oil field near "Bakersfield,
California has reserves
estimated in the billions
of barrels. The idea of
this reserve is to insure
that the navy will have
adequate supplies of oil
in the event of a national
emergency. This oil is a
national trust owned by
us all. Nixon and his
fuel Craz John Love are
now looking to give it a
way to private companies.
The old economic law was
that if a company couldn't
do its job it would go out
of business and a new com
pany that could handle it
would replace them. This ,
system that Mr. Nixon has
forgotten about is called ]
Capitalism. It is easy to ,
get the message. If you
do your job efficiently
and supply your customers'
needs, you get profits.
If you do the job badly,
don't meet your customers'
needs, you get tax dollars.
Penn Central and Lockheed
move over; this is too
good a deal to pass up.
Nixon is a big de
fender of capitalism and
national defense; why would
he give away the Navy's
precious fuel reserves.
The answer lies in the de
sign of our present polit
ical system. Watergate
has caused much discussion
of public financing of
political campaigns. Today
we have only private sour
ces of funds available to
people seeking office. A
large wealth industry can
afford to devote millions
of dollars to politics.
They also have the resour
ces to lobby contress to
make their views known on
certain issues. The oil
THE GUILFORDIAN
, crisis illustrates the i
problem with this. The
problem is not really sup- 1
ply but distribution. The
big interest groups can i
make their needs known but
the small retailer and the i
consumer at large are left i
without effective spokes
men.
On the national level,
in response to a student's
proposal the lettuce boy
cott in the cafeteria was
initiated. Next week two
students are going to speak
to the Senate about what
we might do concerning the
EDITOR NOTE; : This article
was completed on Monday,
too early to include re
marks on Nixon's latest
speech.
SENATE LETTER
you spend it.
The Senate is a legis
lative body. It was not
■ too many years ago (about
a handful) that dormitory
visitation was limited to
a scant few hours on the
weekends and violators
were prosecuted! No beer,
wine, ethyl, or any other
form of alcohol was per
mitted on campus. Young
ladies were only allowed
to smoke cigarettes in
specified areas (dark
closets), girls were pro
hibited from wearing slacks
on campus unless they were
on Their way off campus,
and they weren't allowed
off campus unless they
were properly chaperoned.
The list of rules and regs
which have fallen by the
wayside is longer but I
think this sample gives
an idea of the reforms
which the Student Gov'ts
of the past have been in-
volved in bringing about.
At the present there is a
vacuum of legislative
proposals. Even the peren
nial "Dorm Slef-regulations
issue (i.e. each
dorm decides for itself
what its visitation hours
should be —like big boys
and girls) not been
raised.
In the realm of academia,
the Senate is in the pro
cess of revising a Teacher
Evaluation Booklet which
was compiled last year.
This v.olume, when completed
will give the responses of
a l as f " year's student body on
36 items concerning pro
fessors' exams, lectures,
and fairness in each of his
courses.
Other Senate business
now going on and/or on
the way include: the for
mation of a Cafeteria Food
Committee which is working
on the quality of our food
—got any suggestions? The
Dana Scholarship Committee
is going to be questioned
about the criterion upon
which they make their a
wards. The possibility of
a student recruitment by
students for cash will be
discussed at our next
meeting. In response to
Faculty's Statement on
Drugs, the Senate is going
to prepare a Students' Views
on the matter.
If you have any questions
about anything mentioned
in this article, or any
problems you would like the
Senate to consider, CONTACT
YOUR SENATE REPRESENTATIVE
and/or come to Senate you
self.
Communally yours,
Bob Forman