University of Southern California
DAILY « TROJAN
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1968, VOL. LX, NO. 37
Prop. 6 defeat may hurt future faculty
ONCE A TROJAN—It was Homecoming Saturday and the alumni were out in force. The spirited but unidentified alum above warmed for the Cal game with a chorus of "Fight On."	Photo by Robert Herrup
By CRAIG PARSONS
The defeat of Proposition 6 has posed a possible threat to prospective as well as current USC faculty members.
With its defeat in the election Nov. 5 all private university and college faculty and staff members may have to pay a one percent premium tax on their retirement and pension funds.
This could have an affect on recruiting teachers from public as well as out-of-state institutions, according to Dr. Carl Franklin, university vice-president of financial affairs.
Proposition 6 opposed the proposed premium tax on these funds and, if it had passed, would have exempted the university and faculty from paying this.
A present program under the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) requires that the university pay eight per cent and teachers pay five per cent of their salary toward a retirement plan.
Dr. Franklin said he could see no real reason for the measure’s defeat. “It was a bi-partisan measure supported by Governor Reagan, Speaker Jesse Unruh, Assemblyman Robert Monagan and both houses of the state legislature,” he said.
With all of the arguments in favor of the proposition, Dr. Franklin found the one argument against it, which was written by a state official, “totally irrelevent—a diatribe against the University of California, which isn’t concerned.”
The tax proposed in the measure will affect only private institutions in the state. Dr. Franklin added that California is the only state in the union that has any kind of premium tax on retirement benefits paid by the staff of private institutions.
The Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU) is now considering another Constitutional amendment or some other type of legislation that would exempt the private institution or limit the tax. As it stands now, a state insurance commissioner is to handle the actual taxation procedure.
Dr. Franklin feels that a lack of public understanding of the proposition was responsible for its defeat.
“And anytime the public doesn’t understand something, there is a tendency to vote against it,” he said.
Another factor that Dr. Franklin felt was responsible for the 55 per cent “no” vote on the measure was the public’s attitude toward higher education.
“Because of the turmoil on many campuses today, people tend to be anti-higher education, he said. He cited the problems of the University of California and the state college systems as contributing factors to this attitude.
“Consequently, we’re all lumped in one basket,” he said. “People usually don’t distinguish between private and public universities.”
Evidence of this attitude against colleges was also seen in the defeat of the state bond issue for higher public education, he said.
Dr. Franklin added that the TIAA in New York has advised university officials to continue accepting applications from faculty and staff who are not now members of the retirement program. Membership in the association’s program is voluntary.
FIVE REACH HELEN FINALS
The five finalists in the Helen of Troy contest were announced last night. They are Leslie Barnett, Sue Hemstreet, Penny Pederson, Cynthia Watson and Sue Wright.
The five women will appear at a press conference today at 3 p.m. in the Student Activities Center.
Black Panther rally is on, permitted or not
LOS ANGELES (CNS)-A scheduled rally at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College with Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver as a speaker will take place Sunday, regardless of whether or not the City Board of Education grants the sponsoring group permission to use the facilities.
The school board will consider the application for use of the auditorium at the college, 400 W. Washington Blvd., when it convenes at 4:20 p.m. today.
The fund-raising rally will be sponsored by the Defense Committee for Cleaver and another Black Panther, Huey P. Newton.
The group wants to rent the auditorium for $175 for the 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. event.
Milton Zaslow, director of the Defense Committee, said yesterday that he plans to attend this afternoon’s board meeting accompanied by an American Civil Liberties Union attorney.
Board member J.C. Chambers attempted to block consideration of the rental request last Thursday, calling it “an undesirable transaction.”
“The rally will be held at the school
N. C. police calm youths with smoke
SWAN QUARTER, N.C. (UPI)—About 20 chanting Negro children marched into a room of the Hyde County Courthouse yesterday. Police hurled smoke grenades inside and slammed the door shut.
A 17-year-old girl leaped from a window of the second floor room before the police reopened the door and allowed the children to leave the building.
“We ought to tear that place down,” yelled Johnnie Johnson, 17, leader of the Martin Luther King Nonviolent Crusaders, demonstrating against school assignments.
After they had cleared the building, the children gathered in front with about 130 others and began chanting and singing. The highway patrol sent for reinforcements.
The children had marched into the building to demonstrate against the County Welfare Dept., but it was closed. They went into another room instead.
Sheriff Charlie Cahoon and three highway patrolmen wearing gas masks tossed several smoke grenades into the room and slammed the door shut. The children inside screamed.
A girl identified as 17-year-old Mamie Harpis jumped out of a window and was carried away in an ambulance.
A few minutes later the children streamed out after police opened the doo:.
... whether J.C. Chambers likes it or not,” Zaslow said yesterday.
