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NDprofs propose draft amendmentby Dave L am m ers ■ fhp Hr„ rt (.h® „ e to th e s tu d e n t even if th e p roposed lo tte ry is classification. T he World C ouncil “ How can th e m oral fibre o f the

Professors William Lewers, C.S.C., and T hom as Schaeffer o f the Law School, and Professor C h a r le s M c C a r th y o f the Program for the S tudy and P r a c t i c e o f N o n - v io l e n t R esolution o f H um an C onflict, are in th e process o f d rafting an am endm ent to the p resen t d raft law. T he am endm ent w ould a llo w selective conscien tious o b je c to r s - th o s c people w ho oppose a particu lar war on a n o n - r e l ig io u s b a s i s —to be included in the conscien tious ob jec to r classification o f the present d raft law. P resently , the c o n s c i e n t i o u s o b j e c t o r deferm en t is lim ited to those w ho oppose all war on a religious basis.

The am endm ent w ould be a sim ple one-line ad d ition to the present d raft law. H owever, the la w y e r s h a v e b e e n doing extensive w ork on the legal p recedents involved in the draft law change. The h isto ry of selective conscien tious ob jec tion in the U nited S tates and E urope has also been investigated fo r the bill w hich should be finished by T hursday .

S tu d e n ts on cam pus are presently engaged in starting w rite-in cam paigns in favor o f

the d raft change to th e s tu d en t body presiden ts and cam pus new spaper ed ito rs a round the co u n try . Last m inute a ttem p ts to start a pe titio n drive th is w eekend in W ashington are being m ade by N otre Dame s tuden ts travelling there . It is hoped by th e s tuden ts involved in the proposal th a t studen t su p p o rt fo r a selective C O. law can be organized here a t N otre Dame and around the nation .

Presently on the agenda o f th e S u p r e m e C ourt is a case a p p e a l e d by th e f e d e r a l g o v e rn m en t from the First C ircuit C ourt o f A ppeals. In th a t cou rt Judge W yszanski declared th a t an a theist could receive the C O . classification. W yszanski decided th a t it was in vio lation io f the F irst A m endm en t to the C o n stitu tio n to base th e C O. s ta tu s on religion only .

T h e N a t io n a l S t u d e n t s A s s o c i a t i o n , w h o s e lo c a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e i s M ik e Shaugnessy , has decided to reschedule its national steering com m ittee m eeting, originally p lanned for Thanksgiving, fo r n e x t S unday , so th a t the proposed d raft change can be discussed.

T h e s e l e c t i v e C. O. am endm en t w ould be effective

even if th e proposed lo tte ry is passed by the C ongress, th e p ro p o n en ts o f th e d ra ft change said. Professor C harles M cCarthy said, “ Mr. K ingm an B rew ster isi m istaken. T o d ay ’s y o u th see th e l o t t e r y a l o n e a s n o im provem ent. T hey know it is at best a superficial sm oke screen. The ro o t issue, being forced to kill against co n sc ien ce -b e in g forced to destroy hum an beings w hen th is is seen as ne ither right no r good nor ju s t - t h i s issue is ‘acc iden ta lly ’ being ignored. A l o t t e r y w i t h o u t s e l e c t i v e conscien tious ob jec to r provision is ju s t a callous and gross disrespect o f the conscience o f the A m erican y o u th .”

Wide su p p o rt fo r a selective C O . law has arisen am ong church circles in the past year. The U nited S tates C ouncil o f Bishops in N ovem ber o f 1968 said: “ We urge the m od ification o f the d ra ft law, m aking it .possible, a lthough n o t easy, for: p e r s o n s to b e s e l e c t i v e conscien tious ob jec to rs , w ith o u t fear o f im prisonm ent o r loss o f c i t i z e n s h i p . ” R ig h t -w in g t h e o l o g i a n s Jo h n C ourtney M urray and Paul Ram sey have en do rsed th e selective C O .

SI3P Phil McKennaStay Senator Tom Thrasher

Senate deliberaAfro-American budget

by Steve H offm an

T he S tu d en t Senate convened last evening fo r th e prim ary p u r p o s e s o f resolving the c o n t r o v e r s i a l A fro-A m erican budget, and o f finalizing a d e c i s io n o n the proposed U niversity Forum .

Due to th e great am o u n t ot d i s s e n t to u c h e d o f f bydisagreem ents concerning theA f r o - A m e r i c a n b u d g e ta r y allow ance, the issue was referred t o t h e H u m a n A f f a i r s C om m ittee for in -dep th study . A t the last m eeting , Tom T hrasher, as C hairm an o f the C o m m i t t e e , a d d re s s e d the

and adm itted

classification. T he World C ouncil o f C hurches, The N ational C onference o f C hristians and Jew s, and various P ro testan t church organ iza tions have also ind icated the need fo r a selective C O. law in th e U.S.

P r o f e s s o r M c C a r t h y em phasized th e necessity o f the selective C.O. proposal. He said,

“ How can th e m oral fibre o f the co u n try be any th ing bu t ripped asunder w hen the governm ent itself, by a sim ple exercise of b ru te pow er, fo rces a large segm ent o f its y o u th - b y penalty o r th rea t o r p e n a l ty - to reject a p rim ary ten e t o f conscience, ‘T h o u shall n o t m u rd er,’ th a t is, kill unjustly.”

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dissent th an already exists, ana suggested th a t it should strike a m iddle g round on the budget.

SBVP F red D edrick then moved th a t a sum o f $2500 be a llo tted to the A fro-A m erican Society , claim ing th a t the blacks deserve th e funds in o rd e r to conduct m inority en ro llm en t, p r o v id e fo r black cultu ral functions open to all s tu d en ts , and generally effec t a be tte r u n d e r s ta n d in g betw een the races.

The m o tion , as p roposed by D edrick was carried by a vote o f 24-17.

A reso lu tion fo r th e approval o f the U niversity F orum as

by Jim Graif and Rich Smith

T he S tu d en t A ffairs Sub­com m ittee o f th e B oard o f T rus­tees m et yesterday in w hat was t e r m e d a n o rgan izational m eeting. T he com m ittee d e te r­m ined its m em bers and the basic course o f ac tion it will follow fo r th e year.

T he subcom m ittee will consist o f fo u rteen m em bers. These in c lu d e eight tru stees . Dr. T hom as C arney, chairm an , Mr. Paul H elm uth , Mr. J.W. Van G orkom , Mr. N ew ton M innow , Fr. C harles M cCarragher, c.s.c., Mr. Jo h n Schneider, Mr. John R y a n , a n d M r. L e o n a rdSkogland.

T h e f o u r u n d e rg ra d u a te s tu d en ts on the subcom m ittee are: S tu d en t Body President Phil M c K e n n a , S t u d e n t B o d y V ice-President F red D edrick, A fro-A m erican Society President A r t h u r M a c F a r la n d , a n d R e s e a r c h and D evelopm ent C o m m i s s i o n e r J o h n Zimmerman. The tw o graduate

th e subcom m ittee F o ltz and John

stu d en ts on a re Dave Q uenneville.

Dr. C arney o u tlined th e th reem a j o r o b j e c t iv e s o f th es u b c o m m i t t e e . F i r s t , th ecom m ittee will try to iden tify p rob lem s in the s tu d en t affairs area. T hey plan to discuss issues w hich are relevant to stu d en t affairs. S econd , the com m ittee will co llect in fo rm atio n w hich deals w ith th e sub ject being d i s c u s s e d . F i n a l l y , th ec o m m i t t e e w i l l m a k e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s to th ele g i s l a t i v e b o d ie s o f theuniversity .

S tu d e n t m em bers o f th ec o m m itte e presen ted various areas o f stu d en t affairs w hich th ey felt should be discussed by t h e c o m m i t t e e in c lu d in g cu rricu lum reform w hich was discussed by th e com m ittee yeste rday . The bulk o f the discussion was carried on by the s t u d e n t m e m b e r s o f thecom m ittee who presented the

c a p s u le conclusions o f theC urricu lum R eform C om m ittee .

T he general consensus o f the g roup was th a t m ost s tu d en ts are dissatisfied w ith th e p resen t s e t u p . H o w e v e r , t h e s u b c o m m i t t e e m a d e n o reco m m en d atio n s since it was m e r e ly in ten d ed as a get a cqua in ted m eeting.

A t the n ex t m eeting , w hich will be held in January before finals, th e com m ittee will discuss co-education at N o tre Dame. H a ll l i f e a n d b lack -w h ite re la tions will be the tw o top ics discussed at the M arch and May m eetings respectively.

Dr. C arney explained th a t the subcom m ittee will discuss one subject per each day-long session w hich will last from eight to nine hours.

T h e fu tu re m eetings will follow th e sam e p rocedu re o f having a closed session follow ed by an open session and a q u es tio n and answ er session. T he

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Senate last night and ad m itted in tm (juee(j a t a prior m eeting by th a t an acceptable so lu tion fo r F r Hesburgh was th en b rough t th e Society had no t been tQ the floor -phe reso lu tion reached. _ con ta ined the provisions th a t the

T h ra sh e r sta ted th a t the Senate should accep t th e F orum tw e lv e -m a n C om m ittee had ^ p roposed by H esburgh, and

Senate should ’s opera tion

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Sophom ore merger okayedby A nn C onw ay

Last night at a m eeting in C arro ll Hall, th e new ly form ed com bined assem bly o f th e N otre D am e, St. M ary’s Sophom ore C lasses voted to ra tify a new c o n s t i t u t i o n . T h is m o v e com pleted th e m erger o f th e tw o classes begun in S ep tem ber.

