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NUMBER 19

'Phone 298·2181, Ext. 324.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1972

SPRING

Borba Pl-esents NeW Involvement Concept For SJCC StUdents

McCloskey Blasts Justice Dept.

Representative Paul N. " Pete" Me Closkey J r. <R-San Mateo) blasted the Nixon administration's Justice Department for selective prosecution. of the law in a question and answer session with approximately 50 persons here Apr . 4. Calling Attorney General John Mitchell a "tragedy," McCloskey said that on the basis of facts admitted by International Telephone and Telegraph ( ITT) in senate investigations, the communications corporation is guilty of a felony. The l lth Califor nia congr essional district representative, quoting from the United States Code, said that any company which has a government contract may not contribute to any political party for political purposes. Violation of the statute carries a penalty of not more than $5,000 or fi ve years in prison. He said that ITT has " about 20" government contracts at the present time. McCloskey questioned why a grand jury has not been convened to prosecute the violations which ITT has openly admitted in the senate hearings. ITT ha s admitted donating approximately $400,000 to the Republican party for its 1972 convention in San Diego. It denied, however , making the donation in order to get a favora ble settlement of an anti-trust suit involving an Eastern insurance company. The former Republican presidential candidate used prosecution of Fathers Deniel and Phillip Berrigan, Roman Catholic priests, as an example of selective pr osecution. The Berr igan brothers were accused of conspiring to kidnap presidential aide Henry Kissinger as a war protest, At press time, only Phillip Berrigan was convicted of a lesser charge of smuggling letters from a federal prison. McCloskey also called for "a massive . public outcry against the bombing of North Vietnam." He said that P resident Nixon is seriously considering escalation of the bombing as a result of increased North Vietnamese military activity. The bulk of the questioning from the late afternoon audience concerned the Vietnam War. McCloskey had just finished taping a television program at KNTV, San Jose, before appearing at City College. McCloskey indicated that the only condition the United States should accept for complete withdr a wal from the Southeast Asian nation is the return of prisoners. " I would accept the seven-point peace plan offered by the North Vietnamese.. last June and get out of Vietnam," Mc!f Closkey responded. " I think we would get the prisoners back. "As long as we continue to support the government of South Vietnam , we won't ~ get the prisoners back," McCloskey explained. McCloskey added that the Nixon administration, in addition to the return of prisoners, requires the maintaining of the Thieu government as a condition for withdrawal. "Nixon is putting the survival of the Saigon regime ahead of the prisoners," McCloskey stated. "Our pride is so great," he added, "we can't afford the fall of the Saigon government. As a result, we fall back on bombing to preserve our pride." McCloskey, who dropped from the 1972 presidential campaign beca use of a lack of funds, attributed patriotism to the fact that North Vi etnamese soldiers, unequipped and untrained, have been able to continue fighting and withstand · the bombing and the military might of the United States. Reacting to a challenge by a member of the audience to his sincerety on the war issue McCloskey said that information he learned in 1967 helped him take an anti-war stand. The questioner pointed out that in 1965 McCloskey volunteered to serve in · Vietnam , that in 1967 he reportedly , supported a war effort against the North f' Koreans to regain possession of the U.s.s. P uebloand, as a member of congress, he voted in favor of the hlilitary draft and a $70.2 billion defense appropriation bill . McCloskey sa id that reading the Co nvention a gr eements , Geneva (continued on page 2)