“Chambers’ attempts to suppress free speech cannot be tolerated, especially where the issue of racial justice is concerned. This is not the first time that he has attempted to deny use of public facilities to citizens whose opinions he opposes,” Zaslow added.
Should the use of the auditorium be denied, Zaslow said that the rally would be help outside.
Other scheduled speakers at the rally will be Attorney Charles Garry, who represents Cleaver and also represented Newton in his recent trial on charges of murdering an Oakland policeman. Newton was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the case.
Melvin Newton, Huey’s brother and chairman of the Defense Committee, also will address the rally, as will Oscar Acosta, chief counsel of the “Chicano 13,” a group of Mexican-Americans awaiting trial on conspiracy charges in connection with last March’s high school boycotts.
Chairman of the rally will be Richard Wassenstrom, UCLA professor of philosophy and law.
NOW POWER’
PRODUCTION
SCHEDULED
FOR TODAY
“Now Power, an Arrangement in Percussion,” a production of protest and social problems, will be presented today at 12:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Student Activities Center.
The presentation will be in the form of a readers theater, with the script being drawn from many sources, including contemporary poetry, plays, songs, newspapers, books and magazines.
Lee Potts arranged the script and is directing the play. Dr. Janet Bolton of the Speech Department is supervising.
The cast of “Now Power,” which is a montage of New Left protest themes juxtaposed to questions proposed to society, is divided into two groups.
The establishment consists of Keith Henning, Nancy Hickey, Gunder Rinset and Adrienne Zahler. The protesters are played by Dianne Jackson, Marvin Kirshmann, Robin Nicklin and Chip Thomas.
Admission is free.
Troy Week to open with coronation
Troy Week 1968 officially opens with the coronation of Helen of Troy this Saturday night at the International Hotel.
This year’s ball is titled “Paris’ Mistake.” The semi-formal affair will be fron 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Deep Purple and Things to Come will be featured. The footballs autographed by the Trojans will be given away as door prizes.
Tickets for the ball are on sale for $4.50 per person and are available at the Bovard office and at the tables in front of Tommy Trojan.
Trolios will be presented Nov. 18 and 19 in Bovard Auditorium at 8:30 p.m.
Trolios, which is in its 50th year, is a musical revue staged, produced, directed and performed by students.
This year’s show is produced by Joel Rosenzweig. The musical director is Skip Rennon. The coordinating directors are Karen Smith DeNisco, Gerry Chiabrere Kippur, Nick Massey and John Ritter.
Tickets for the show, which is titled “The Lovin’ Kaps,” may be purchased for $1.50 for reserved seats or $1 for general admission. They are on sale at the Bovard box office or at the tables in front of Tommy Trojan.
On Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. there will be a bonfire and rally in front of Tommy Trojan. The rally will be followed by a street dance, featuring the Original Midnighters, Syndicate of Sound, the Soul Brothers and Bluesberry Jam. Two of the bands will be playing in the Grill and two in the Student Activities Center patio.
GOOD IDEAS, POOR ACTIONS
Student survey rates Mauk
TOMMY TROJAN SHINES AGAIN
Tommy Trojan hasn't been shining recently because of Troy's number one football ranking.The statue has just received a new clear vinyl undercoating.
"The silicone coating that has covered Tommy Trojan for the past 10 years is just about gone," said Arnold Shafer, director of the physical plant. "We hope the shrine's 'natural luster' will return in about five days."
By TIM TAYLOR
A random survey of random people conducted at random places around campus yesterday turned up a surprisingly un-random group of opinions about Bill Mauk, ASSC president.
A definite majority of the people interviewed said that they thought he was doing a good job in bringing out ideas but generally a poor job in accomplishing them.
A female graduate student, who declined to be identified, perhaps best summarized the feelings that were revealed in the survey.
“I think he has some good ideas, but he seems to be more interested in sensationalism,” she said. “He brings up a lot of ideas but doesn’t seem to be doing anything about them.”
Several students expressed general agreement with what he has done but added that they felt his approach was wrong.
Janet Hamovitch, a junior in psychology, said that she did not have any real feelings about him one way or the other but added:
“I’d love to see this campus get a lot less conservative, but I think he’s going about it the wrong way.”
In the same vein, Steve Knight, a freshman in political science, said:
“I don’t understand why he has to be such an agitator to get things done. He doesn’t have enough confidence in the conventional way of getting things done.”
A few students said that they felt Mauk is too interested in himself and not interested enough in the student body as a whole.
Ron Sandidge, a junior telecom major, said, “It seems to me that he’s concerned only with himself. I don’t buy that.”
John Papadakis, a freshman in telecom, said, “I think he doesn’t really represent the image of the
students.”