T h e v o te to ra tify th e d o c u m e n t , 3 6 -3 w i th 7 a b s e n t a t i o n s , c a m e a f t e r d iscussion was com pleted on a r a t i o n a l e f o r th e m erger p resen ted by Greg S tepic, an assem bly m em ber.

S tep ic sta ted th a t “ the new C o n stitu tio n says no th ing . Class governm en t has done no th ing in past years fo r th e class o r s tu d en t governm en t as a w hole. We ow e a reason w hy we exist to o u r class and to th e un iversity .”

A ccording to S tep ic ’s ra tionale , the m erger can only be justified by a tw o-fold argum ent: “ one, t h a t th e m em bers o f the A ssem bly feel there is no o rgan ization on cam pus capable o f r e a c h in g th e individual s tu d en t, and tw o , th a t every m em ber should have an equal o p p o r tu n i ty to express his op in ions in regard to issues w hich affec t his daily life.”

D iscussion on th e proposed ra tionale cen te red on th e actual need to merge th e tw o classes and th e benefit each class w ould a tta in th rough merging. The m o tion to pass the ra tionale was defeated 24-8 a fte r it was b r o u g h t o u t t h a t t h e C o n stitu tio n itself con ta ined the goals o f th e m erger and thus it i was n o t necessary to p resen t the

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C o n stitu tio n , th e qu estio n o f the necessity o f a ra tiona le fo r a m erger was b rough t up again and was again defeated due to a lack o f 2 /3 m ajo rity . Susan W ay, SM C s o p h o m o r e P residen t, abstained sta ting th a t “ T his m erger is an experim en t. I f we h it people w ith princip les, ideals, and ra tionales, it w on’t w ork. T hey need som eth ing concrete o r som ething w hich proves o f service to th em to show them th e success o f th e ex p erim en t.”

Joe S tankus, ND Sophom ore Presiden t, disagreed w ith Susan, and voted fo r th e rationale sta ting , “ 1 feel we need to show th e class th a t we are going in som e d irec tion . We need a goal, and th a t’s w hat th e ra tionale was

- a sta tem en t o f o u r goals.” A n o ther questio n b rough t up

a fte r th e ra tifica tio n was the question o f th e finances o f the i m e r g e d c la s s . D is c u s s io n

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Pres. Joe Stankuscentered on th e understand ing o f the St. M ary’s rep resen tatives as to the disposal o f th e $900 p resen tly in th e treasu ry . One St. M ary’s rep resen ta tive asked to be allow ed to change her vote fo r th e C o n stitu tio n stating th a t ■’th e girls she rep resen ted would, n e v e r have agreed to the C on stitu tio n if they had know n th a t th e $900 w ould go in to a com bined treasury fo r th e use o f b o th N otre Dam e and St. M ary’s. A vote was taken o n th e m i s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f th e T reasury issue at w hich tim e tw o m em bers changed th e ir vo tes fo r

th e c o n stitu tio n changing the original vo te from 38-3 w ith 5 ab sten tions to 37-3 w ith 7 absten tions.

S tankus, w ho voted against t h e r a t i f i c a t i o n o f th e C on stitu tio n as rep resen ta tive o f H oly Cross H all, s ta ted th a t “ Personally I am com plete ly fo r th e m erger. This exp e rim en t will w ork . T he reason w hy it is lagging a t p resen t is th a t it is caught on teachn ica lities w hich w e re alleviated at to n ig h t’s m eeting and should ru n m ore sm ooth ly w ith th e ra tifica tio n of th e C o n s titu tio n .”

Veteran's Day mar(D P I)—A m ericans observed

V eterans Day yesterday w ith tra ­d itional cerem onies honoring the n a tio n ’s war dead and coast to coast show s o f suppo rt fo r Presi­d en t N ixon ’s policies to end the war in V ietnam .

M em bers o f w hat th e Presi­den t has called “ th e great silent m ajo rity ” w orked to tu rn an o ften ignored na tiona l holiday in to a massive public d em o n stra ­tion o f fa ith in how the govern­m en t is handling peace efforts .

T housands o f A m ericans tu rn ­ed o u t for parades and cerem on­ies, drove cars w ith headlights tu rned on and flew th e flag in fro n t o f th e ir hom es and busi­nesses.

T he accent o n su p p o rt o f th e n a tio n ’s 1969 fighting m en and1 th e governm en t’s policies in V ietnam was heightened by an ti­war d em o n s tra to rs’ plans for a new round o f “ M oratorium D ay” activ ities in W ashington and across the co u n try la te r th is w eek.

N ixon and his w ife, P at, spen t an h o u r chatting and jok ing w ith pa tien ts a t the local V eterans A dm in istra tion hosp ita l, and a p residential w reath was laid at the T om b o f th e U nknow ns at A rlington.

The P residen t visited th e veterans hosp ita l because, as he had said earlier, he w anted to “ let them know th a t the nation has n o t fo rg o tten th e ir service and sacrifices.”

Expression o f U nity

“ T he u n ity th a t has alw ays been th e bedrock o f Am erica needs expression to d ay m ore th an at any tim e in th e past

c e n tu ry ,” said D onald E. John-i son, ad m in is tra to r o f veterans affairs, before a full crow d o f 3 ,0 0 0 persons waving tiny A m erican flags at th e A rlington C em etery am ph ithea tre .

O pponen ts o f N ixon ’s V iet­nam peace p lan , Johnson said, “ w ould have o thers th ink th a t they alone understand and abho r the suffering and savagery o f war. T hey do an in justice to A m erica s 40 m illion veterans, living and dead .”

F reedom Rally At th e W ashington M onu­

m en t, site o f a p lanned mass rally o f an tiw ar d em o n s tra to rs on S a tu rday , several th o u san d s m ore to o k part in a “ freedom rally fo r freedom in V ietnam and in all th e w orld .”

Rep. Jo h n B uchanan , R -A la ., said he was convinced th a t N ixon’s policy w ould succeed and added: “ B oth th e streng th and the v irtue o f th e Saigon regim e have been g reatly u nder­estim ated by its critics.”

Subcommittee's first session marked by quiet discussion

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intervals betw een the m eetings will allow th e m em bers to consider th e nex t subject to be discussed.

A fter th e rep o rt on the m eeting, th e session was th row n open fo r questions, w hich were lim ited to issues surrounding academ ic refo rm , con tra ry to the previous repo rts th a t ques­tions w ould be to ta lly open in natu re .

T he first question concerned th e possible overlapping o f the responsib ility o f th e S tu d en t Life C ouncil’s ju risd ic tio n w ith th a t o f th e S tu d en t A ffair’s Sub­com m ittee . Dr. C arney replied th a t th e sub co m m ittee ’s role was no t th a t o f decision m aking bu t ra th er o f subm itting recom ­m endations to th e B oard o f Trustees. H ence, th e re w ou ld be no conflic t be tw een th e SLC and the subcom m ittee .

N ex t, th e question concerning the over—em phasis on small is­sues such as parie ta l hou rs was b rough t up . T he questioner asked w hy th e parieta l hours issue was never fo rg o tten and m ore far reaching questions con ­sidered. Dr. C arney replied th a t his subcom m ittee never con­sidered th e parie ta l hou rs ques­tion .

He said th a t th e subcom m it­tee w ould consider on ly those issues w hich th e s tuden ts con ­s id e r im portan t. M cKenna added , “T he w orst th ing we can

do is to get hung up on an issue like parieta l ho u rs .”

The pow er o f th e subcom m it­tee and its reco m m en d atio n s was questioned by on s tu d en t. Dr. C arney re ite ra ted th a t his sub­co m m ittee ’s ro le w ould be ad ­visory, th ough th e ro le w ould be an in fluen tail one.

Speaking privileges was th e n ex t o rd e r o f business. C arney said th a t the co m m ittee ’s size was deliberately lim ited to fo u r­teen peop le , b u t th a t anyone w ho had any in fo rm atio n w hich m ight c o n tr ib u te to th e subcom ­m ittee ’s m aking a m ere ra tional decision w ould be dem anded to appear before th e subcom m ittee and speak.

T he subcom m ittee will act as th e B oard o f T ru stee ’s screening c o m m i t t e e a s w e l l a s r e c o m m e n d in g c o m m i t t e e , according to C arney. Speakers will have to subm it position papers before the ir speeches so th a t the m em bers will have m ore know ledge o f the subject to be discussed.Dr. C arney felt th a t since all

o f th e m em bers are in te rested in w orking on th e subcom m ittee , th ey could play a significant part in un iversity affairs. He also felt th a t having fo u r s tu d en ts on the S tu d en t A ffairs com m ittee is p r e f e r a b l e t o having fo u r s tu d en ts sit on th e B oard o f T rustees.

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N o action planned against orderly GE protestby Mark Walbran

T he d em o n stra tio n against the G eneral E lectric C om pany’s interview s staged yesterday o u t­side th e N otre Dame P lacem ent B ureau was a small bu t o rderly p ro test. The p icketers at m ost once num bered 25, bu t usually only eight to ten p ro teste rs were ou ts ide the bureau at one tim e.

“ In th is co u n try there have been very few s tuden ts involved w ith th e w orkers’ cause,” said C huck L eone, acting C hairm an o f th e C oalition fo r Political A ction (C .P.A .) w hich spear­headed th e p ro test.

L eone hoped th a t th e

picketing w ould shed light on the university ’s re la tionsh ip w ith its ow n w orkers. He said th a t th e ir a ttem p ts to unionize had proved fu tile .

T he p icketers d is tribu ted lit­e ra tu re explaining the ir alliance w ith G .E. w orkers. A no ther m im eographed leaflet they handed o u t listed G .E .’s trans­gressions against laborers.

L eone said th a t the G .E. re­p r e s e n ta t i v e s an d ab o u t tw o —th ird s o f th e s tu d en ts picked up their in fo rm ation .

