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VOLUME 81. NUMBER 115
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THE RED AND BLACK
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA 30602
THURSDAY. MAY 15. 1975
UPI wire phnlo
L'SS IIOI.T, FIRST U.S. NAVY VESSEL TO ENTER AREA OK CAPTURED MAYAGUEZ SHIP
I S. aircraft sank three Cambodian gunboats amid renewed F.S. fighting in Indochina
Rally speakers call for
worker's unionization
By JIM GALLOWAY
Assistant news editor
l
Speakers at a "Worker’s Day Rally” in
Memorial plaza issued a call for the
unionization of University custodial work
ers Wednesday, and at the same time
voiced discontent at the number of
students who turned out for the rally.
The purpose of the rally, sponsored by
* the student Committee for Workers’
Rights (CWR). was to “enlighten the
University community on the specific
problems that the workers here encount
er." according to Alvin McDougald,
moderator of the program and chairman
of Dio CWR
A retirement plan for custodial work
ers. "liveable wages." better working
conditions, and representation on decis
ion-making bodies were the objects of
concern of the speakers
Speakers at the rally included Ed
Turner, president of the Athens chapter
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, and
Athens city councilman. Eli Green,
regional coordinator of the National
Student Coalition Against Racism. Doro
thy Bolden, director of the National
Domestic Workers Union of America,
and Paula Cheatham, member of the
University Council. Student Senate, and
the CWR.
• IF UNIONIZATION succeeds here, it
will help thousands of workers through
out the state," said Turner, who McDoug
aid referred to as the"first black elected
official in Clarke County."
The contribution of working people has
been habitually ignored by historians,
according to Turner "But workers have
paid for every war that this nation has
fought, not only with their money, but
with their blood They’re the ones who
pay the bill." he said
"The only means in dealing with this
situation is organization." he added.
Bolden, who was appointed by former
President Richard Nixon as personal
advisor to the Secretary ol Health.
Education, and Welfare, was sharply
critical of the lack of student reaction to
the rally.
"This is my first time here, and I’m
not too pleased with what I see. I’m sorry
that 1 don’t see more students here today,
that so few of them (students) came out
to give support." she said
"I know you can do a better job for
these people here." Bolden said to the
students attending the rally it just
takes courage."
SPEAKING TO the workers gathered
at the rally. Bolden asked that they not
Ik* content with the five per cent salary
increase announced by the administra
lion
"You’ll end up doing more work for
less pay." she said
Rather than striking. Bolden said that
custodial workers should illustrate their
importance in University operations by
"just cutting back in the amount of work
that they do.a tactic she used in forming
a union lor domestic employes
"Just say. i couldn’t get to it today.’
she said
Bolden also warned employes to act on
the support that they receive from
students Don’t be afraid of losing your
job when these people come out to
support you
"Were going to turn this college
around — we ain’t gonna work for
nothing If this campus has any federal
funds from the government, it’s gonna
have to loosen its belt." she concluded
GREEN TIED the "oppression" of
custodial workers here with "a general
racist offensive" emerging throughout
the United States, including the present
resistance to desegregation in Boston
"Racism is a convenient specter when
there arises a national crisis A scape
goat has to be found." he said.
"We aren’t going to let the administra
tion run all over the custodial workers
We are going to support them and we are
going to win by any means necessary."
Green said
Cheatham called for the representation
of University employes on the University
Council, "elected by the workers, not
apponted by their supervisors.
"The people getting shafted are the
people who hold this University together
every day. This year will be the year of
the University worker on campus. We
want to see the plantation system on this
campus fall." she said.
Regents
allocate
funds
By VICTOR IIAI.L
Associate slate editor
COLUMBUS The University was
allocated $54,773,000 in "resident instruc
tion" funds for fiscal year 1976 by the
Board of Regents in its meeting Wednes
day
this allocation represents a slight
increase over last year’s allocation of
$51,735,000,
The regents approved the recommend
ations of Vice Chancellor for Fiscal
Affairs Shea ley McCoy for the allocation
of state appropriated funds for the
various schools in the University System
The University’s share of the resident
instruction funds amounted to over
one-fourth of the approximately $200
million appropriated for the 31 system
institutions
Resident instruction refers to expenses
directly related to on-campus teaching
Such activities as construction and re
search are not included in this category
THE BOARD approved preliminary
plans for the installation of a new central
air conditioning and heating system in
the University's College of Veterinary
Medicine The project’s total cost will be
$350,000.
Also approved was the appointment of
Dr Thomas B Canerday as chairman of
the College of Agriculture's entomology
department.