Many students expressed approval of Mauk’s actions. Randy Hulbert, for one, said that he wasn’t offended by some of the things that have shocked other people. “This school could use a little more liberalism,” he said. “And
he certainly isn’t making it any more conservative.”
Several students said that either they didn’t know who he was or that they didn’t know what he had done.
A senior music major who asked not to have his name published, said, “I don’t know anything about him because I don’t have any interest at all in student government,” and then added that the Daily Trojan gave Mauk too much space that could be put to better use.
A few students tended to emphasize their disappointment in Mauk as opposed to disapproval of his actions.
“He strikes me as sort of a let down,” one sophomore pre-law student said. “He promised so many things during his campaign—like all the candidates do—but he hasn’t come through.”
Daniel Brandt, one of the leaders of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), said that Mauk’s change from last year is amusing. “He is now helping SDS more than he is hindering it,” he said.
Women’s dorms to tighten up
As a result of an attempted robbery by a man in EVK and College dormitories on Oct. 24, a campus policeman has been assigned to patrol the women’s complex nightly, which includes Birnkrant, EVK, and College halls.
In addition, the Business Office is investigating the possibility of placing protective screening over some first floor windows, and installing a special gate in the kitchen parking lot.
Clive Grafton, director of residential counseling, said the most important objective is to tighten up internal security.
“We feel that the girls’ dormitories are the most secure buildings on campus, especially with the new patrolman, but this security is jeopardized if someone is careless inside, as apparently was the case three weeks ago when a restroom window was left open. If it had been shut, the intruder would have been unable to enter because those windows are unopenable from the outside when shut,” he said.
A suspect in the case has not yet been arrested, according to University Division police.
Placing a protective screen over windows leading to uninhabitated areas such as restrooms and lounges is seen as a way of compensating for a lack in security resulting from a window being left open.
Eldon Phillips, business manager, said that the administration does not want to make the dorms look like prisons with bars on the windows.
“We would like the screen, which will probably be made of aluminum, to be of a decorative nature which would not destroy the architectural decor of the building, but which would still prevent entry by anyone lacking special tools. An intruder such as the one last month probably would not have this equipment,” he said.
Phillips added that they were considering installing a gate across the driveway leading to the parking lot and kitchen service entrance between EVK and College. The gate would be locked after the kitchen help left at night and unlocked in the morning when they arrived for work. Because many fire escapes lead into the lot, a panic bar, similar to those on the inside of doors in the girls’ dorms now, would be placed on the inside of the gate, so that it could be opened in an emergency. An alarm would be attached to the lever.
The new police patrolman assigned to the women’s complex will make one round about every twenty minutes, unless interrupted for some reason, said Allen Brooks, assistant housing director.
He will check all doors and windows which could be used for entrance to the dorms. Contrary to earlier reports in the Daily Trojan, there is no new security guard inside the halls. Brooks said that a new Pinckerton Co. guard has assumed the duties of the one who temporarily apprehended the intruder on October 24.
His duties are mainly to let in girls on extended lockout through the EVK front door. Between 11:30 p.m. and midnight he checks the lounges, restrooms, and dining area on the first floor, but he does not go onto the upper floors unless he gets a call from one of the residents.
Brooks also said that Harris Plaza, located on Exposition Boulevard, has no special security guards. “The girls there are all 21 or over, and the door is locked at night,” he said. ‘The residents all have front door keys and there is no problem of lockout. They may enter or leave as they wish.”
Police nab suspects in Detroit bombing case
DETROIT (UPI)—Several former university students were arrested yesterday on charges of conspiracy in eight recent bombings in the Detroit area and in nearby Ann Arbor.
The bombings included government offices, policemen’s cars and a school building. Police called the alleged conspiracy “an antiestablishment, antigovernment plot.”
Nine young men and two young women, all between ages 18 and 24, were arrested. Eight others are being sought on similar charges by police.
All were charged with conspiring to damage property with explosives, a crime punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
The targets of the bombs included the Central Intelligence Agency office
in Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan Institute of Science and Technology, an Army recruiter’s car in Detroit, a draft board in Roseville, the cars of three Detroit policemen, and the South Lake School District offices at St. Clair Shores.
Damage to the buildings and offices was minor, but the cars were demolished.
The bombings began Aug. 30 with the blasting of a policeman’s car. The most recent was the science building at the University of Michigan Oct. 14.
Most of those arrested gave as their addresses the homes of their parents, but had not lived there for some time, police said. They had lived recently at several “hippie” type hangouts near Wayne State University, officers said.
'SOULFUL' JAZZ—Julian "Cannonball" Adderly and brother Nat performed in Bovard Friday night, beginning
the Small Concert series. The Adderly jazz quintet received two Standing ovations.	Photo by Robert Herrup