Jo h n M clnerney , a senior in A erospace E ngineering w ho was

interv iew ed by th e G .E . rep ­resen tatives, said th a t the de­m o n stra to rs w ere free to p ro test bu t th a t “ th e w hole th ing was bu ilt up o u t o f p ro p o r tio n .” M clnerney added th a t there was no th ing unusual ab o u t a com ­pany going on strike w hen con ­trac ts were up fo r renew al. He said th a t he d o u b ted if the people strik ing were starving w ith th e wages they now receive.

Fr. Jam es R iehle, Dean o f S tu d en ts , said th a t th e p icketing was n o t registered w ith him. This is in v io lation o f the U niver­sity ru le w hich requires th a t all

students picket GE recruiters in Administration building yesterday.

Moon voyagers ready to go FridayCAPE KENNEDY (U P I ) -

A pollo 12’s astro n au ts eased o ff their rigorous training schedule yesterday and go t a go ahead from w eatherm en fo r the ir F ri­day b lasto ff to the m oon. Miss­ion com m ander C harles “ P e te”

C onrad , R ichard F. G ordon and Alan L. Bean spen t m uch o f th e day relaxing in the ir quarte rs and reviewing flight p lans for their jo u rn ey . The space fliers were con fiden t they are ready for the risky ten day mission.

“ We’ve been ready to go fo r a long tim e ,” G ordon said recen tly .

“ I th ink w e’re well enough tra ined . If the hardw are holds to g e th e r and we d o n ’t have too m any problem s, 1 th ink w e’ll be able to do the jo b .”

At the oceanside launch pad w here the 36 sto ry com bination of the S aturn 5 ro ck e t and the

spacecraft was poised in its ser­vice tow er, ground crew s had a 16 h o u r rest period before ac ti­vating th e spacecraft fuel cell ba tte ries early to d ay , a critical

step in pre-launch preparations.

C onrad , Bean and G ordon are scheduled to b lasto ff a t 11:22 a.m . EST F riday on A m erica’s second m oon landing m ission, w hich C onrad calls “ th e opener o f the n ex t g enera tion .” ■

W eatherm en forecast satisfac­to ry cond itions a t launch tim e despite a cold fro n t expected to move th rough cen tra l F lorida T hursday . T he p red ic tion is for partly c loudy skies, m oderate n o rtherly w inds and a tem pera­

tu re or a round 60 degrees.

M ission p lans call fo r th e as­tro n au ts to o rb it th e ea rth once a fte r b lastoff, and during their second o rb it to fire th e S a tu rn ’s th ird stage engine a second tim e to p u t them on course to th e m oon.

C onrad , the 39 year old veter­an o f tw o G em ini spaceflights, and Bean—th e youngest o f the tr io at 3 7 -s h o u ld land on the m oon in th e m iddle o f the night, at 1 :53 a.m . EST Nov. 19, fo r a 32 h o u r stay th a t will include tw o walks on th e lunar surface.

T hey head hom e Nov. 21 fo r a splashdow n in the Pacific O cean Nov. 24.

Mental Health Association Meeting7:45 PM 123 Nieuland

Thursday, Nov. 13, 1969A ll m em bers please com e. We will discuss Mardi Gras,

Christm as Drive and o th e r fu tu re plans.

dem o n s tra tio n s be registered w ith th e D ean’s office. He did

n o t know w hether any ac tion w ould be taken against the d em onstra to rs , how ever.

R iehle said th a t the d em o n ­stra tio n v/as “ n o t a big thing and no th ing to get excited a b o u t.” He added th a t it had no t been disruptive.

Mr. A rth u r N. Pears, D irector o f S ecurity , said y este rday th a t he had no com m ent on the dem o n stra tio n . “ As far as I can see,” he said, th ey a ren ’tjbo ther-

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T he p icketers began the d em o n s tra tio n y esterday m orn ­ing at eight o ’clock. L eone said th e d em o n s tra tio n w ould co n ­tin u e un til fo u r o ’clock in the a fte rn o o n .

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THE OBSEAn In d ep en d en t S tuden t N ew spaper

DONALD C. HOLLIDAY, Publisher GAETANO DR SAPIQ, EditorNOTRE DAME. INDIANA_______FOUNDED NOVEMBER 3. 1966

D r a f t l a wThree Notre Dame lawyers have written a bill that would amend the current draft law

so that a person could obtain conscientious objector status on the basis o f moral objections to a particular war. Under the present draft law, a person can obtain the C O. classification only if he is opposed to all war, and if his pacifism is based on his religious beliefs.

The present law, we believe, ignores a great many men who are not total pacifists or are not members o f a particular religion, bu t do object to a particular war on the grounds that they believe it to be unjust, and who base their objections on moral arguments not connected to a particular religion.

In short, we believe it to be imperative that the government respect the individual’s right not to kill, n h's conscience considers the tc b- v uu t and ir:m oral. Theconscience o f the atheistic humanist must be protected under the law just as is the conscience o f the M ennonite or the Quaker.

Presently, the selective conscientious objector has no legal protection under the draft law. He may voice his moral objection by tearing up his draft card risking prison and social ostracism, he may leave the country, he may perjure himself by claiming a religious foundation to his objection, he may hope to hide his moral objection by joining the ranks of those who hold educational or occupational deferments, or he may violate his conscience ancfparticipate in the war that he has judged unjust. None o f these alternatives

■allow for the honest expression o f the nature o f his objection. _The legal provisions that now protect the individual consciences of some m ust be

extended to include all conscientious objectors, so that those who object to a war will not be forced to circumvent or violate the law in order to follow the dictates o f their conscience.

All thinking persons have the obligation to judge the morality of a war that tiieir country participates in. Those called upon to fight the war have a special duty to decide.As Thoreau said, “we cannot turn our consciences over to the legislators.” The Church has said in Schema XII1 o f the Vatican Council that all Catholics must determine that a war is just before participating in it. By “ju st” the Council members said that the war must be based on the proper authority o f the state, the war must have a just cause, and the means o f waging the war must be proportionate to the cause. To fight in a war that a Catholic conscientiously considers unjust is in violation o f conscience and therefore immoral.

Most o f the European nations, including Germany, have had selective conscientious objector laws for some time. In America, many and various religious groups, including the American Catholic Bishops, have called for a selective C O. law.

The Observer supports the action on the part of Professors William Lewers, Thomas Schaeffer, and Charles McCarthy, to give protection to the right of the individual to exert and express his conscience by amending the present draft law to include selective conscientious objectors. ^ ^C o n s p i r a c y S e v e n

The prosecution is planning to end its arguments against the Conspiracy Eight (Minus One) late this week or early next week. The defense, despite the fact that Mayor Daley will be one o f the first witnesses called, may be anti-climactic.

Bobby Seale has had a mistrial declared after being convicted o f 16 charges of contem pt and has been sentenced to four years in prison. Judge Julius Hoffman apparently tired being called a “ racist” and a “ pig” by Seale.

The force o f Seale’s comm ents could have been softened however if Hoffman had allowed Seale’s request to defend himself in the absence of his lawyer, who is recuperating from an operation. Seale repeatedly declared that William Kunstler, the chief defense lawyer for the other seven defendants, did not represent him. Kunstler agreed. Hoffman blindly refused to recognize the fact.

When Seale tried to cross-examine witnesses in his own defense, Hoffman had Seale restrained. At one point in the trial Hoffman had Seale bound and gagged.

The net result is that Seale will now be represented by his own lawyer at a new trial in , April, which is exactly what Seale asked for in the first place.

It might be said that Judge Hoffman is guilty only of bad judgem ent. But this is exactly the thing that the defendants are seeking. The tactics they are employing in the courtroom are essentially the same as those tha t sparked their arrests. They seek to engender sympathy for their cause by making the government and those who administer its policies look foolish.

The sad thing is that the government has not yet learned to apprecicate this fact. The Walker Report criticized Mayor Daley for being inflexible in his handling of the convention dem onstrations. It also criticized the police for overreacting to provocations, such as those of which the defendants are accused, and being part of a police riot.

This week, the Nixon Adm inistration has been dickering over the details fo the M oratorium dem onstration just as Mayor Daley did in 1968. And incredibly, Deputy A ttorney General Richard Kleindienst one of the chief negotiators, admits that he hasn’t even read the Walker report.

We are amazed that supposedly intelligent people could miss the significance of these tactics and over react to the point where their policies become inconsistent with the tenets o f the justice and fair play that their positions should symbolize.

We are also amazed that the Judicial process, which is supposed to be a model o f integrity and neutrality, could be bullied into mistakes. Some people content that the results o f the trial will most likely be overturned and an appeal granted. All because of the lack of foresight and intransigence o f a 74-year old judge.

We hope the Justice Departm ent and all government officials will strive to be flexible when dealing with those members o f society th a t are alienated from our current structures. If no t they will continue to look foolish in the eyes of the world and will only serve to further alienate those people who oppose current governmental and judicial procedures.

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It has been a little over tw o m on ths since 1 en tered these hallow ed and sacred halls. I can still rem em ber my first glimpse o f th e G olden D om e, th e ivy covered walls, and the U niversity itself. I was excited beyond words.

F rom the m om en t I sen t in m y app lica tion I lived fo r N otre D am e. I had heard th a t this school was a gatew ay fo r quality ed uca tion , fo r trem endous fo o t­ball gam es, b u t, first and fo re ­m ost, fo r th e ty p e o f s tu d en t w ho cam e here. T hey were quality m en - alive and d y n a ­mic. T hey w ere m en in terested in their ow n advancem ent as a person, a hum an invididual; and also th a t o f o thers. T hey were friend ly , easy to ta lk to , and_ alw ays eager to help you . The)

carried w ith them an “ e lec trify ­ing sp irit” th a t charged anyone w ho cam e in co n tac t w ith them . A nd I w anted desperately to becom e one o f them . B ut, now , a f te r being here fo r aw hile, the cu rta ins o f d isillusionm ent are draw ing aside. I am to ld o f a P roblem - racism .

