentation, there will be a retirement banquet
for Dr. .John Morton of the Veterinary School.
Student Advisory Council
to present Bill of Rights
By STEVE FOX
Assistant news editor
A student Bill of Rights was passed last
weekend by the Student Advisory Council
to the Board of Regents and will be
presented to the Board tomorrow, accord
ing to Hugh Twiggs, chairperson of SAC.
The SAC passed several other resolu
tions and also elected a new chairperson,
vice-chairperson and secretary, who will
take office after the Board meeting,
Twiggs said. The new SAC chairperson is
Larry Abbot of Georgia Southern.
The SAC makes recommendations and
proposals to the Regents. The SAC is
made up of one representative (Usually
the president of student government)
from each institution in the University
System
In addition to the student Bill of Rights,
the SAC will present the following to the
Board: minimum standards and guide
lines for health services throughout the
University System; a new policy on
management of student activities fees;
an endorsement of an intern study report,
which contains suggestions on how to
better run government internship pro
grams; an endorsement of the Georgia
Consumer Council; a resolution in support
of a proposed Atlanta Bureau of
Consumer Affairs, and an endorsement
of the Regents' position in defiance of a
federal court order concerning involunta
ry faculty transfers.
The SAC will also give the Regents, as
a matter of information, a report on the
Campus Security Survey which SAC has
been working on for the past 10 months,
according to Twiggs.
Some of the articles in the student Bill
of Rights deal with a student’s right to
have his records kept confidential, stu
dent participation in the allocation of
student activities fees, student represen
tation on all committees affecting stu
dents, and teacher-course evaluations.
J Rivers Walsh, president of the
Student Government Association, said he
voted against the article which states,
“Students shall have the right to at least
25 percent voting members on all
committees of the institution which affect
the student."
Walsh said. "I didn’t vote against it
because I am against student rights, but
because I didn't think the Regents would
buy it. It's impractical, not workable."
"Whether there is one student or 25
percent students on a committee won t
make a tremendous amount of differ
ence." Walsh added "The article should
have read something like, students shall
have voting representation on commit
tees, the number to be determined by the
president of said institution."
Walsh also said that it would be hard to
find enough interested students to make
up 25 percent of every committee on this
campus
Walsh said he was the only one to vote
against another provision which stated
that students “shall have at least 50
percent representation in the regulation
and expenditures of student activities
fees . "
Requests for funds
total $600,000
Bv BETSY NEAL
Assistant news editor
Approximately $550,000 has already
been requested by various University
organizations for funds from the Student
Senate Allocations committee, said Bobby
Tankersly. allocations chairperson, Mon
day.
By the 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline,
committee members are expecting the
final amount to total almost $600,000
The larger requests include the Univer
sity Union, $311,000; The Red and Black,
$39,000; Pandora, $30,000; and the Day
Care Center, $26,000
THE ALLOCATIONS committee will
have less funds to work with this year
than last, due to a projected drop in
student enrollment, which will result in a
decrease in the amount brought in by
student activity fees
The available funds this year will be
approximately $470,000 compared to last
year's $477,000
The four allocation committee mem
bers, who were elected by the senate,
include Carolyn Wildes (O), Journalism;
Mike McKee (O), Business Administra
tion; Marty Wilson (O), Dairy Science;
and Lynn Anderson (C), Arts and
Sciences.
As Senate Treasurer, Tankersly is
automatically chairperson of the commit
tee. Also designated to serve on the
committee is SGA Administrative Vice-
president Tomi Elliott. SGA President J
Walsh has the right to appoint one
member of the committee, which he has
said will be the minister to business and
finance. Walsh said he hopes to name
someone to that ministerial post within
the next two days.
TANKERSLY STATED that the com
mittee would attempt to handle alloca-
" tions differently this year than in
previous years.
“In the past, committees have been
careful to fund large organizations who
represent a large number of students,’’
he said. "This year we hope to be able to
fund a lot of small organizations, in
addition to that."
Tankersly added that the committee
would have to take a stand on student
salaries. "They will have to be allocated
in an equitable manner so they will be
comparable," he said
Tankersly also said the committee
plans to ask the University to pay for the
salaries of the assistant director of
student activities and the student activi
ties program director in order to free
more funds for student use
Final decisions will be made by the
committee in late May, subject to
both a vote by the Senate and study and
review by an Allocation Review Board,
consisting of administration representa
tives.
The decisions are then reviewed by
University President Fred Davison, the
Board of Regents and finally the state
legislature
Cuts in funding requests from the
campus media (The Red and Black,
WUOG, and Pandora) are subject to
further review by the University's Board
of Student Communications.
The allocations committee is meeting
every night this week in the Activities
Center of Memorial.