In other action, the board created the
position of vice chancellor for academic
development and appointed Dr Coye
Williams, currently academic dean of
Paine College, to fill the position
Among Williams’ duties will be the
review of new academic appointments
and the monitoring of promotion stand
ards and procedure's, according to Chan
cellor George Simpson, who recommend
ed the new office
The creation of the new position was
proposed at last month's board meeting
but was postponed when some of the
regents questioned whether it was neces
sary
Capsule news
Dogs lose
The University baseball team lost its (irst game in a three game series for the
Southeastern Conference championship Louisiana State University player Randy
Aldridge brought in the winning run for the Bengals with a single to left field in the
tenth inning The Bulldogs will attempt to avenge the loss when the Bengals meet
Georgia in Athens Friday. May 16.
Meeting cancelled
The Young Democrats of Clarke County — UGA meeting, scheduled for
Thursday night, has been cancelled because featured speaker Bert Lance will not
be able to attend
Mayaguez, crew
freed by Marines
From l I’l wire reports
All of the crew members from the
captured merchant vessel Mayaguez
have been rescued and U.S Marines
have retaken the ship Cambodia seized
Monday. President Ford announced early
Thursday morning
The crew members were released
unharmed hours after U.S. Marines
stormed the five-mile long and mile wide
island Koh Tang where the ship was
docked and seized the deserted vessel.
Pentagon spokesmen said the Koh Tang
force did meet resistance while searching
the island for the vessel’s crew and at
least "a couple" of U.S. helicopters had
been shot down or crashed due to
mechanical failure
Pentagon chief spokesman Joseph Lai-
tin also disclosed that aircraft from the
carrier USS Coral Sea had attacked the
Ream Airfield near the mainland Cam
bodian port of Kompong Som shortly
after Marines landed on Koh Tang. The
attack was apparently for the purpose of
protecting the Marines while they search
ed for the Mayaguez crew on Koh Tang
island. 30 miles from the Cambodian
mainland
\BOUT FIVE minutes after the attack
on Ream Airfield, a small Cambodian
naval vessel flying white flags pulled
alonside an American destroyer in the
Gulf of Thailand and turned over the
crew of the Mayaguez. Laitin said
Earlier reports indicated that the
Mayaguez had a crew of 39. but it was
learned that the vessel had 45 crew
members when they were released by the
Cambodians.
When the crew members were return
ed. military action against the Khmer
Rouge positions on the mainland was
continuing, but the forces that accom
plished the mission were still under fire
and were preparing to disengage. Presi
dent Ford announced in a nationwide
address at 12:30 this morning
Military movements were ordered by
Ford when Cambodia failed to observe a
24 hour deadline to release the vessel and
crew The ultimatum was delivered to
the Cambodians by way of Chinese diplo
mats.
Earlier Wednesday U.S warplanes
sank three Cambodian gunboats and
damaged four others when eight gunboats
left Koh Tang for the Cambodian main
land The gunboats were attacked be
cause it was believed the Cambodians
were trying to transport the Mayaguez
crew to the mainland, sources said
“THE EIGHTH (gunboat) was so
crowded that it was thought it contained
the Americans and it was not attacked."
House Democratic Leader Thomas P
O’Neill said following an early evening
briefing by President Ford
In his nationwide address Ford ex
pressed appreciation "to the entire nation
and to the units and the men who partici
pated in this operation for their valor and
their sacrifice."
Of the 200 Marines who stormed Koh
Tang island Pentagon sources said some
casualties were expected and sustained.
Early reports did not disclose how many
Marines were injured
Early Wednesday evening Radio
Phnom Penh announced that Cambodia
was releasing the Mayaguez. but the
broadcast, which appeared to have
followed the actual seizure of the vessel
by Marines, said nothing about the
vessel s crew
Following the broadcast. White House
Press Secretary Ron Nessen read a
message to the Cambodian government
in which the United States said:
"AS YOU KNOW, we have seized the
ship and as soon as you issue a statement
that you are prepared to release the crew
members you hold, unconditionally and
immediately, we will promptly cease
military operations "
Nessen then said President Ford had
ordered these measures:
-U.S Marines to board the Mayaguez
Marines to land on Koh Tang in order
to rescue any crew members there.
-U.S aircraft from the USS Coral Sea
to undertake "associated military opera
tions" in the Gulf of Thailand in order to
protect and support the operations to re
gain the vessel and members of the crew
Pentagon officials said the renewed
fighting in Indochina was limited to the
immediate area of the ship and Koh
Tang, and there were no military opera
lions going on elsewhere Other sources
said, however, that additional planned
operations were cancelled
Wednesday afternoon, before the Ma
rines landed on Koh Tang island. U.S.