This p rob lem is being echoed in m y hall, in m y classes, in

th e S enate, and in th e verbal o u tb u rs ts o f m any fellow ND studen ts . A t first, I naively asked: W hat is the p roblem ? How did it start? b u t m ore im p o rtan tly , Why is it here on m y cam pus? T he answ ers are

slow in com ing, and to th e unexperienced F reshm en , are very hard to c o m p re h e n d , if n o t to ta lly am biguous. We com e

here n o t to forget W atts, H ar­lem , and rio ts; b u t to show th a t th ey do n o t have to exist here.. M aybe we expected to o m uch?

My a tte n tio n was b rough t to the P roblem in tially by my S tu d en t Body P residen t. R ead­ing The Observer, it q u o ted him as saying th a t he fe lt he was unable to rep resen t th e W hite com m un ity and the Black com m un ity b o th . I was then inform ed o f th e so-called, “ un­

ju s t” Black S tudies Program w hich has n o t, as y e t, sta rted .

A nd th a t the A dm in istra tion has repeated ly failed to recognize the Black co m m u n ity . Also I found o u t th a t th ere was a special o rien ta tio n fo r th e Black N otre Dam e F reshm en , and a hall w hich housed th e Black co m m un ity . I again asked, “ W hy?” only to receive th e s te reo typed answ er: because o f the P roblem . I t was also ru m o r­ed th a t there was to be a Black A rts Festival fo r only th e m em bers o f this com m un ity w ho happened to be B lack. A nd finally th is situ a tio n has been b rough t to a clim ax w ith the recen t controversy concern ing th e A fro-A m erican society . A fter voting n o t to a llocate a certain sum o f m oney , the ir p residen t b lasted the Senate as being unfa ir — and tu rn ed a m oneta ry issue in to one o f a racial issue. And lastly a com ­m ittee was in s tru c ted to review th e ir case, n o t ju s t in the light o f m oney , b u t th e “ w ho le” P rob ­lem.

It is here 1 am forced to take pen in hand and renounce th is nauseating and repulsive idea of a P roblem . Black com m unities. W hite com m unities . I cam e to t lis school to be a p a r t o f the N otre D am e co m m un ity . A com m un ity m ade o f people — n o t segm ents o f colored skin. I did n o t bring th is P roblem here w ith me. I never accep ted it, n o r do I w ant to now : I will never be divided am ong people. I call on m y fellow F reshm en to re­nounce th is P roblem w hich is being jam m ed dow n o u r th roa ts . A nd I also ask th e P residen ts o f th is s tu d en t body and the A fro-A m erican society and all o th e r P roblem “ m akers” to keep th e ir P rob lem , and leave us unprejud iced and unfam iliar F reshm en to form ing th e real N otre Dam e co m m u n ity . A nd I earnestly ask , and seek , all o thers in te rested in supporting th e “G olden D om e” im age to re jec t th e P roblem . A nd th en we can prove th is is one com m un ity — th e m en o f N o tre D am e.

Steve Jeselnick209 Breen-Phillips

David Breen, Business Manager Timothy J. Dineen Ad. Mgr.News Editor: Glen Corso A sso c ia te E d itors: Cl i f f

Wintrode, Ann Conway, Laura Haferd, Jeanne Sweeney Layout Editor: Mary BethCrimmonsPhoto Editor: Phil Bosco

Features Editor: Dave Stauffer SMC News Editor: Prudence Wear

Sports Editor: Mike Pavlin Night Editor: Cliff Wintrode Layout Design: Marty Tieber Headlines: Rich Smith, Phil SchatzLayout: ■ Charlie Myers, Marilyn Becker, Mary Ellen Burke

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1969 THE OBSERVER. PAGE 5

Life, love, and litter at the restaurant

Contemplation of resignation1 feel like I’m w alking up a dow n

escalator occupied by every N otre Dame s tu d en t w ho has set fo o t in L aF o rtu n e ’s S tu d en t C enter. R esignations seem to be the th ing this year, and as a result o f the latest round o f good-byes a t th e Observer o ffice , I find m yself —m oted (there has b een considerable discussion as to w hether pro- o r de- is th e p roper prefix here) to a position w hich everyone bu t m yself realized involved to o m uch w ork to handle. «

As is true w ith everyone else w ho starts op tim istically in to som eth ing new , I have great designs in m ind and on paper w hich, if nu rtu red in to rea lity , will un d o u b ted ly send lie follow ing th e fo o ts tep s o f Tom E hrbar (rem em ber?) to New Y ork and the glories he has described as a w inner o f the Pulitzer.

F o rtu n a te ly , the publisher g ran ted me tw o free days th is week befo re I was forced last night to begin w ork in earnest. T o d ay ’s lead is a review o f one o f the m ore w orthw hile movies to be screened at a S ou th Bend th ea tre th is year. The au th o r , Ken Walsh, never did actually vo lun teer to w rite the review. He ju s t seem s to know w hat h e ’s doing in his reviews w ritten for English courses, so it was only natu ra l th a t th e new ly nam ed fea tu res ed ito r, searching fo r m ateria l to fill a page, w ould tu rn to the person sitting nex t to him in th e th ea tre and say “ Write a review .”

Also appearing to d ay is a preview of F rid ay ’s perform ance o f Louisville’s West End Players. T he w ork involved in bringing th is tro u p e to N otre Dame began w ith a le tte r sent by R ich Rossie in F ebruary o f last school year. A lthough the ac to rs are no t professionals and are all o f high school age, th e ir previous perform ances across the M idwest have been greeted w ith very favorable notices.

If no th ing else, the articles upcom ing on the fea tu res page at least prom ise v a r i e ty . M arily n Becker, erstw hile percep tion ist o f th e E hrbarian Era, has

show th a t life in th e “ C hurch in the W ood” is n o t all th a t heavenly, m ainly because it is still inhab ited by hum ans. These hum ans have th e sam e qualities th a t have m ade all u top ias im possible, and m ost “ loving com m un ities” : passion and possession, and an inab ility to face life as it is, as po rtray ed by Shelly.

C om m unal living m ay w ork o u t, bu t it do esn ’t look like com m unal loving will, even if y o u ’re all b ro th e rs and sisters living in a church . IT ’s still so m eb o d y ’s church , if yo u read it th a t w ay, and you can read it th a t way o r find y o u r ow n book .

E veryone’s moving, b u t no o n e ’s getting any place, from th e co un try to th e city and back again. T hey tak e th e rem ains o f a feast in to th e city to be d um ped , and bring back th e rem ains o f a friend , neatly packaged in his ow n,perpetual garbage can. T hey m ove on m oto rcycles and horses, in m icro-buses and flow er cars, and although they run over d iffe ren t roads and courses, th ey all end in fro n t o f a ju d g e’s stand.

We m eet Alice and R ay a t the de-sacrilization cerem ony o f an oldchurch and w hen we leave them , it is at the end o f the ir w edding cerem ony. This w as an incongruous “ personal- es tab lishm en t” scene in w hich theyresacrilize th e building th ey had soeagerly w aited to be secularized. What d ifference is there if it is consecrated by an in s titu tio n , o r a group o f people w ho w ant to m ake it som ething special?It’s still a circle.

Arlo chooses n o t to jo in th e “ church- circle” , bu t he and his “ ch ick” are still going on th e ir ow n jo u rn e y , try ing to find their ow n “ th ing .” Here there were a few

Arlo’s chick, Ray and Alice mug it in front o f their ex-church.

superfluous scenes, such as Arlo and girl beside the fu rnace , m using on fleeting quality and purpose o f life. At least the scene was sho rt, and if tak en w ith a little salt, sw eet. T his p o in t was well made w hen Arlo visited his fa th e r fo r the last tim e and said, “ Now th a t I ’m n o t doing w hat I ’m supposed to be doing, I’d b e tte r find o u t w hat I w ant, and i t ’s liable to tak e me a w hile.” D oesn’t it fo r all o f us?

Arlo was A rlo, choosing his ow n jo u rn ey s and circles, and th a t m ade the film , in its coolness, funniness, sadness, and relevance. It was his s to ry , he played it, and to ld it well. I advise seeing it and com paring y o u r s to ry , no t in any sense of a co n tes t, bu t fo r w hat it m ay be w orth to you.

In W hite America...

prom ised to co n tinue co n trib u tio n s on life a t St. M ary’s. Sue B ury, th e liberated w om an, will officially en te r the life o f fea tu res w ith a look at N otre D am e’s co-ex cheerleading corps.

Pat C lin ton has robbed the m ail and com e up w ith a leng thy le tte r w ritten by John Y urko to F rank Z appa, fo rm erly of th e M others o f Inven tion . This in teresting lam ent over a new album will appear soon. C lin ton him self m en tioned tha t several long aw aited discs have recen tly been released and are in need o f review by those ir the know , although I ’m still anx ious to hear som ething on the latest creation o f th e Led Z eppelin . Also in the field o f m usic, review o f Mick Jagger and Co. in Chicago should appear n ex t week.

Mark W albran, w ho was qu ie tly sto len from G len C orso ’s new s s ta ff last w eek, will provide his im pressions o f the D C. m orato rium activities, if he doesn ’t decide to stay there . A sa p re-m orato rium offering L arry O verlan will re-exam ine o u r P res iden t’s N ovem ber 3 speech on V ietnam .

