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VOLUME 83. NUMBER 39
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHENS GEORGIA 30602
ITT THE RED AND BLACK
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^ FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1976
Guitar magic
Photo by BOB NICHOLS
Shawn Phillips performed to an enthusiastic Memorial included styles as different as classical and funky rock. For
ballroom crowd Wednesday night, giving an excellent more details on the concert, see William Haines' review on
performance on the classical guitar. His guitar selections page 2 of this issue.
Montgomery welcomes investigation
of alleged misuse of student funds
By JEROME WALTERS
Assistant news editor
Reps 7 feelings mixed
on lobbying program
By JERRY MASON
Assistant news editor
Former senate Treasurer Philip Mont
gomery said he would welcome a senate
investigation into published charges of
fund misuse on his part and that of the .
executive bran'ch of the Student Govern
ment Association (SGA) because it would
clear him of the accusations.
"Only then (after an investigation) will
everyone know that I did nothing wrong.
These accusations have been the result of
ignorance on the part of certain parties I
have done nothing wrong, and anything I
have done, I will do again," Montgomery
said.
The initiation of an investigation came
as a result of a motion passed by the
Student Senate at its meeting Wednesday
night. The resolution, sponsored by
Carolyn Miles (Journalism), called for
the judicial branch of SGA to make the
investigation, but a spokesman for the
judiciary said it does not have the power
to make the probe
At the present time, no group has been
assigned to make the investigation in the
judiciary's place.
MILES SAID she will not give up on
the probe even though she is unsure who
will direct it.
"It makes student government look bad
when things like this (the accusations)
are thrown out. and it makes the senators
look bad also. If no wrong has been done,
then the investigation will find nothing,
but if something has been done wrong,
then we should find out what it is and
prosecute those involved," Miles said.
The investigation will lie done even if
Councilmen
The chances of having a University
student representative on the Athens City
Council are very small, according to
Councilman Robert H Kimbrell, chair
man of the council's finance committee.
Rob Hancock, Student Government
Association (SGA) minister to commun
ity affairs, appeared before the finance
committee Thursday to discuss student
representation on the council.
Kimbrell said the council did not have
the power to grant Hancock's request.
"To make this change a referendum
would have to be held and the change
would have to be approved by a vote of
the people," Kimbrell said.
an independant student group has to do
it. she added.
The resolution called for the investiga
tion to begin immediately because Mont-
gomer will be teaching in Mexico during
winter quarter.
He added that before a referendum
could be held the General Assembly
would have to approve a constitutional
amendment allowing it
City Attorney Denny Galis said Han
cock’s request would be "contrary to the
one man, one vote principle because any
student registered to vote in an election
for a ward councilman would also be
represented by the University representa
tive."
Hancock pointed out to the committee
that currently the city wards are drawn
so that three different wards draw part of
their constituency from the University
campus, with no one ward speaking for
the campus as a whole.
Kimbrell said he was sure that the
Local legislative response to Student
Government Association (SGA) President
J Tom Morgan’s announcement that
students will lobby in Atlanta for faculty
pay raises has been mixed, with one local
representative saying ‘‘it would be more
effective for the students to go home and
talk to their individual legislators.
“It really hits home if constituents talk
to their legislators individually," Rep.
Hugh Logan (Athens) said. “I can relate
better to someone from my own district.
“I think that it’s wholesome for the
students to lobby, but we all here in
Athens are lobbying for better educa
tion," he added.
Sen. Paul Broun (Athens) is one local
legislator who thinks the student lobby
will be effective.
"THE STUDENTS can have a real
influence," Broun said. "We in the
legislature welcome their help. They may
be able to help convince the legislature of
the real need for funds here at the
University."
"The regents must realize that the
University of Georgia is the cornerstone
of the entire university system," Broun
added. "We must put the University at
the top of the list."
Broun's sentiments were echoed by
Rep. Bob Argo
"Students are what this whole thing is
all about," Argo said. "I think the
lobbying will have a real fine effect.