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Trip ReapsBenefits stated. " We further propose a pro rate program based on units pr~v~ded the_ institution document the rec1p1ent was not able to enroll in required courses due to overcrowding." In addition to supporting an advanced payment plan to protect students whelcannot continue their education because of delays in processing of checks, VRA also made a recommendation for women U. S. Military veterans attending college may benefit from an improved G. I. educational bill as a result of testimoney of more than 20 former servicemen in Washington, D.C., according to the vice president of City College' s Veterans for Responsible Action. A senate committee, which includes Senators Vance Hartke (D-Ind.) and Allan Cranston (D-Cal. ) is currently . reviewing the education bill and heard the testimony March 23 and 24, Ken· Norman told the TIMES. Norman submitted to the committee a three-page document pointing out the inadequacies of the present G.I. bill. Although not questioning Norman, the committee did question other veterans, who represented many areas of the country, about the problems vets have in completing their education and treatment from the Veterans Administration, the public and institutions. Nor man, the only veteran representing California at the hearings, said that the committee did seem receptive to the problems presented by the veterans, particularly to a recommendation by VRA of a 20 per cent increase in the bill and extension of the allowance from 36 to 48 months. Single veterans presently receive $175 a month for 36 months. Mar ried veterans receive $205 and $230 if they have a child. "Senator Cranston said he would amend his bill to bring it up to 48 months maximum ," Norman reported. " He said the committee had been against the time · increa se until they heard all this testimony. " VRA's document, however, also included a request for $1,000 per year to be payed to the s tudent prior to the first week of each semester to cover tuition, books and other expenses. " Due to the increa sed cost of lving and the higher cost of education and supplies, the student veteran can no longer subsist on the current monthly allowance," the document explained. "This ($1,000) will not be deducted from the monthly allotment provided the student pursue a full time curricula for the nine month academic year," it stated. The purpose of this, Norman sa id, was to prevent students from taking the money and quitting school. VRA ·also r equested the 20 per cent increase as a result of a study by the director of financial aids at Stanford University, Dr. Robert Huff. Huff's study reported that the cost of living 'increased 20 per cent since 1968. The document said that at a cost of living increase rising at five per cent a year would necessitate an automatic annual cost of living increase in the benefits. Thirty-six months of allowance, VRA contends, does not pr ovide enough funds to complete the four-year baccalaureate degree. " The advance of technology combined with overcrowding makes the attainment of a Baccalaureate degree almost impossible in 36 months," the VRA proposal

by Lynne Lajeunesse City Editor A new concept aimed at getting students involved in P rograms outside of the school was presented last Tuesday in the form of the Criminal Justice Review Board. John Broba, Administrative Assistant, in presenting the program to the Student Administrative CoWJcil, stated that the purpose of the Board is to get students involved in the evaluation and inves tigation of existing Community Justice programs. F ifteen task force committees are now being implemented , each consisting of ·two students from each of the involved schools, San Jose State , Santa Clara University, and SJCC. The co~mittees include: ,. Methadone Maintenance • Narcotic Bureau • , Crimin al Jus tice Information Control & Detoxification • Alcoholism Reha bitation Planning Center • Action Mo~el for Combating Juvenile Delinquency • Eastside Drug Center • 601 Diversion • San Jose/ Santa Clara CoWJty Police Records Improvement P rogram • X-MARC <Ex-Convict Modification and Recovery Center ) • Burglary Reduction Program • Day Ca re P rogram San J ose Police Program P lanning P roject • Drug Abuse Coordination Program • ·Alcoholism Prevention & Education • Traffic Commissioner

veterans. " The woman veteran must be afforded full a nd equal benefits to those of the male veteran." VRA charg ed the Vet er ans Administration to stop blanket accreditation of correspondence a nd technical schools that do not give proper instruction at a fair price, adding that on the job training benefits shoUld be increased by 50 per cent to facilitate more employers the opportunity to initiate these programs. Norman earlier had said that the trip to Washington was to state the views of the California veteran, who was in danger of losing most of his benefits as the result of Under the guidence of Santa Clara one senate proposal. CoWJcilman Gary Hansen, the Review Vets were informed by the senators to Board members will review the goals continue pressing for help. and plans of the committee they are "Senator Cranston's office wants us· to assigned to in vestigate, and make initiate a letter writing campaign here. recommendations concerned with They want personal letters from vets at gaining more efficient operations. They Ci ty College sta ting our problems will make a final evaluation dealing with without exageration or being r idiculous,'' the overall efficiency of the committee, and state whether the project is using the Norman explained. "We are drawing up a sample letter allotted fWJds properly, and the best which will be available in the VRA office advanta~e of the entir project. (room U-207). We also need help in taking (Borba stated that one of the reasons a survey of the City College veterans to the evaluation and investigations, of for find out general information to enable senators to see their plight a little better, each committee was beca use in Texas there wer e reports of a Methadone to document the inadequacies of the G.I. bill," .Norman said. As a result of Norman's trip, he was a ble to get information on how to secure congressional intervention for people who are not being treated right by the Veterans Administra tion. Also, City College financial aids director Bud Walton has been invited to the White A motion to charge the · Professional House to discuss the pros and cons of the Personnel P olicies Committee CPPPC) present G. I . bill. with the task of establishing ·a set of " I think that was as a direct result of criteria and procdures for selection· of our repr esentation in Washington," sabbatical leave recipients passed the Norman stated. faculty senate, Apr . 4. Norman also said that VRA is still It marked the third consecutive week taking donations to repay a loan of $430 that the continuing controversy of sabfrom Associated Studeny Body fWJds. ' baticals dominated the agenda. West Valley College' s veterans The motion passed with an amendment organization donated $50 to help cover attached to it charging PPPC to inexpenses of the trip. vestigate totally new procedures if Some of the expenses were also paid by revamping present criter ia and the National Association of Collegiate procedures fail. Veterans, which had strong represenIn the previous senate meeting, March tation at the hearings, Norman said. 21, representative Roger Cutler with-

