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Sweetheart Contest Entries for the Duke Sweetheart Contest will be .ccepted at the PiKA House until 6 p.m. tonight. Float entries for the Beat Dook Parade are also being accepted at PiKA until 6. Volume 77, Number 55 Mack Speaks Here Maynard Mack, noted professor of English at Yale University, will give a lecture entitled "Shakespeare's 'Antony and CleopartraV Thursday night. 8:00 p.m., in 111 Murphy Hall. AM ! 111! I 77 Years of Editorial Freedom CHAPEL HILL. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1969 Founded February 23, 1S93 Unionization Election Is Friday (Higsiomlless 9 OEM - Ot 1 f fj Xa r 1 it CYCy ni v 1 f IB JL By AL THOMAS DTH Staff writer A union offical charged SAGA Food Service with lack of compassion for its employees and serving bad food as both union and SAGA officials began maneuvering Tuesday for Friday's union election. Jim Pierce, regional director for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME), said during a workers' "unity" meeting Tuesday that he hopes SAGA will eventually leave the campus. Officials of SAGA, the firm contracted by the Universtiy to provide the food service on campus, held their own unity meeting at the same time union officials and leaders of the cafeteria workers' strike were having theirs. Both sides had agreed Monday to hold a secret election Friday among the workers on the question of unionization; The election will be supervised by the N. C. Department of Labor and will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m. Friday. The rules of the election prohibit campaigning on the question of unionization 24 hours prior to the election. SAGA'S meeting included employees who were not participating in the strike which began Nov. 7 . The meeting was behind closed doors. Kenneth (Ted) Young, manager of SAGA here, commented on the meeting: "We expressed gratitude for the work they (those not striking) had done. We also explained about the posting of the election notice . . . . " The union and workers' meeting was held ' in open session at the Roberson Community Center with Pierce charging, "I think SAGA plans to do everything it can to bust you (the workers) up, to divide you. "There is no way you can lose this," he continued, "unless you yourselves give up. Pierce continued that the "real fight" begins after the union election. "We're not talking about 20 pickets or so after the election (One of the agreements of Friday's election is that pickets will be limited to five at each of the four entrances to Lenior and Chase Dining Halls," Pierce said. "What we are talking about is having 500, 5,000 or 50,000 pickets out there." Pierce said pressure will be increased on SAGA until a settlement is reached or, which he said he preferred, SAGA leaves. James Lee, black activist and director of training for The Foundation of Community Development in Durham, told the . workers, numbering approximately 85 at the meeting, "Uncle Bob (Gov. Bob Scott) is watching. Uncle Bob wants you to lose because he knows if you win then he'll have to fight the same battle . . . wherever black people are being paid slave wages." The Faculty Council's mediation panel, which has taken on the mediating role in this Worders dispute, was not expected to hold further meetings until after the election. Union officials claimed last week over 75 per cent of the striking workers had signed union cards. Young's only comment on the election was "I thing it will be very interesting." Approximately 250 of SAGA's 275 non-management employees began the strike 12 days ago demanding unionization, job classification and the rehiring of six employees allegedly fired for pro-union activities. The workers' demands also include a raise of base pay for full-time employees from $1.80 to S2.25 an hour with head cooks paid $4 an hour. SAGA officials have claimed labor costs here to be 90 per cent , above their national average and maintained that the firings were not because workers were involved in pro-union activity. The strike shut down four of the campuses six eating places with Lenoir and Chase, the two main dining halls remaining open. SAGA officials say their business is down approximately 30 per cent. r i ID). nib Board Stud les DTH Coverage By BILL MILLER DTH Staff Writer The Student Publications Board met in special session Wednesday, Nov. 12, and discussed what could be done to make the Daily Tar Heel an adequate line of communications on campus, according to board member David Wynne. Present at the meeting held in the office of the Dean of Student Affairs CO. Cathey were Dean of Men James O. Cansler, Assistant to the Chancellor Claiborn Jones, Mrs. Frances Sparrow and two unidentified professors. The meeting was reportedly called by Cathey through letters to the members of the Publications Board. ge Gra d mates Admitted To RCF By SHARON HAGIE DTH Staff Writer The admittance of the Craige Graduate Center Council (CGCC) as a third body under the Residence College was a major step taken at the joint meeting of the AWS and MRC Executive Councils Monday night. Under two series of RCF constitutional amendments, the CGCC is now a complete body consisting of a president, vice president, treasurer and elected representatives. Formerly, graduate students were represented in the RCF only through the AWS and MRC, which now are undergraduate bodies. A second major step was the acceptance of a constitutional amendment extending to MRC Executive Council membership to house presidents, ratjier than residence college governors. In other action, the AWS and MRC accepted an amendment under which the chairmen of these bodies may name representatives to serve as co-chairmen of the RCF Executive Board. Under the previous system, election to the AWS or MRC chairmanship automatically entailed acceptance of the RCF position. The group also accepted a resolution urging that only transfer students and freshman men and women be required to live in University housing, foi the first 15 credit hours earned here. This was offered as an alternative to a resolution extending apartment privileges to junior women and allowing sophomore men to retain these privileges. The