We’ve got to get together and think
positively."
IIK AGREED with Logan that students
should go home and talk to their
legislators individually.
‘‘We have over 20,000 ambassadors
right here on campus," Argo said. "They
should all go home and talk up a storm."
Argo also feels students lobbying will
have a bigger impact than would a
council would be glad to work with a
non-voting student representative, and
invited SGA to appoint someone who
could serve on the campus council
unofficially.
"He would have the same right to
speak as any council member and would
be denied only a vote,” Kimbrell said.
Councilman Lewis Shropshire agreed
that the council would be respsponsive to
an SGA representative. “SGA has consid
erable clout," Shropshire said.
Hancock said the committee’s response
to his request was not surprising. “We
were not expecting anything and SGA will
probably say, ‘Okay we tried, now let’s
work with the council’," Hancock said
faculty iuohv
"The studeiii- have nothing to gam
from this other than a higher quality
education They're no; doing this for pay
This is commendable and I'm impressed
The students should he effective," he
said.
Logan, however, disagreed on this
point.
"LOCAL LOBBYING is the name of
the game, not state level," Logan said
"But the students can still lobby. It’s the
Great American Right."
As for the amount of the increases, the
legislators all agreed that 15 per cent
figure being requested is too much to
expect.
“We will have an increase, but I don't
know how much," Argo *aid "It will
hinge on how much revenue we have The
legislature is aware of education’s need
for a shot in the arm.
“We could actually use more than the
15 per cent requested. We re trying to
catch up in two or three years, but I don't
know if we have the money," he added.
"THERE'S JUST not enough money for
a 15 per cent increase," Broun said, "but
we could use it anyway. Faculty salaries
here should lie competitive with the rest
of the nation I don’t really know what to
expect, but I hope for at least a 10 per
cent salary increase." Broun added
Logan believes a reasonable expecta
tion would be a seven per cent raise
"I'd like to see 15 per cent, but that’s
not realistic." he said "The taxpayer is
already paying 52 cents per dollar for
education, and there are more emotional
ly charged issues right now than faculty
salaries."
Logan added that if a seven per cent
increase was offered right now, he would
accept it
"tt E RE LIKE a kid keeping his
fingers crossed, hoping the economy will
get better There has been talk around
the capitol recently that the budget might
have to Im» cut by several million dollars.
I really don't know how it's going to go."
he said.
On the state level. Duane Riner, press
secretary to Gov. George Busbee. said
although the student cause is a good one,
it will Ik* facing a lot of competiton in
Atlanta
"The legislative balls are pretty wide,"
Rinei said “The student lobbyists will be
joining hundreds of other lobbyists, some
of whom also have good causes."
However, according to Riner. Busbee
supports the cause of faculty pay raises.
"The governor is going to try to
improve the cost-of-living situation for
educators and other state employes,”
Riner said "He is alarmed at the loss of
educators at the university level. But he
won’t know how much money is available
until early December The governor has
said he will recommend a substantial
increase, but he doesn’t know how much
yet "
Capsule news
Peeping tom arrest made
University police reported the arrest of an alleged Peeping tom at Brumby
Wednesday night around 9:30. Arrested and taken to the Clarke County jail was
Michael Anthony Howard, a 19-year-old black male from Athens
Basketball game
WUOG, 90 5 FM. will broadcast the basketball game between the University and
the Venezuelan National Team tonight Air time is 7 r,n Game time at the
Coliseum is 8.