P rogram using sugar-water instead of" methadone and keeping t he money.) Borba also stated that the Criminal J ustice Review Board will give s tudents a change to get involved in some real commWJity projects, and to have the " power " to make sure the people's tax money is being used correctly. The committee will also be asked to submit suggestions as to how to use the money more effectively, and make recommendations on the entir e efficiency and effectiveness of the entire project. During his. presentations Borba stated that an opportunity such as this " cannot be taken lightly, or pssed up." He urged the CoWJcil to support the Criminal Justice Review Board concept, and. to help get the support of the entire student body. He commented that a student who cares about the way his tax meney is being used, or cares a bout the goings on of the community in which he lives, could not pass off this project without thought. "It will give the students a voice in commWJity affairs, and an opportWJity to find out exactly what the hell is going on," Borba said. He said that students need the power to check into things, making sure the projects are on the level,

and are doing what they are suppose to be doing. While in a conference with the " Times" Borba explained his reasons for presenting the Criminal Justice Review Board. He said that to date the Council ha s taken no concrete legal action, and that t he only proposals that the CoWJcll members are interested in are the ones that they themselves present. He fm:ther stated that for City College to become fully involved in a program such as the Justice Board, is putting SJCC up in the ranks of the college that are known for their involvement. " It will put SJCC back on the map," he stated. Borba continued to explain that while the Justice Board is not yet large enough to involve ALL City College students, it Ia not aimed at one or two " special interest groups.'' He feels that the Criminal Justice Review Board concept will catchon quickly, because of its " endless benefits" to the entire community, both the tax· payers, and the community-at-large. The Justice Board, fWJded by a feder al grant, is a non-partisan apolitical organization. Any student interested in one or more of the many facits of the Justice Board are asked to contact Borba at his office in the Union.

Peoples Lobby Urges Support by Sam Saiu Singer Janis Joplin returned from the grave briefly .March 24 to help promote the " Clean Environment Act, " in the quad area. The late Miss Joplin was presented over closed circuit TV via video-tape, a s part of a program sponsored by the " People's Lobby" in an effor t to gain voter support for an initiative which has been placed on the June 6 ballot (Proposition 9 ) dealing with pollution control measures. Pre-recor ded performances by various " rock" artists were intersper sed with appeals to the electroate to vote for passage of the reform package, and included disclosure of what the " People's Lobby" claims is a secret plan by Standard Oil Company to defeat the Clean Environment Act.

The details of the Standard Oil cam· paign are contained in a document currently being cir culated by the " P eople's Lobby" which was pur· portedly taken from the files of Otto Miller <chairman of the board for Standard Oil of California ) by a con. cerned employee who felt the public should be informed of the oil company'• alleged plot. The Clean Environment Act aeeks to: 1. Stop new offshore- on drilling 2. Str engthen air pollution laws 3. Phase lead from fuel 4. Stop use of DDT and other persistent chlorinated hydrocarbons (dangerous pesticides ) unless voted. on by 4/ 5 of the state legislature 5. Put a five year moratorium on n·uclear power plants to allow thorough investigation of safety and radiation hazards.