adopted resolution, which will be presented to the Residential Life Committee headed by Dr. John Schoerenberg, provides that fraternity and sorority houses be considered as university housing. Transfer pledges would therfore be allowed to move out of dormitories during their first semester here. During an AWS meeting following the joint session, questionnaires for junior transfer women were distributed to house presidents. These will help determine the AWS stand on the admission of women as freshman rather than as junior students. The group also considered at length proposed changes to the new AWS constitution, which will be brought before the group for ratification on Monday night, Nov. 24. Wynne reported the discussion centered around the history of the DTH, its past editors, comments about the four-letter words used in publication, distribution of the issues to individual locations and the possibility of the School of Journalism having a minor hand in the election procedure of the editor or the Publications Board appointing him. "Surprisingly enough," Wynne stated, "funding was not discussed. Wynne summed the discussion with "the students were opposed ..to faculty-administration intervention and the administration was upset with the four-letter words and what they termed 'shoddy' journalism." The administration reportedly suggested a new composition for the publications board, composed presently of faculty and students. The students did look favorably, he stated, on the board having more power over the student newspaper, an idea discussed at some length at the meeting. "They would like a little control, not over the editorial page," he explained, "but over the news coverage." Wynne offered as an example a bill reportedly under current consideration by Student Legislature to establish equal space in the DTH for all candidates in a campus election. Another student at the meeting, who requested anonymity, stated the discussion was primarily centered around three areas, partiality in editorial writing and cartoons, distribution and news coverage. When questioned about the meeting, Cathey had no comment. He said he did meet with the board, but he had no authority to make "recommendations" to them. Cansler, terming the meeting a "meaningful discussion," stated it started with his report that several students had come to him to ask what could be done about the "slanted" DTH. He said the Publications Board must determine if they are legitimate gripes, and if so, what can be done to rectify the situation. "The biggest concern," he added, "is the typical attitude when one mentions the student paper a shrug and 'oh, w h o reads the Tar Heel?'." Cansler stated the University campus definitely needs a source and line of communication and that the Tar Heel is not supplying it, due to its "slanted approach." Speculation was that some portions of the discussion would be sent to a committee studying students activity fees and blanket support of the Tar Heel as well as the school yearbook. jl 'Ik V n i ! .' lj i u 1 : t t Jj !hi- T7 DTH Staff Photo by Cliff Kolovson Modern art or a parking problem? CIA Recruiting Protested ITTT Itl ere By MIKE PARNELL DTH Staff Writer Students protesting CIA recruitment on campus were ordered to leave the Placement Service office Tuesday by Chief Arthur Beaumont, head of campus dorm police. The protestors, who numbered close to 40, gathered outside Gardner Hall at 1:00 Tuesday afternoon to show their disapproval of what they termed "illegal" recruiting on campus by the CIA. Ben Blakewood and Fred Thomas, organizers of the demonstration, led the group in chants and jeers against the CIA. Many of the demonstrators carried signs and placards protesting CIA presence on campus. After 20 minutes of marching, the protestors decided to enter the Placement Service office and "take advantage of the Placement Service opportunities," according to Blakewood. The students browsed through leaflets and pamphlets made available by the Placement Service until they were ordered to leave by Campus News Briefs .National Pro test Org anizer peal and the after more "take V r '-:Cjf . - ft i - - - : ; : " -. : i)r Xj DTH Staff Ph oto by Cliff Kolovson CIA recruitment is protested by marchers at Gardner Hall Beaumont. Thomas Blakewood herded demonstrators outside Beaumont called for police and threatened to a bunch of you downtown." Wrhen asked why he ordered, the demonstrators to leave, Beaumont replied, "There was a mob of them, too many for normal operations. They were here for simple harassment and they have to leave." , The protestors then retreated outside and took up their protest again. Witnesses testified the protestors had left their signs outside and had been peaceful while in the building, but Beaumont refused to allow them to stay. The dispute concerns the provision in the guidelines set up for the Placement Service which . states that all organizations recruiting on campus must be willing to disclose their financial situation. The CIA is not allowed by law to do this and the protestors feel the CIA should not be allowed on campus. Thomas said the CIA's presence on campus was equally important to the Vietnam war protest and he hoped "to make this protest a function of the moratorium people." Henry Mayer, former UNC student and a leader in the 1964 Berkley Free Speech Movement, will speak on student power and educational reform Thursday night at 8:00 in the Great Hall. Mayer, a former DTH columnist and a past chairman of the Carolina Forum, which is sponsoring his speech Thursday, is now professor of history at Franklin Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. A 1963 graduate of UNC, Mayer spent his junior year at Berkley and also attended graduate school there. While in Berkley's graduate school, he was influential as a graduate senator in the Free Speech Movement which rocked the University of California campus. Mayer, along with National Moratorium Coordinator Sam Brown, has given testimony on student violence before the President's Commission on Violence and National Disorders. He has also written several articles on student radicalism for national publications. Moratorium Meeting The Vietnam War