STILL UNDECIDED
Photo by DAVID BRESLAUER
SEN EDWARD KENNEDY
Spoke at Law School on Saturday
Kennedy, president?
By BUDDY WALLER
Family responsibilities will weigh
heavily in his decision on whether to seek
the 1976 Democratic presidential nomin
ation, U S. Sen Edward M. Kennedy
said in an interview here Saturday.
"My first responsibilities are to my
family and to ihe families of President
Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. These are
the firsi responsibilities that I have and
they are the weightiest ones, as well as
the kind of responsibilities I have to my
mother and my sisters. It's these
personal considerations (that will deter
mine) whether 1 would or would not
run." Kennedy said
"I have not made up my mind about
Ihe 1976 election other than my present
intention which is to run for re-election in
Massachusetts. 1 will state my (presiden
tial) intentions, certainly not later than
late 1975," he added
COMMENTING ON his recent journey
to the Soviet Union. Kennedy said Ihe
policy of detente should continue in order
"to remove the possibility of cataclysmic
nuclear holocaust "
"This does not mean that we approve
the Soviet system — the wav they treat
citizens, such as Jews, or dissidents or a
free press. It's made on the basis that we
have parallel interests I have every
intention of supporting those efforts that
ire being made by Secretary of State
(Henry) Kissinger in attempting to bottle
up the nuclear genie." he said.
Kennedy also challenged the Soviets to
help to eliminate "poverty and disease
that exist in what l call the Fourth World
— the poorest of the poor nations — to
see whether we can have them partici
pate in a sense of humanity."
As one of the Democratic Party's
leading figures, Kennedy expressed the
hope that the party would “reach out and
provide the traditional umbrella under
which those of different views and
different attitudes could assemble.”
“Part of our problem in the past was
that we become kind of exclusive, which
I always equated with Ihe Republican
Party. In 1972. there were elements in the
party that were so busy driving other
people out. they weren't welcoming other
people in," he added.
LABELING WATERGATE "one of the
great conspiracies of all time," Kennedy
said that he had not had time to study the
transcripts of Watergate-related conver
sations between President Nixon and his
aides
"You wouldn't ask a member of the
jury of any case to make a finding on
incomplete information and certainly
that's what we have." said Kennedy, in
declining to slate his views on Nixon s
innocence or guilt of any impeachable
iffense
Nevertheless, "to insure the protection
if the rights of the President and also to
provide some instructions to the mem
bers of Ihe Senate on what is an impeach
able offense, what burden of proof is
necessary to convict." Kennedy, along
with Sen Walter Mondale, has urged
senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield
to begin preparations for an impeach
ment trial
Kennedy said that he has not decided
whether lie would approve live television
coverage of impeachment proceedings
"As we sit in judgement in the Senate,
we are. in effect, even though there's no
criminal culpability at issue, jurors We re
expected to exercise our own best
judgement, and therefore, there is at
least some responsibility to have that in a
climate of decorum which a courtroom
nas There is some concern that this
could be conducted with that kind of
decorum if you had television," he said
"On the other hand, this is a traumatic
event in terms of the history of the
country. There is a belief that the
American people should, since it's basic
ally a question of trust and a potential
violation of trust, be able to view that,”
he added
DENOUNCING THE "corrosive and
corrupting power of large campaign
contributions,” Kennedy pointed to his
University students presently have 100
percent representation on the Allocations
Committee. Walsh said, and the 50
percent requirement might be used to
reduce that control over allocation of
activities fees.
Twiggs said that the proposal stresses
"at least" 50 percent, and he does not
believe it would be sufficient cause for
reducing student representation
Twiggs agreed with Walsh that the
Regents would probably not accept the
article providing for 25 percent student
representation on all committees.
In other action, the SAC established a
Committee for Consumer Affairs and
voted to expand future meetings to two
days, according to Walsh.
W'alsh said he is going to appoint a
committee of four to help him with
committee work on the SAC The commit
tee will do some of the work that Walsh
would have to do, will keep informed on
SAC matters and will attend SAC
meetings with W'alsh
Power abused
says Kennedy
own bill to finance federal election cam
paigns from the public treasury as one
remedy for Watergate abuses.
“What we’re talking about is $90
million for every other campaign. $360
million for a four-year cycle. That’s a
little over $1 million for a 12-year period
which is the cost of one Triton submarine
or one-quarter of one cent on your
gasoline tax." he said, explaining that a
candidate could refuse to accept the
public money and meet expenses through
small donations
As a weekend guest of Gov Jimmy
Carter. Kennedy termed his discussions
with the governor as "warm, friendly,
useful and a valuable exchange." but
said the talks were “purely an exchange
o! hospitality 1 was interested in what
was happening in the South "
Contrasting his own national health
insurance plan with that of the Nixon
administration. Kennedy said his propos
al would 'make quality health care a
right for all Americans "
"Our program has reduced the cost to
the patient by treating the insurance
companies as fiscal intermediaries —
the\ will not profit on the health care
system as they do under the 'present)
administrations program." Kennedy
said.