Unprofessional

Faculty Senate Drops Censure

McGovern Leads

TIMES Poll By Pete Moylan Democratic presiden tial hopeful George McGovern is the choice of 47 per cent of the City College day students to be the next American president according to a poll taken by the TIMES, April 6 - 7·. The South Dakota senator polled 244-of 519 ballots cast in 18 history and government classes, easily defeating Republican Richard Nixon. Nixon, who is seeking his second term as president, received only 18.5 per cent of the vote with 96· to finish a, distant second. Democrats Hubert Humphrey and E dmund Muskie, both considered strong candidates for the Democratic nomination for president, finished a poor third ·and fourth respectively. McGovern 's victory was not unexpected as man y other colleges, including Stanford Universit y most r ecently,

conducted polls with similar results. The poll asked students to choose the candidate of their choice without r egard to party affiliation.

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PRE SIDENTIAL PREFERENCE VOTE Candidate P CT George McGovern 47.0 Richard Nixon 18.5 Hubert Humphrey 10.2 Edmund Muskie 8.1 Eugene McCarthy 4.0 Shirley Chisholm 3.6 Henry Jackson H George Wallace 1.9 However , McGovern also dominated the voting of those surveyed who said they were Democrats, capturing 60 per cent. Humphrey, the Minnesota native, (continued on page 4)

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drew his motion of the week before to censure E nglish instr uctor a nd representative-at-lar.g e George Green. Cutler had accused Green of unprofessiona l and unsubstantiated charges against PPPC in the March 14 meeting. The motion to censure was tabled until the 21st. Cutler said it was in his estimated that a censure of Green was perhaps premature and out of order. He said he thought the senate would do better to follow senate procedures by going to the Professional Rights and Responsibilities Committee (PRR). Faculty senate members indicated an uneasiness about voting on a censure motion, Senate Vice President Jim Gray said. " Had he (Cutler) not withdra wn his motion, I was going to motlon to withdraw or reject his motion," Gray told the TIMES. " I felt that in the interest of fair play and objectivity, the senate shouldn't sit as a mock or kangaroo court to decide Green' s guilt or innocense," the sociology instructor commented. Gray said that he per sonally felt t hat Green had groWJds to request an examination of the fWJctions of the committee, but that he had also brought . up personalities. The Apr. 4 motion supported Gray's and Green's contention that some policy should be set for selecting applications for sabbaticals. Green told the senate that a different procedure had to be devised to select applications or that if the present system is used, some substantiation for accepting or rejecting applications should be requir ed. He suggested that rejected applicants should have the courtesy of a reply from PPPC. Green objected to the lack of substantiation used to choose the seven successful applican ts . Nin eteen had

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applied. He also said it was difficult for people who were not in a particular field to evaluate the merits of a sabbatical leave application from that field. Another controversy erupted over whether or not the faculty senate bad the authorization to charge PPPC with the project. Cutler argued that PPPC, although a committee appointed by the senate, was, in the case of sabbatical leave applications only, appointed by college president Dr. Otto Roemmich. Roemmich selected PPPC to handle leave applications. Responsibility to . . select the applicants or choose a com· mittee to do so is Roemmich's.

INSIDE THE TIMES IMP ROPRIETY IN VOTER 1· REGISTRATION? The TIMES examines a possible bending of the rules by a group of campus deputy registrars , ..... . . . .. .page 2 P OLLUTION CONTROL BOON OR BUST? The little-publicized negative aspects of Proposition 9, the Clean Environment Act, are explored by the TIMES editorial · staff .. . .. page 2 " ADVE RSE CONDITIONS" COUNTY IN ABOUND JA I LS .. . . E lizabeth Cobey discussed overcrowding and other urgent problems in Santa Clara CoWJty's prison system at last week's prison forum .. . .. page 4 UNDER ADMINISTRATION EXAMINATION .. . . The Board of Trustees has given the go ahead on a proposal to hire an expert to judge the efficiency of City College's Administration .... . ... . page 4


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