Photo sale
Persons interested in buying photos oi events covered by The Red and Black this
quarter should come by 309 Journalism
Concert tickets
Tickets for Saturday’s Daryl Hall and John Oates and Starbuck concert are
available at the business office in Memorial Student tickets are $1 and general
admission tickets are $5 The concert will he at the Coliseum and will begin at 8
pm
say little chance
of student city council member
By GREGG STEINLE
Carter's foreign policy to be public—Rusk
By PATRICIA TEMPLETON
News editor
Foreign policy under President-elect
Jimmy Carter's administration will be
more open to the public than the foreign
policies of past administrations, accor
ding to former Secretary of State Dean
Rusk
Rusk said that although it is necessary
for negotiations to be conducted in
private, the results and purposes of the
negotiations would be public, as Carter
promised in his presidential campaign.
"Carter intends to consult with Con
gress on foreign policy matters which
will tend to make the matters more
open." Rusk said.
"The substance of foreign policy can be
very open There are far fewer secrets
than people think.” Rusk said
Rusk, secretary of state under Presi
dents John Kennedy and Lyndon John
son. is now a professor of international
law at the University.
RUSK TRAVELLED to Plains last
week to confer with Carter However, he
refused to say what he had discussed
with Carter and emphasized that he is
not a spokesman for Carter or a member
of his staff
"I don't know anyone who speaks for
Jimmy Carter about his foreign policy
FOKMEH SECRETARY OF STATE. DEAN RUSK
Believes Jimmy Carter will be open on foreign policy
except Jimmy Carter." Rusk said
"Somehow people think that I have a
channel to Carter, that I am helping him
make up his short lists (of possible
appointees) rather than the long lists.
That’s not so; my role is much more
informal and relaxed."
RUSK ALSO refused to speculate on
who Carter would name as his secretary
of state "I don’t think anyone knows who
Jimmy Carter will appoint as secretary
of state, including Jimmy Carter." he
said.
The former secretary of state said
Carter is competent and has the “cour
age to remain cool in a crisis " He
described Carter as “an intelligent man
and an independent thinker” who would
listen to all points of view before making
up his own mind
Rusk also predicted that Carter would
keep in close touch with Congress in all
foreign policy matters
"Carter is a voracious reader and
absorbs briefings very well He has
studied international relations intensely
over a period of many years He has
travelled to Latin America, South Amer
ica and Europe He is a very competent
man and I am convinced he will do very
well in foreign policy.” he said.
RUSK ADDED that there would prob
ably be very few major changes in
foreign policy in the transition from a
Gerald Ford to a Carter administration.
"Most foreign policy is a matter of
continuity rather than of changes.' he
said.
However, Carter has a strong interest
in the countries of the Western Hemis
phere. and will probably put more
emphasis on these countries than the
Richard Nixon or Ford administrations
did. Rusk said
Carter will also probably have a more
broadly based administration than his
predecessors. Rusk predicted He said
Carter would not be dependent upon a
single person to deal with important
negotiations, but would instead have
several people who would be able to
speak for the United States
The former secretary of state said
Carter would make all final decisions in
foreign policy matters He added that
those who have criticized Ford for
leaving foreign policy decisions entirely
up to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
may be operating under misapprehen
sions
"PEOPLE USED to say that Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles made all
foreign policy decisions for President
Dwight Eisenhower. As the records
became available it was learned that
Eisenhower made his own decisions
“1 think that as the records ot recent
years become available it will be clear
that Ford and Nixon made the final
decisions," Rusk said
He added that the constitution states
that it is the duty of the president to
make the final decision in foreign policy
matters “In a relationship between a
president and a secretary of state it is of
the utmost importance that both of them
remember at all times who is president,”
he said.
Foreign countries may have a bit of
"curiousity and nervousness here and
there" a limit the transitions of presi
dents. but Rusk believes that is only
natural
“IT IS IMPORTANT for foreign coun
tries to realize that we have only one
president at a time in this country.
Gerald Ford will remain president until
noon on Jan 20 when Jimmy Carter will
take over the office
"It is perfectly normal for foreign
countries to have a great deal of interest
as to what kind of president Gov. Carter
will be like." Rusk said.
He said that probably the favorite
indoor sport of most of the foreign
ambassadors in Washington. D C now is
trying to tell their countries what Carter
is like