Moratorium Committee is holding a meeting tonight at 9:30 in Gerrard Hall to begin planning for next month's moratorium. According to Michael Almond, committee member, tonight's meeting is being held "to discuss directions that the committee should move in approaching the December moratorium." December's three-day moratorium will emphasize political education, Almond said. Anyone who is concerned with the war problem and who wishes to help in the planning is invited to attend and give his oDinion, he added. Committee Postpones A meeting of the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Student Stores, scheduled for 4:00 p.m. today, has been postponed due to the illness of Student Store Manager, Tom Shetley, Bob Manekin, a student committee member announced Tuesday. According to Manekin, agenda of the meeting; is to include: discussion of the extension of the stores mortgage to increase the availability of money for scholarships. discussion of ways to cut operating costs to re-route funds for student aid purposes. Manekin said the meeting would be rescheduled for Dec. 3. ft 77 P 77T n 77 77 n 17 c hrTTllU Editor's note: This is the second half of a DTH article of the University Faculty Council's consideration Friday of the Godfrey report, a three-year analysis of the academic, administrative and social conditions of the entire University community. The report contains recommendations for expansion, improvement or other changes which have been submitted to the Faculty Council for approval. By STEVE PLAISANCE DTH Staff Writer The first motion of the subcommittee report on graduate education considered by the council dealt with a redefinition and reaffirmation of the powers and responsibilities of the dean of the Graduate School. After a lengthy discussion, the motion was adopted by the council. The second motion, which was adopted after a short period of iiscusslon, was concerned with the position of the individual departments in formation of graduate curriculum and with their oles in graduate admissions. Dr. James Godfrey moved for an examination of the third ;otion, which dealt with the lightening of the teaching loud of raduate instructors to not more than two courses per semester. The motion was accepted by the council in a voice vote with o further discussion. The fourth motion of the subcommittee report, adopted with no discussion, was a reaffirmation of the council's resolution of May 3, which called for greater administration support in graduate education financing. The fifth motion of the subcommittee report was in the form of a council resolution "favoring emphasis on quality rather than quantity and calling upon the Graduate Schocl and its departments to build programs that will attract and challenge the most capable and promising graduate students." The question of the proposed state quota system at the graduate level was raised. Chancellor Sitterson, who presided at the meeting, explained that such a bill had been introduced in the General Assembly, but was defeated. According to Sitterson, the proposed state quota would allow no more than 50 per cent of the graduate students to be from out of this state. Dr. Earl Wallace introduced the matter of this University not accepting its own graduates for Graduate School, and telling them to go elsewhere. "Students should be accepted into the Graduate School according to their merits, but we should not discriminate against graduates of our own institution," replied Sitterson. An amendment to the fifth motion was introduced by Dr. E.M. Adams which stated that the Faculty Council "vigorously (mie Imstru rs 9 Loads opposes adoption of a state quota system at the graduate level." The amendment was defeated, but the fifth motion was adopted in its original form. The sLxth motion of the report expressed concern with "the quality of graduate student life on the campus" and urged that departments and faculties provide "a friendly and congenial atmosphere for graduate students and respect for graduate assistants as junior colleagues." "More attention needs to be given to the quality and dignity of graduate students as instructors, lab assistants and future faculty members," said Sitterson. "We need to emphasize the role of the graduate student as a potential teacher," added Dr. C. Carroll Hollis, chairman of the English Department. With no further discussion, the council adopted the sixth motion. The seventh motion of the subcommittee report, adopted with no discussion, was a request for the Graduate School, divisions and departments "to cooperate in providing courses, seminars and workshops concerned with exploring general problems in education "and to continue to work for a meaningful and constructive teaching internship program for all their prospective teachers." The eighth motion, again adopted with no discussion, was in the form of a request by the council to the dean of the Graduate School asking him to consult with the graduate faculty on the feasibility of establishing a "Graduate Advisory Council" that would represent "all graduate departments and programs, all academic ranks and the graduate student body." The ninth motion of the report was in the form of a request to the administration for the development of the fields of applied sciences or engineering here. Dr. Paul Hubbard of the Physics Department indicated that there were two reasons for his desire to have a department of applied sciences. "First many of the sciences now taught here would greatly benefit from a department of applied sciences. Secondly, we wouldn't have a good university without applied sciences or engineering." An amendment to strengthen the wording of the motion was proposed by Dr. Earl Wallace and the amended motion was accepted by the counciL Consideration of the subcommittee reports on the professional schools and research was deferred until the next council meeting, due to lack of attendance from these areas Several council members commented that they had not received notice of the special meeting of the council until Friday afternoon, which explained the absence of representatives from the professional schools and research.
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