“With that, we save billions of dollars
and with those billions of dollars, we
broaden the coverage, broaden the bene
fit package and reduce the co-insurance
and the deductibles, so. in effect, our
program provides a single standard of
care It does all of this for the same
dollar tag as the administration's pro
gram." he added
Kennedy endorsed the validity of the
Warren Commission Report on the assas
sination of President Kennedy
“I understand in an atmosphere of the
present time of conspiratorial actions,
that it's perhaps difficult for some people
to accept the conclusions of the Warren
Commission, but our family has," he
said.
By DEBORAH BLUM
Associate news editor
The office of the special Watergate
prosecutor should be set up on a
permanent basis to provide constant
protection against the abuse of power in
government, said US Sen. Edward
Kennedy, Saturday.
“The principle responsibility for pre
venting and exposing wrongdoing rests
with the president as chief executive,"
Kennedy said, “however as we have
seen, occasionally the responsibility is
ignored "
Kennedy said that it was at times like
t^e present that our guaranteed freedoms
are in the most danger, and only by such
vigilance as provided by a permanent
federal prosecutor “can we guarantee
that those who rule will be subject to the
rule of law."
SPEAKING TO AN audience of about
1000 in the University’s law auditorium
as Law- Day speaker, Kennedy cited
making the prosecutor’s office permanent
as one of several steps needed to rebuild
faith in the government
“Ironically, the institutions most cen
tral to our security and to the rule of law
have been tarnished most by Watergate."
he said.
Kennedy listed the Justice Department,
the FBI, the CIA, the IRS as the primary
victims of the growing lack of respect for
institutions and the law .
"We need greater safeguards that the
FBI is free of political influence." he
said. "Its operation and activities should
be opened far more to public scrutiny
and congressional oversight."
Kennedy insisted that the FBI remain
located in the Justice Department despite
suggestions by other politicians to the
contrary. He warned that independence
would lead to isolation and greater
secrecy.
ON THE OTHER hand. Kennedy
favored the establishment of the IRS as
an agency independant of the administra
tion. “There can be no special treatment
for any taxpayer,” he said, adding that
the IRS must be freed from “political
prying" in order to achieve this
Kennedy further suggested that the IRS
be headed by a commissioner appointed
for a limited term and that the rulings,
activities, and statistics of the IRS be
disclosed more fully to the public
“We must end the discriminatory and
burdensome proceedures by which too
many citizens today are singled out for
audit," he said
Kennedy also advocated some revamp
ing of the CIA. which he said had to be
confined by "emphatic legislation.”
"Never again can we allow it to
provide materials and support for White
House political operations,” Kennedy
stated “Congress, in our legislative
oversight committee, sits today in Wash
ington to guarantee that the CIA has put
its house in order ’’
KENNEDY’S FINAL suggestion for
re aligning the government dealt with the
Department of Justice which he said was
the most difficult but the most important
step to the future role of law.
The answer to rebuilding confidence in
the Justice Department lies mainly “in
the quality and competence of the
attorney general." he said, adding that
the president. Congress, and the bar
association should all work together in
choosing candidates
The major test of the rule of law is yet
to come, said Kennedy, referring to the
impeachment proceedings
“Impeachment is a strict proceedure of
the Constitution and we cannot bend the
process." he warned. “We can never
allow impeachment to become a political
weapon in the hands of a willful congress
or a vote of no confidence in a president
and his administration.”
"For the country 's sake, the benefits of
the law must lie applied at every step of
the impeachment process," Kennedy
added "Impeachment can never be just
a trial of the president by Congress, it is
also a trial of congress by the country."
Kennedy added that the greatest chal
lenge of Watergate was yet to come that
is "whether America can still muster the
strength and skill to carry on the work of
rebuilding the people’s shattered faith in
the integrity of their government ”
"In recent years we have passed
through an era of profound abuse of
freedom’s basic principles," he said. “It
is not too much to say at this point that
America is emerging now from the most
dangerous attack on our liberties and
free institutions of our history."
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IT4*- mm
Niagra?
Torrents of water bathed a sweaty
Athens this past weekend, after the
mercury had risen to the 80 degree mark.
The sudden downpour on Saturday sur
prised many students, who had been
soaking up the sun just minutes before.
The rain also created a temporary
Niagra Falls on these steps