F riday will see the re appearance of N otre D aipe’s m an w ith a m ission, Tom E hrbar. Because we are able to p rin t Jim M urray o f Los Angeles o n th e sports page, clearance has also been obtained to cable in th e n ro found th ough ts of E hrbar from New Y ork.

In sum , reviews, preview s and hum or, the m ainstays o f th e fea tu res, will rem ain.1 hope also to add serious com m ent by know ledgeable people in ju s t ab o u t every area im aginable. The best thing ab o u t a fea tu res page is th a t it excludes only cu rren t rep o rted news, editorials, and sports. So if you have a p a rticu la r area o f in terest w hich dem ands the exp lo ra to ry ta len ts o f yourse lf o r som eone else, call, w rite , o r run to the Observer o ffice and let som eone know ab o u t it.

—Dave Stauffer Features Editor

by Dan Shaw

Friday N ovem ber 14, a t 9 :0 0 p.m . in W ashington Hall, th e West Side Players will p resent In White A m erica , a tw o-act play w ritten by M artin D uberm an. The p lay itse lf is a d o cu m en ta ry reviewing the black h istorical experience from slavery days to th e presen t. Billed as a s o c io - d r a m a , th e perfo rm ance will a tte m p t to convey the hum an em otion w hich is an integral part o f th e black ev o lu tion /revo lu tion h is to ry .

T he West Side Players them selves were fo rm ed in May 1967 on th e w est side o f Louisville, K en tucky . T he key organizers w ere a pair o f V ista V o lun teers, C arroll J. S chem pp and R ichard D. W albridge. T heir e ffo rts were aim ecf at offering the y o u th o f th e area a new m ode o f activ ity and a m eans o f creating o r stim ulating an in terest in the a rts w here o p p o rtu n itie s w ere scarce. It was also hoped th a t the o rg an iza tio n w ould provide creative m in d s w ith a chance to express th e m se lv e s and to gain leadership experience.

T he trend o f past plays has been to present existing social problem s to the audience in a m anner th a t will be b o th m e a n in g fu l and realistic. Producing

realism and sp o n tan e ity , how ever, has hard ly posed a p rob lem , as the players have had first hand experience in the co nd itions and s itu a tio n s th ey portray . Previous perfo rm ances have dealt w ith rat in fe s ta tio n , racial s te reo typ ing , and the d i f f i c u l t i e s co n fro n tin g those w ho a tte m p t to establish o rgan izations aimed a t a ffecting change.

Dave K rashna o f the S tuden ts Against Racism , w ho are co-sponsoring th e event in co n junc tion w ith th e A fro-A m erican S o c i e t y , a n d th e S tu d en t U nion A cadem ic C om m ission, sees th e dram a as a c o n tin u a tio n o f th e e ffo rt o f black p e o p le to show w hites th e ir life experience , to have w hites “ re a d ” them . A lthough in them selves th ey canno t solve p rob lem s, K rashna sees them as a means o f ge tting w hites to get rid o f their hang ups ab o u t blacks.

T hose w ho had a chance to see The B lack E xperiencce in Song a t SMC last m o n th can tell yo u th a t there is m uch reading to do . H ow ever, judg ing by the perfo rm ance o f th e Believers in The Black E xperience, th e feeling and em otion p o rtrayed can n o t be carried second hand. S tu d en t adm ission to th is event is $ 1.00. In W hite A m erica should provide at least a do lla r’s w o rth o f reading.

by ICen Walsh

You can get ju s t ab o u t any th ing you w ant from A lic e ’s R estaurant in th e way o f satire, tragedy , sex w ith and w ithou t love, and som e action and m usic-on the side. But you are alm ost certa in to leave it w ith the know ledge y o u ’ve seen and had a good tim e. A rlo’s arrest scene and his d raft induc tion escapade are tw o of th e funniest b its o f film I have seen in a long tim e. A rlo’s “ to lerative-cool” in his dealings w ith B arney F ife o f S tockbridge was a perfect a ttitu d e . He to lera ted the en tire farcical situa tion as he shot ou t one-liners, breaking up the audience, along w ith his m atter-of-fact relation of the w hole scene, especially O bie’s re­moval o f th e seat o f his cell’s to ile t stoo l to prevent A rlo’s suicide (over littering?

Com e on, O bie!)T he d ra ft induc tion scene was pain­

fully fu nny , especially a fte r yeste rd ay ’s to u ch foo tball gam e. In th is episode o f o u r hero ’s jou rneys, he exudes a “ confused-cool.” He doesn ’t know w hich line to fall in to , bu t he know s they w ant him a t W hitehall S tree t and th e y ’ll keep him there un til th e y ’re done w ith him. Why sw eat it?Let them group him w here they Want.

There are to o m any high po in ts in these scenes to single o u t m any o f them because they are on such high com ic p lateaus. These scenes are accom panied by sm aller b ites, m any one-liners, and a few one and tw o digitals th a t 'k e e p the laugl level high.

But all uppers com e w ith the ir own dow ners. The film is honest enough to

PAGE 6 7HE OBSERVER WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1969

Letters to the EditorWolfe’s taste

This is in response to Chris W olfe ’s co lum n o f N o vem b er 5. Dear C hris

R ecen tly I read y o u r colum n w ith g rea t in te rest. I t ’s tru e w e’ve been on d iffe ren t sides in th e past, politically speaking, bu t th a t did n o t in itself cause me to th in k particu larly low o f you . T his la test lite rary effo rt changes things how ever. Y ou speak o f ob jective tru th . . . did yo u ever hear o f taste?

I realize th a t N o tre Dame is a C atho lic In s titu tio n , w here C h r i s t i a n co n sc ien ce reigns suprem e. N evertheless, there are those few o f us w ho do no t agree w ith the p recep ts o f the R om an C hurch . We see som e things in a d iffe ren t light. We do

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C hristian co lum nist per m inute a n d lo o k in g th r o u g h th e O b s e r v e r , there i§ a BIG ONE.

GE strikeE dito r:

In regards to a le tte r concern ­ing th e end to G eneral E lec tric ’s recru iting on cam pus due to th e p resen t strike , it seem s to me th a t such n o tew o rth ies as Phil M cK enna et. al. have tired o f Dow C hem ical, th e CIA, and California grapes. In fighting th e ir “ never ending b a ttle fo r tru th , ju s tice , and th e A m erican w ay ,” they fail to see w hat happens if GE is replaced by N orth V ietnam and th e strikers by th e U .S.A. This rep lacem en t, as I see it, gives a fairly good p ic tu re o f th e presen t V ietnam situ a tio n . Now th e ir line o f reasoning w ould tend to m ake N orth V ietnam th e “ bad guys.” But, w ait a m inu te , th ey say th e U.S. is waging an un just war against the people o f N orth V ietnam . T here c o u ld n ’t be a c o n trad ic tio n , could there?

Bill M uno130 F isher

Fed-up-to-the-neckE ditor:

Speaking as a single, fed-up- t o - th e - n e c k - w ith-this-nonsense s tu d en t, I w ould like to dem and th e resignations o f S tu d en t Body P residen t M cK enna and S tu d en t B ody V ice-President D edrick , e f­fective im m ediately . I have sat by w hile they have insu lted Senators (s tu d en t, as well as

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If I w ere to perfo rm a to ta l d issection o f this beast, I w ould be w riting to th e end o f th is m o n th . Instead , I’ll m erely p o in t o u t a few item s.

Item : W hat m akes you so sure, Phil and F red , th a t the U n ion ’s dem ands are ju s t? Isn’t it possible th a t G E ’s m anage­m en t sim ply can ’t keep the p lan ts opera ting a t a p ro fit if the dem ands o f th e u n ion are m et? If a p lan t isn ’t p ro fitab le , th en it m ust be closed dow n. (G E doesn ’t have F r. H esburgh and th e A dm in istra tion to pick up th e ir defic it!) If th e p lan t closes dow n, th en w here will th e em ­ployees find a new job?

Item : W hat do yo u m ean , Phil and Fred. w hen you say th a t the w orkers have no say in their ow n fu tu re? Isn’t th a t defined as being able to m ake a choice? A ren ’t t.iey m aking a choice by dem anding h igher pay , m ore fringe benefits and less w ork and refusing to w ork unless these dem ands are m et? And sh o u ld n ’t o th e r people be allow ed to m ake their choice, if they th ink th a t th e presen t ra tes are good?

Item : By refusing to allow g raduating engineers, research scientists , acco u n tan ts , industria l re la tions s tu d en ts , e tc ., th e right to decide fo r them selves w hether o r n o t th ey wish to see a re­cru ite r from G eneral E lectric, a ren ’t you se tting yourse lf up as a little tin Fuhrer?

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Bloodless religionE dito r:

In reply to yo u r ed ito ria l o f N ovem ber 3, in w hich I am repo rted to have spoken of “ tearing N ixon d o w n ,” and o f “ tak ing over W ashington if W ashington con tinues to oppress th e T hird W orld,” le t me say th a t I believe I have been m isquo ted . I do n o t speak from no tes , b u t it is alw ays my p ractice to refer to th e P resident as Mr. N ixon.

I agree w ho lehearted ly w ith y o u r ed ito ria l w riter in th a t we should a tta ck issues and no t people. I agree w ith C hrist, to o , a lthough I th in k it was a la ter co m m en ta to r w ho m ade the d is tin c tio n ab o u t hating the sin and loving th e sinner.

Q uite seriously, I was hea rten ­ed by th e sensitivity to the values o f nonviolence ev iden t at N otre D am e, and by your ed ito ria l, (and by Tim M acC arry’s ob itu a ry o f B ro ther David Darst on th e sam e page). But I feel I m ust rem ind you th a t nonviolence is n o t m erely a w eapon o f “ n ice” peop le , no t m erely a “ w itness,” an echo o f a b loodless religion.