Sen Herman E. Talmadge in a telephone
interview praised President Ford’s ac
tions
"We're dealing with a very, very back
ward people We can’t expect them to
respect international law or the normal
bounds of human decency or they would
have never seized the • Mayaguez) vessel
on the high seas in the first place."
Talmadge said
He said. "I don’t see us getting
involved in any substantial" military
engagements against the Khmer Rouge,
but that events may demand additional
"limited military force."
SENATE CUTS UNION
Allocations discussed
By JIM GALLOWAY
and JOHN IIABKTI
The Student Senate approved the
cultural affairs committee allocation of
$83,000 by a slim 31-27 margin Wednesday
night, earmarking $5000 for the support
of a Black Awareness Week concert
The allocation allows $78,000 for re
quested programming, but according to
Steve Patrick, senate treasurer and
chairman of the Allocations Committee,
the actual cut amounts to only $2000 of
the original cultural affairs request.
Patrick said that "if you consider the
$5000 allocation to the Black Student
Union for Black Awareness Week" and
add it to the total budget of cultural
affairs, the amount totals $88,000
Patrick pointed out that over $10.(NX)
was spent this spring quarter for the total
presentation of Earth. Wind and Fire, by
cultural affairs for Black Awareness
Week
TOM KATZEVMEYER. speaking for
the University Union, opposed the line
item allocation for the Black Awareness
Week. "You’re imposing the fact that
$10.(MM) must be spent on this program
You’re dictating what band we can pick
"We want to be able to do all of the
programming We want the freedom to
pick what we want to bring in." Katzen-
meyer said
Patrick said that originally, the com
mittee had not planned to earmark the
$5000 for the concert, but upon being told
that the Cultural Affairs Committee
might not support the Black Awareness
Week concert, the provision for the extra
funding was made
"Unless it's in writing, baby, it’ll never
happen in a bureaucracy.” Sen Rod
Presley (Graduate) said
Sen Paula Cheatham (Graduate) ex
pressed concert over the conflict that
might arise between the BSU and
cultural affairs. "I wish we could get
away from pitting two groups against
each other when that’s not the way it is."
she said.
OTHER UNION allocations included
$2699 <$2854 requested) for executive
operations. $11,000 to the Ideas and
Issues Division, the full amount request
ed. $740 to the Special Events Division
'$780 requested); $3500 to the Fine Arts
Division • $4000 requested), and $11,000 to
the Entertainment Division ($13,650 re
quested >
The senate approved the recommended
allocation of $4048 to the Union's Cinema
tic Arts Division, which had requested
$5652 However, a list of recommenda
tions for future allocations was not
adopted by the senate
The recommendations, which proposed
the gradual financial independence of
cinematic arts, failed after the senate
suspended the rules to let Union Presi
dent Melita Easters speak Easters said
that the thrust of the Cinematic Arts
Division was twofold: 1) to provide
movies at a low price, and 2) to offer a
wide variety of movies She continued
that a future cut-off from student
activities funds would "either cut down
on variety or raise the cost.”
In other business, the senate voted not
to fund the Student Handbook, but rather
to fund specific information relevant to
students, and to let the University pay for
the dissemination of certain information
which is now included in the handbook as
a student activities expense
Patrick said that he had been advised
by members of the administration that
“it would be a good idea to set a policy”
in this area, thus making the funding of
the Student Handbook "no longer a
political football from year U> year.”
THE SENATE approved the recom
mended budgets for the Student Govern
ment Association (SGA) in voting $5635 to
the executive branch of SGA and $16,958
to the legislative branch The student
judiciary will receive the recommended
sum of $17,010
The Office to Promote the Independ
ence of Disabled Students (OPIDS) was
allocated $918, as recommended. The
allocations committee had cut that organ
ization's request from $4280
Sen Clay Sparrow (Graduate) intro
duced a motion to reconsider the expul
sion of two senators from the School of
Veterinary Medicine. Sens Edmonds and
Martin, for the duration of the allocations
hearings The two senators, who had
failed to comply with senate rules
concerning attendance, were denied tem
porary reinstatement
Photo by KIRK DUCKWORTH
UNION PRESIDENT MELITA EASTERS WAVES SIGN TO SUSPEND THE RULES!*
\\ailing lo speak against proposed Union budget cuts at senate meeting