I spoke o f th e N ovem ber M obilization in W ashington as a legal, peaceful and nonvio len t ac tio n , po in ting o u t, by th e w ay, th a t these term s are n o t syn o n y ­m ous. This will reach you a fte r the even t, b u t yo u m ay be sure th a t the organizers o f th e March will do all they can to keep it th a t w ay, as they have prom ised. I did n o t speak o f tearing anyone dow n. B ut it is clear th a t Mr. N ixon is follow ing the same p a th th a t led Mr. Johnson back to ranching. I did fantasize a bit ab o u t w hat m ight happen in

W ashington in th e spring or sum m er if Mr. N ixon does n o t change his w ar policy drastica lly . I was th ink ing back to th e A ssem bly o f U nrepresen ted Peoples in W ashington A ugust 9, 1965, w hen in a com plete ly

nonv io len t ac tion 15 ,000 o f us m arched tow ard the C apito l w ith the announced in ten tio n o f getting as close as possible to it i in o rd e r to hold a co u n te r “ congress” o f th e un rep resen ted people o f th is co u n try and of th e T hird W orld, in o r near th e place w here decisions are m ade w hich vitally a ffec t th e ir lives, and w here th ey have very little o r no rep resen ta tion . I f such an ac tion could be m o u n ted n ex t year, w ith far larger num bers and w ith th e sam e o r g reater degree o f d e te rm in a tio n , and m ost im p o rtan t, if th a t dem o n ­stra tio n could be carried o u t as a nonvio len t d em o n s tra tio n , it w ould have a very pow erfu l effec t. T he prob lem is, are we m atu re enough to escalate the seriousness o f nonv io len t p ro te s t in such a m anner? I do n o t know .

T hose o f us w ho espouse nonviolence, n o t m erely as an exped ien t tac tic , b u t as a philo­sophy and a w ay o f life, m ust sum m on th e im agination and the courage to increase o u r level o f m ilitancy and o u r w illingness to pay th e price. O therw ise we will surely leave th e developing struggle, w hich we have helped to generate , to those w ho d o n o t share ou r co m m itm en t o t the in teg rity o f th e person , people w ho do p u t ideology o r “ causes before p eo p le .” If th a t should happen , w ho w ould be to blam e bu t those w ho J a i le d to show th a t the b e tte r w ay really is b e tte r?

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channel to call fo r a tem porary suspension o f all m eetings. B ut, my reasons arc very d iffe ren t from theirs.

It seems to me th a t the fault o f no t being able to effectively o pera te as represen tatives o f s tu d en t op in ion is due prim arily to ou r in co m p eten t leaders. These girls are in co m p eten t because they do no t know how to tru ly represen t the ir fellow stu d en ts and because they lim it the ir legislation to only those ideas w hich will em barass th e adm in is tra tion . It is obvious to me th a t the S tuden t “ R epresen tatives’’ have done no th ing o f construc tive w orth this year, and th is lack o f any real reason fo r S tu d en t A ffairs is th e ir ow n fault.

T he typ ical represen tatives o f o u r S tu d en t G overnm en t at SMC do no t know w hat the s tu d en t th inks because she does no t know how to ob ta in th is know ledge. O ur rep resen tatives are under the im pression th a t if they pick a night and a particu lar half h ou r, they can call one o f their halls m eetings and , voila, the s tu d en ts will tu rn on the ir m inds fo r this ha lf h o u r and let th e rep resen tative know exactly w hat she th inks o f s tu d en t governm ent and w hat she w ants s tu d en t governm ent to do.

Why can ’t these represen tatives learn th a t as effective represen tatives o f the s tuden ts , th ey should learn w hat they th in k by listening to them . This listening should be perpe tua l. The represen tative should know her co n stitu en ts well enough and have talked w ith tth em enough, to in te rp re t the ir op in ions and know w hat they w ant. T he rep resen ta tive’s co n tac t w ith her fellow s tu d en t in class, social situa tions, in num erous o th e r w ays should be an effective guide to w hat the s tu d en t is th ink ing . If ou r represen tatives were co m p e ten t they w ould strive to know their fellow s tuden ts seven days a week instead o f a half h o u r on one particu lar night o f th e week.

T he nex t fau lt o f ou r represen tatives is th a t they do n o t know how to propose constructive legislation. T he SMC s tu d en t assem bly is a very good exam ple. Led on by o u r Vice P resident, the assem bly does no t know how to do any th ing b u t th ink up legislation w hich will serve to em barass the adm in is tra tion . Now th a t all o f the rules o f ou r governm ent have been com pletely changed, there are obviously no m ore rules to change. T herefo re the legislature, at ai loss because their m inds can n o t func tion if they are n o t arguing ab o u t changing rules, leave the proposal o f legislation up to o u r Vice President. The prob lem w ith th is is th a t o u r Vice P resident does no t tru ly represen t the studen ts . She does no t realize th a t we m ight be pleased w ith the s itua tion a t SMC and do no t w ant co -hab ita tion or drugs on this cam pus. F o r exam ple, w hat could be m ore constructive or ea rth shaking tnan her new est piece o f legislation to allow , d rinking on cam pus fo r girls tw en ty -one years o f age. T his really is

relevant to the needs o f o u r s tu d en t body and to the changing cam pus situa tion around the w orld . W hat ab o u t constructive th ink ing along the lines o f scholarships to bring in m ore diversity at SMC, o r w orking for o ff cam pus housing, o r any th ing w hich will

p rom ote the w elfare o f SMC. 1 canno t blam e th e adm in is tra tion for delaying m ost o f o u r legislation, because m ost o f it is w orthless anyw ay.

1 also, as a regular at the stu d en t assem bly m eetings, w ould also like to say tha t I d o u b t if you represen tatives w ould know how to

propose legislation even if you did have an idea. Also w hen yo u do try and do som ething significant, it is never an original idea, bu t a copy o f w hat ou r friends across the road have done. F o r exam ple -when you were arguing w hat kind o f sta tem en t you w ould m ake on th e m orato rium , the only ideas w hich cam e from o u r legislators were, why not w rite a s ta tem en t like C olum bia’s, o r w hy n o t one

like th a t o f the ND theology m ajors? The fru stra ting part o f it is th a t y o u r s ta tem en t was so com pletely m eaningless it was laughable. If you ju s t tried to sit back and observe you r m eetings w hich usually get no th ing accom plished excep t learn abou t a couple o f “ o f the

reco rd” goodies, you w ould realize th a t half o f th e fau lt o f our s tu d en t governm ent lies m ainly in yo u r inep t lapses.

I therefore canno t see w hat bad effects yo u r suspension will have on o u r school, because as things exist now you are doing no th ing w orth the s tu d en ts ’ “ su p p o rt, o r in te re s t.” If I am w rong in my views, it is because I am m isinform ed and if th is is so, th is is again y o u r fau lt, because it is y o u r jo b to in form me as to w hat you are doing.

Law - Business Program scheduled

M ini-schools w hich abandon th e conventional space and tim e boundaries o f m ost in s titu tio n s can help m ake education m ore relevan t, a school p lanner from Philadelphia to ld th e conference on “ New Lives fo r Existing E ducational F acilities” at the U niversity o f N otre Dame yes­terday .

Dr. G len I. E arthm an , a m em ­ber o f the School Planning D epartm en t o f th e School Dis­tr ic t o f Philadelphia, spoke on “ Schools W ithout Walls” to over 150 industrialists, a rch itec ts and school ad m in is tra to rs a ttend ing th e conference in N o tre D am e’s C on tinu ing E duca tion C enter.

E arthm an , describing th e ex­p e rim en ta l program offically called “ C om m unity E xperience Schoo l” called the new p ro jec t a “ m arriage betw een th e school and th e co m m u n ity .” T he m ini­school has no form al building at all, he exp la ined , and has aban ­doned th e trad itio n a l “ school yea r,” and “ school d ay .” S tu ­den ts learn all year, full tim e — by exploring resources available in th e w orld ab o u t them — th e com m unity .

The first m ini-school m et in F eb ruary o f 1969 w hen 140 s tuden ts ga thered in an ab an d o n ­ed office in d o w n tow n Philadel­phia. T heir academ ic curriculum consisted o f th ree parts:# in stitu ­tiona l offerings, basic skills offerings and electives, E a rth ­m an said.

E x a m p le s o f in s titu tio n a l o fferings include a biology class taugh t by one o f th e cu ra to rs in the M useum o f N atural Science and an a rt class in th e Philadel­phia A rt M useum , he explained .

Basic skills o f reading, w riting and m athem atics are taugh t by certified teachers w ho provide bo th rem edial and advanced m aterial. E lectives may be staff- taught o r in s titu tio n a l courses— o f w hich there are over 100— or m ay be individual study p ro je c ts , service w ith com ­m u n i ty ag en c ies , o r w ork experience gained w ith a coop ­erating business.

T he s tu d en ts rep resen t a w ide range o f abilities and e thn ic groups, E arthm an said, since th ey are selected by lo tte ry from applican ts. In ad d itio n to u rban ­i t e s , th e school has som e stu d en ts from suburban and parochial schools.

While Philadelphia offers a p e c u l i a r l y r i c h r a n g e o f m useum s, h isto rical m onum ents , businesses and governm ent agen­cies to enrich th e educa tion o f

A new N otre Dame com bina­t i o n L aw -B u s in ess Program scheduled to begin nex t S ep tem ­ber has been jo in tly announced by Deans William B. Lawless o f the School o f Law and T hom as T. M urphy o f th e College of Business A dm in istra tion .

T he com bination program , fou r years in length and post- b a c c a la u ra te , leads to tw o degrees: m aster o f businessadm in is tra tion , aw arded at the end o f the th ird year, and the d o c to r o f ju risp rudence , aw ard­ed a t the end o f th e fo u r th year.

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young lives, E arthm an stressed th a t any co m m un ity can serve as a labo ra to ry fo r learning. The im p o rtan t fac to r, he said, is th a t th e com m un ity expands the life-space o f th e s tu d en t by rem oving him from crow ded classroom s and enhances his capacity to learn from exper­ience by o ffering him in te rac tion w ith o th e r people and w ith his im m ediate env ironm ent.

A lthough E arthm an no ted th a t it is to o early to evaluate the m ini-school program , he ad d ­

ed that prelim inary sam ples have show n th a t m ost s tu d en ts are en th u siastic ab o u t th e program , calling it highly relevant. Many said th e y w ould be d ropou ts from any o th e r in s titu tio n .

E arth m an also no ted th a t no teachers have asked fo r transfers from th e school, and no studen ts have d ropped o u t. In fac t, tw o g raduates asked to re tu rn for “ p ost-g radua te” w ork . Phila­delphia now has th ree operating co m m u n ity experience schools.

Lavin: Patriotism is not dead

presses support of countryLove fo r th e natu ra l beau ty o f

th e land and respect fo r the abstrac t values o f liberty and law , freedom and d u ty com bine to fo rm th e essential quality o f pa trio tism . Col. John Lavin, p ro ­

c e s s o r o f m ilitary science a t the ’ University o f N otre Dame yes- te id ay to ld an audience o f vet­erans’ g roup at th e S ou th Bend C ity Hall.

Lavin, speaking in observance o f V eterans’ D ay, stressed th a t pa trio tism is n o t m erely frenzied bursts o f em o tio n , b u t a steady ded ica tion to o n e ’s co u n try in tim es o f peace as well as in tim es o f war.

In honoring th e fighting m en w ho have defended A m erica fo r alm ost 200 years, th e head o f N otre D am e’s A rm y ROTC p ro ­gram stressed th a t “ o u r d u ty - b o th to th em and to o u r co u n try - is to h o n o r th a t perfo rm ance in k ind : by securing th e fu tu re o f ou r p ro sp e rity .”

He urged young people to fulfill th a t d u ty o u t o f p a tr io t­ism and in respect to r trad itio n o f m ilitary service th a t is a fu n ­dam ental responsib ility o f c iti­zenship. “ If we lack the courage to stand firm fo r o u r beliefs, o r if we lack beliefs we are d e te r­m ined to u p h o ld , th en we do no t deserve th e heritage w hich is ours, and are u n w o rth y o f the sacrifices ou r veterans have m ade fo r u s ,” he stressed.

H ow ever, Lavin does no t be­lieve to d a y ’s so ld ier lacks such courage o r conv ic tion . “ No sold­ier in h is to ry has been given a m ore com prehensive and exac t­ing m ission than th e A m erican so ld ier o f to d a y ,” he said. “ By his resourcefu lness, versatility and courage he con tinues to re flec t th e heritage o f 194 years o f service - a heritage th a t grows b righ ter each y ea r.”

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PI TAU SIGM A, national en ­gineering h o n o r fra te rn ity , has chosen five seniors and seven ju n io rs fo r in d u c tio n in to N otre D am e’s Sigma Beta chap te r. The fra te rn ity , w hich recognizes su­perio r scholarship and exem ­plary charac te r am ong M echanic­al E ngineers, has selected seniors D ennis F . D ucate , E dw ard J. F itzp a tr ick , Jo h n N elson, John F. P aro lin , and R o b ert A. Posival and ju n io rs S teven W. C ouch, Louis R. M arkovich, T hom as A. M artin , Jam es A. M atas, John L. M cKelvey, William R. M oran, and Jo seph A. U tz.

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China Night called political activityD e a r Fellow Taiw aness (F o rm osan ) studen ts:

As you m ay already have seen on the poster on cam pus, there will be a so-called “ C hina N ight” on Nov. 14-16, 1969.

At a glance it looks like a Chinese s tu d en t affair, b u t if you w ould like to spend a little b it o f tim e to th ink ab o u t it and com pare it w ith th e experience w hich you have had u nder the iron rule o f th e one p arty to ta lita rian Chain Kai-shek governm ent in T aiw an, yo u will see th a t it is a po litica l activ ity p ro m o ted by th e paw ns o f th e d ic ta to r under th e b eau tifu l nam e o f C hinese cu ltu re , e th ical ties, and even anti-com m unism .

Past patriotic support

Why does “ China N igh t” have to m atch its schedule w ith th e activ ities at S t. M a r y ’s C o llege? T he H istory D epartm en t o f St. M ary’s has scheduled a ta lk “ Chinese revo lu tion o f 1911” given by a Chinese a t “ C hina N ight.” Will the d epartm en t invite a Taiw anese scholar from the Ivy League to ta lk? The lec tu re given at “ C hina N igh t” is a sub ject good to refresh th e m inds o f the overseas Chinese o f th e ir past p a trio tic su p p o rt o f the revo lu tion led by Dr. Sun Y et-shen and ask a new genera tion o f overseas Chinese and even th e A m erican public to su ppo rt Chiang K ai-shek’s dream to be an em peror o f China in the nam e o f th e successor o f Dr. Sun.

“ Chiang dynasty”

It is n o t a secret in T aiw an w ho th e “ Crown P rince” o f th e “ Chiang d y n a s ty ” is. Chiang Ching-K o, th e elder son o f Chiang Kai-shek is a fo u r sta r general and defense m in ister in co n tro l o f all in te lli­gence agencies in T aiw an. R ecen tly he was p ro m o ted by his fa th e r to vice- m im i i i i i i iM i i in im i im im im i i i i i

prem ier w aiting in th e event o f his fa th e r’s dea th to take over the govern­m ent.

“ Chiang D y n asty ” in Taiw an is bene­ficial fo r his royal fo llow ers and it is also very cooperative and conven ien t fo r those w ho are n o t going to question C hiang’s d ic ta to rsh ip such as m issionaries, foreign m inisters, and tou rists from abroad .

T he East Asian R esearch In s titu te is n o t affilia ted w ith any college in th e U.S. W hat ty p e o f research are they doing? Y ou can guess from th e fact th a t a t th e sam e address there is a sm all publishing com pany selling th e d ire c to r’s books and the sam e line o f books w ritten by o thers such as friends o f the late p residen t Diem o f S ou th V ietnam . It is possible th a t th e E ast Asian R esearch In s titu te has no bona fide researchers a t all. It m ight be the k ind o f private fo u n d a tio n and in s titu tio n w hich the U.S. Congress is try ing to stop from abusing th e taxpayers m oney.

Political activityWhile “ C hina N ight” here a t St. M ary’s

and N otre Dam e is financially suppo rted and blessed by b o th the Chinese Em bassy in W ashington, D C. and the Chinese C onsulate G eneral in Chicago, every Taiw anese s tu d en t a t Kansas S tate U ni­versity received a le tte r from th e Chinese C onsulate G eneral p roh ib iting them from perfo rm ing a program in th e in te rna tiona l week as Taiw anese. The counsular dares to risk th e v io lation o f freedom o f ex ­pression guaran teed by the first am m end- m en t to th e U.S. C o n stitu tio n . This gives y o u clear evidence w hy “ C hina N igh t” is a political activ ity .

F u rth e rm o re , an advisor to th e “ China N ight” program is a “ life-tim e” general assem bly w om an o f the Chiang Kai-shek regim e elec ted in m ainland C hina in 1946. She does n o t have co n stitu en ts and has lived here in S ou th Bend fo r m ore

th an a decade. She was given free trip s to T aiw an every “ P residential e lec tio n ” in T aiw an at th e expense o f the Taiw anese tax m oney to cast a vote in an elec tion w ith o u t a choice since Chiang Kai-shek is th e on ly one on the ballo t. This is the so-called “ free e lec tio n ” and “ dem o­cracy” in T aiw an today .

Propaganda filmsIt is n o t necessary to say th a t you will

be lucky if you are n o t forced to see som e k ind o f “ d o cum en tary F ilm ” before a movie o r cu ltu ra l show a t “ China N ight.” T he film is usually o ffered by the agency o f the “ Chiang D y n asty ” free of charge. I t has no th ing to do w ith China. It is a propaganda film to mislead the A m erican public in to th ink ing th a t Tai­w an is “ free ,” “ d em o cra tic ,” and “ eco­nom ically so u n d ” co n tra ry to w hat is happening in Taiw an.

Taiwanese rights

F e l lo w Taiw anese, som e Chinese beyond th e Taiw an S trait are chanting th a t th ey are determ ined to liberate us from ty ran y . A n o th e r group o f Chinese on o u r island are also shou ting th a t th ey are ou r legitim ate m asters. C an’t we handle our ow n affairs? Seeking self- de te rm in a tio n tow ard independence from tw o such claim s is no longer a m a tte r o f sim ple politics. This is a severe struggle fo r o u r basic rights as hum an beings. You can ’t sit and w ait to see som e o f our fellow s tak ing th e w hole 16ad. O ur silence m ight be construed as accep tance o f the dem and o f th e tw o sects. T hen how can we as individuals aid this struggle? Clearly iden tify ourselves as Taiw anese and con ­vey the true facts and asp irations to ou r A m erican classm ates and friends. It is ex trem ely necessary th a t we are careful n o t to associate w ith any Chinese organi­za tion because our presence m ight be

taken by th e paw ns o f the Chiang regime fo r propaganda to the ir advantage.

W ith a firm stand o f o u r convictions and a p roud h o n o r to be Taiw anese, friendship m ight be m ain tained w ith som e Chinese. But there is no excuse fo r re trea t from o u r convictions w hen you are challanged in public by the prejudiced Chinese. Y ou can tell yo u r friends th a t Taiw an is an assignee! te rrito ry by in te r­national law. A ccording to the San F ran ­cisco Peace T reaty and th e S ino-Japanses T reaty o f Aug. 5, 1952, Japan renounced all rights and title as well as claim to Taiw an. H owever, th e final title to T ai­wan still rem ains unsettled offic ia lly . But n o b o d y can deny th a t T aiw an is de fac to an independen t co u n try w hich belongs to all Taiw anese. T aiw an is the genuine o b stru c tio n to th e estab lishm en t o f d ip lo ­m atic re la tions betw een W ashington and Peking.

Cost o f freedom

It is true th a t th e cost o f freedom is alw ays high. Y ou m ay be w orried ab o u t the safety and p ro p e rty o f y o u r fam ily back in Taiw an and even y o u r ow n. However, o u r sm all e ffo rt w hich we are a lready to s ta rt will rew ard th e necessary price you have paid . As R ichard N ixon said in his policy s ta tem en t on Nov. 3, 1969, “ Everyth ing is negotiab le b u t the right to se lf-determ ination by the people o f Sou th V ie tnam .” It is th e U.S. policy applied to all the people in the world especially in T aiw an and S ou theas t Asia. It is u n tru e to ou rself n o t to fight fo r th e se lf-determ ination in T aiw an. Let us do it today! B oyco tt “ C hina N igh t” activities and the “ Chinese S tu d en t A ssociations.”

Sincerely yours,T.C. & M.W.P S. Please w ithho ld m y real nam e bu t

p rin t those fo u r initials fo r th e safe ty o f m y fam ily in Taiw an. T hank you.

Widespread activities planned for China Dayi n

T h e one-hundred m em ber Chinese S tu d en ts A ssociation of Saint M ary’s College and the University o f N o tre D am e has p lanned w idespread academ ic, cu ltu ral, and m usical activities fo r N ovem ber 14, 15, and 16, 1969, called C hina D ay. The en tire event, an enlarged version o f a sim ilar fu n c tio n , China N ight, s ta rted on a single evening in F eb ruary , 1967, is dedica ted to the observance o f Saint M ary’s 125 th A nniversary and to p rom o te cu ltu ra l exchange.

The in itia l event in th e th ree- day ce leb ra tion , will be a free lecture on Chinese h is to ry w hich will be p resen ted as a p art o f the Saint M ary’s College H istory De­p a rtm e n t’s “ F reedom and A u­th o rity Series” . T his m eeting , to be held a t 4 :3 0 p .m . on F riday , N ovem ber 14, in C arroll Hall o f Madeleva M em orial Building on the SMC cam pus, will featu re Dr. S tephen C. Y. Pan, d irec to r o f the East Asian R esearch Insti­tu te . Dr. P an ’s top ic will be “T he Chinese R evolu tion o f 1911.” Also on F riday , a show ­ing o f th e C hinese classical movie, Firebulls, and a d o cu ­m en tary film on C hina have been scheduled fo r 7 :3 0 p.m . in the N otre Dam e E ngineering A ud ito rium . T here will be an adm ission charge o f $ 1.00 for th is perfo rm ance.

O n S a tu rday , N ovem ber 15, f r o m 7 :0 0 - 8 :3 0 p .m . in O ’Laughlin A ud ito rium on the SMC C am pus, the Chinese S tu ­dents A ssociation has scheduled a cu ltu ra l perfo rm ance fea turing Chinese fo lk dances, songs, music, and poetry .

While the trad itio n a l Lion D a n c e w hich is perfo rm ed th ro u g h o u t C hina to celebrate

th e New Y ear will be th e finale o f th e show , the ribbon and D rinking D ances should- prove unusual enough to be o f in terest to th e audience.

In th e form er, Alice Kung o f P urdue will keep long co lorfu l silk ribbons tw irling while per­fo rm ing a trad itio n a l Chinese dance. She will also perform the D rinking D ance in w hich tw o sm all Chinese w ine cups are held betw een the first th ree fingers o f each hand and m ade to p roduce a castenet-like effec t as she skips lightly across th e stage.

Music will be provided m ostly by g raduate s tu d en ts from N otre D am e. A m ong the selections will be harm onica solos by C hen Cheng-jean o f the Physics De­p a rtm en t and a series o f fo lk songs sung by a group o f seven­teen . These tunes will have them es stressing love and the beau ty o f na tu re .

F acu lty rep resen ta tio n will be p rovided by Professor V ic to r Nee o f th e E ngineering D epart­m en t w ho will p lay the violin accom panied on the p iano and cello by G inger and Eugene Yang, children o f Professor Yang.

The lite rary aspect will n o t be fo rge tten as Dr. Jo h n Kiang o f S o u th Bend will d em onstra te tw o kinds o f Chinese p oe try w hich, w hen rec ited , p roduce a unique sing-song effec t. The w ords o f the poem s will be w ritten in huge b rushstrokes on paper w hich will be draped over an easel on th e stage.

T w o o th e r parts o f the p ro ­gram are a fashion show of con tem porary and trad itiona l Chinese dresses m odeled by seven Chinese girls and an over­seas program featuring s tuden ts

o f Chinese ancestry from m any d iffe ren t lands.

In co n ju n c tio n w ith th e vari­ous o th e r activities p lanned for the w eekend will be an a rt exh i­b ition featuring Chinese pain ting and hand icrafts. These item s will be on view in the Saint M ary’s S tu d en t cen te r Coffee House on S atu rday , N ovem ber 15, 9 :00 a.m . to 7 :0 0 p.m . and Sunday N ovem ber 16, 9 :0 0 a.m . to 5 :00 p.m .

Paintings will be th e m ost num erous w ith 80 selections in ­

c lu d in g so m e anc ien t and au th en tic originals.

O ther pieces o f a rt include opera m asks, lan terns, sta tues and bam boo plates. Publications on exh ib it will fea tu re a co llec t­ion o f Chinese C hristm as cards, a calendar, and postage stam ps.

Perhaps th e m ost unusual divi­sion o f the A rt E xh ib it will be a classification o f 27 em broidered articles such as pillow s, tab le ­c lo ths, and c lo th ing o f various sorts.

All events o f C hina Day will

be open to th e pub lic and, w ith th e ex cep tio n o f the Chinese m ovie, they will be free of charge.

D istinguished guests will be M ayors A llen and P ricke tt, to p - ranking facu lty and adm in is tra ­tive s ta ff m em bers o f b o th com ­m unities, th e B oards o f T rustees o f each in s titu tio n , and the rep ­resentatives o f the Chinese Em ­bassy in W ashington, D.C. and th e C o n s u la t e - G e n e r a l in Chicago.

Senate approvesIco n tin u ed fro m page 1)

p u rp o s e o f de term in ing its im p lem en ta tion fo r 1970-71.

T he financial considerations o f th e F o ru m revolved around i t s g en e ra l accep tance , th e one-year lim it fo r approval, and th e p rocedure fo r selecting m em bers to sit o n th e F orum .

B reen-Phillips S enato r Tim Feeley p roposed an am endm ent th a t w ould delete the year trial basis for approval o f th e Forum .

S e n a to r s speaking against F eeley ’s am endm ent observed th a t the in itiative taken by a s tu d e n t in applying fo r a position on the F o rum proved a positive a tt itu d e tow ards its fu n c tio n . F eeley ’s am endm ent vas th en defeated by a vote of 24-14.

O p p o n e n t s to th e main m otion o f th e ad o p tio n o f the r e s o l u t i o n o r d e r e d t h e i r disapproval o n th e p o in t th a t the s tu d en ts will receive no tangible benefits from the F orum . Since H esburgh affirm ed th a t there w ould be no legislative pow er in the F o rum , several Senators m ain tained th a t th e s tuden ts w o u ld g a in n o th in g from

stu d y in g general, am orphous p ro b lem s o f th e U niversity vis-a-vis society .

P roponen ts o f the F o rum coun te red th a t the prim ary good o f th e p ro p o s a l was the o p p o r t u n i t y f o r d i r e c t c o m m u n ic a tio n betw een the s tuden ts and th e adm inistrative, organs o f th e U niversity . In ad d itio n , som e S enators h in ted th a t th e F o rum w ould be the first step tow ards a U niversity Senate.

A fter leng thy debate o n the m otives and benefits fo r the Forum , th e Senate accep ted the S t u d e n t A ffa irs C om m ittee r e c o m m e n d a t i o n f o r t h e U niversity F o rum by a vote of 27-13.

S BP Phil M cK enna then a p p o i n t e d a S c r e e n i n g C om m ittee for the pu rpose of in t e r v i e w in g a n d selecting

studen ts to sit on the F orum . Ed M cC artin , C hairm an o f the C o m m i t t e e , said th a t any underg raduate m ay apply in w riting to th e Secretary o f t'.e i Senate. N om inations will be accep ted un til T uesday , Nov. 18th at 5 :0 0 P.M ., and the nom inees will th en be con tac ted by th e Screening C om m ittee .

In m inor business, M cK enna gave his Executive R epo rt o n the recen t a p p o in tm en ts to th e Jud icial Board and on the d i s c u s s i o n c o n d u c t e d a t yeste rd ay ’s m eeting o f the Board o f T rustees.

M cK enna opened the floo r to debate on the p rocedure for c o n d u c t i n g t h e im m in e n t F reshm an Class e lections. The S e n a t e v o ted to au thorize im m ediate F reshm an elec tions and ap p o in ted a com m ittee to organize e lec tion procedure .